Confessions of a Young Doctor
I opened my start up orthodontic practice just months after graduating from residency. Join me as a talk about the struggles of balancing personal and professional life while trying to grow my practice. Life as a new doctor is hard, but you're not alone.
Episodes
72 episodes
Understanding Payment Processing for Your Start Up Practice
Payment processing can be confusing and costly if you don't know what you're looking for when setting up the contract for your new practice. In this episode, we'll review the different payment structure types and give you some tips on how to sa...
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Episode 71
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31:06
How to Set Meaningful Goals For Your Start Up
This week I'll walk you through how to come up with production goals for your practice that actually make sense. I walk you through the process that I use to come up with the goals for my own practice.
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Episode 70
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21:07
What You Can Do if You're More Than a Year Out from Opening a Practice
I hear from fellow dentists and orthodontists all the time that they would like to open their own practice, but not for a few years. This is great! But there are a few things you should do now to start preparing for ownership even if you don't ...
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Episode 69
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22:27
Q&A: Practice Ownership, My Corporate Job & More
Just for fun! This week I answer some of your questions about practice ownership and my experience so far with my orthodontic practice.Download the Free Quick Start V...
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Episode 68
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23:49
Tips for Negotiating Your Start Up Practice Lease
Once you've identified an area with good demographics for your start up practice, you'll want to start looking at leased spaces. Here are some tips to get you started when it comes to negotiating a lease for your future start up practice.
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Episode 67
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23:14
Is Work Life Balance Really a Thing?
As young doctors we throw around the phase "work life balance" and the endless pursuit all too often. Here are my thoughts on whether it's actually possible as a start up practice owner.
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Episode 66
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13:25
Avoiding the Overwhelm of Opening a Practice
Want to open your own practice, but have no idea where to start? In this episode I lay out simple steps to get the process moving forward and make starting from nothing seem more managable.
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Episode 65
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16:47
My Honest Thoughts on My Orthodontic Practice Floor Plan
Now that my start up practice has been open for almost a year and a half, I wanted to share some of the things I love about my office floor plan, as well as some things I would probably do differently.
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Episode 64
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21:21
A Typical Week for a Start Up Practice Owner
I'm commonly asked by other young doctors what my typical week looks like as a start up practice owner. In this episode I go through my work schedule between my orthodontic office and my associateship job, personal life, and administrative task...
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Episode 63
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22:26
Facebook & Instagram Basics for Your Start Up Practice
Social media marketing is a complicated beast, but a good facebook and instagram strategy can help to build your start up practice. In this episode I'll touch on the basics of getting started with your practice meta profiles and organizing your...
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Episode 62
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26:36
Gain Confidence By Doing
Have you been wanting to open a practice for a while now, but can't seem to take the plunge? Most likely it comes down to a lack of confidence. Don't worry, you're not alone... I struggled with confidence when opening my orthodontic start up pr...
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Episode 61
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20:43
Building a Practice Brand
To distinguish yourself as a new practice it's important to have a strong brand, but what is a brand really? It's more than just your logo and color scheme. This week we talk about how to come up with a positioning statement and build a reputat...
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Episode 60
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20:11
Confessions of a Serial Achiever
Doing more isn't always better. Our path to becoming a doctor has taught us that we should always be doing the most, even if it's not the best for our health. Isn't it ironic that healthcare providers have some of the worst work-life balance?&n...
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Episode 59
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19:20
Create A Seamless New Patient Experience with Automations
It is incredibly important to set up systems for your new practice from the beginning. One of the systems that I spent a lot of time refining is our new patient flow. This episode focuses on all the automations we have set up for new patients f...
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Episode 58
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24:20
Why I Have a Full Time Employee for My Part Time Practice
For now, my start up practice is only open about 2.5 days per week, but I have a full time employee who works 5 days per week. In this episode, I'll talk about some of the reasons why I decided to have a full time employee and the tasks she doe...
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Episode 57
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18:02
Tips for "Getting it All Done"
Life as a start up practice owner is often a hectic one. Sometimes people ask me how I make time for all that I do. In this quick little episode I'll share some of my tips for efficiency and lower stress.Download the FREE Vision G...
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Episode 56
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20:23
6 Reports I Run Every Month in My Start Up
This week I'm giving you a deeper look into the reports I run every month for my start up orthodontic practice. I hope this gives some insight as to what the ownership side can look likeDownload the FREE vision guide by
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Episode 55
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31:11
Is Practice Ownership Right For You?
Starting a practice is not for every doctor. So how do you know if it could be the right choice for you? This week I'll go over 4 things that could indicate you are ready to take the plunge into practice ownership.Want to get started on...
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Episode 54
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23:40
Marketing Hits & Misses
I tried a lot of different marketing for my start up orthodontic practice this year. In this episode I share what's worked the best and worst when it came to driving new patient growth. I also go over how this last year's marketing results has ...
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Episode 53
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23:38
How the Last Year Affected Me
Last week, we did a one year recap on the my start up orthodontic practice. That exercise got me thinking about the last year for me personally. Taking stock of my practice month by month was a great way to look at patterns and make adjustments...
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Episode 52
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29:40
Start Up Practice: 1 Year Recap
I cannot believe it has been a whole year of my start up orthodontic practice! The time has flown by, but it also seems like it has been a journey! One of my main struggles this year was trying to find hard data on how the practice should be do...
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Episode 51
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41:26
Asking For Help
Whether it's in your personal life or your healthcare practice, sometimes a small change can make a huge difference. This week I talk about how asking for advice from more experienced orthodontic colleagues made a huge difference for me at a lo...
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Episode 50
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20:44
Done is Better Than Perfect
What's holding you back from starting a practice? Don't let analysis paralysis prevent you from moving toward your dream of opening your own office. People always think I have it all figured out and that's how I was able to open my own orthodon...
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Episode 49
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21:47