Get Off the Treadmill, by Chuck Blakeman
Get Off the Treadmill, by Chuck Blakeman
Your practice should produce both time and money, not just money. Learn how to get off the treadmill, make more money in less time and build a practice you can enjoy for decades.
Chuck Blakeman

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My Journey in Dentistry and Business Tips with Dr. MaryJane Hanlon
Join us on today’s show where Dr. MaryJane Hanlon shares her  Great insight! Having more than a passing interest in dentistry as a young girl, Dr. MaryJane Hanlon began her career at 14 years old in an orthodontic office as an extra set of hands for the assistants.  From there, she worked as a...  Read More
Why Victory and Defeat Have No Place In Your Practice
Today I’d like to talk to you about . We want to get rid of the idea that victory and defeat even have a place in your practice in any way, shape, or form. Every situation in life, we deserve only one response. Fascinating. Whether it’s a victory or defeat, respond first with, fascinating. Then,...  Read More
How to Break Through the “Noise” Today to Connect and Communicate with Your Patients w/ Mike Buckner
Today I’m speaking with Mike Buckner about marketing and a different spin on marketing. We talk about how the best marketing you can ever do is to deliver your services incredibly well.  Mike is sharing with us some amazing ways to do so. Mike Buckner has been working in the Dental Technology Field...  Read More
How to Double Your Dental Practice Without Gaining Any New Patients w/ Bill Moore
 How do you, why would you even, and how are you going to do this? The answer is simple, dental photography. If you leverage them properly, it will help you increase treatment acceptance Bill Moore brings 20+ years of experience in business consulting, business development, sales, and photography...  Read More
Is Your Website Actually Working For You? With Beth Bogan
Today I am talking with Beth Bogan on websites.  Websites can be an incredibly huge waste of time, energy and money. So this is a great question. Is your website actually working for you? What does it mean by working for you? How do we know it's working?   Beth and her sister Joanne co-founded Ace...  Read More
How Dental Practices Can Use Their CPA to Their Advantage to Increase Their Profits w/ Craig Cody
Today I’m talking with Craig Cody about how . So how is it? How can they use a CPA to increase their their profits? Craig Cody is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Tax Coach, Business Owner and Former New York City Police Officer with 17 years experience on the Force. As a Certified Tax...  Read More
How To End Up In A Better Place Next Year – Obstacles vs Problems
Everyday we are faced with  If we focus on the problems, we end up in the same place next year. If we focus on the obstacles, we are assured of ending up in a much better place 12 months later.  Why is it important to clearly see the difference between obstacles and problems? So that you can focus...  Read More
The Silent Equity Partner You Didn’t Know You Had w/ Cheryl Donahue
Today we’ll discuss ways to save money on your and how to plug up the revenue leaks that cause profit loss. This is one of those business things that nobody went to dental school to figure out it. Cheryl Donahue is the Director of New Business at Merchant Advocate. She has 22 years of experience in...  Read More
Stimulating Your Team to be Leaders of Their Own Practice Responsibilities w/ Dr. Gordon Christensen
Why do we want to do it? There are many, many reasons. There are organizational reasons, financial reasons, goodwill reasons and overall teamwork reasons. Dr. Gordon Christensen is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Practical Clinical Courses(PCC), Chief Executive Officer of Clinicians...  Read More
Money AND Time versus Money OR Time? With Sameer Bhasin
That's right. Let's get  That's where you can create significant lives. The question is, do you get money AND time? Or is it that you get money OR time from your practice?   Sameer Bhasin, VP of Alliance at CareCredit, is dedicated to working with dentistry’s key opinion leaders and leading...  Read More
Removing The Fear of Dental Photography – The Gear That Makes The Job Easy w/ Bill Moore
Today I'm talking with Bill Moore about . What's the fear? What's the fear that people have? Bill Moore brings 20+ years of experience in business consulting, business development, sales, and photography to bear on the problem of increasing treatment acceptance through the use of digital imaging....  Read More
Supersetting Your Systems with Shelley Renee
We want to talk today about  What does it mean to super set your systems to be streamlined to figure out the shortcuts to put all that stuff in place so that you're more efficient, and more effective?  Shelley Renee has over 30 years’ experience in managing dental practices. The knowledge and...  Read More
No Business of Dentistry in Dental School with Dr. David Lawrence
Well, today we're going to dive into my favorite subject, school. No business of dentistry in dental school. We don't teach the business of dentistry in dental school. And I think that's ironic. There's a lot of things that we do in school that that is not helpful to us.  I think it starts with...  Read More
Should Associates Have Actual Ownership in the Practice? With Eric Nuss
Let's start there. I think before you even go there, whether they should or shouldn't, I think you've got to question, what's the motive? Why do I want to give up equity in my business/practice? What am I getting in exchange for that? So by giving up equity in my business, I'm diluting my own...  Read More
The Four Building Blocks of Every Successful Practice
Today I want to talk to you about the  There are four building blocks upon which all privately owned businesses are founded. They exist whether we pay attention to them or not. Most of us can't take the time to see this because we're stuck on the treadmill too busy trying to make money. So let's...  Read More
Do You Have Staff or Team? With Sameer Bhasin
.  One of the  things we've experienced in this is that staff sometimes is a result. Sometimes it comes from the way that we as leaders treat them and how we view them. Do we view them as smart and motivated, or do we view them as stupid and lazy or somewhere in between where they're just not going...  Read More
From Hostage to Freedom with Shelley Renee
Let's start with the dark side, where you were before you felt like you got your freedom, both you and your husband and your practice, just kind of paint a quick picture of that.  So the dark side was where my husband had a dental practice and I was his office manager. But I had bigger and better...  Read More
How to Build a Practice That Makes Money When You're Not There with Dr. David Lawrence
I wanted to figure out how to build a practice where I can get off the treadmill and make more money in less time.  And this can actually be fun.  Isn’t making money while you’re not there counter logical?  Everyone knows that the dental industry is hard.  It’s hard on the body.  Obviously we...  Read More
Multiple Location Success w/ Jacob Puhl
Jacob (Jake) Puhl earned his MBA from Xavier University and has now started, owned, and served as CEO of several seven-figure businesses. Among them, he started Firegang Dental Marketing in 2010, building that company up to one of the most successful marketing companies in dentistry; he left in...  Read More
How to Find Those Great, Rare Team Members
I'd like to talk about .  Let me start by saying they aren't rare, I believe that somewhere around 80%, or perhaps even more of the people who are in dentistry would be rock stars and great team members, if we either allowed it or required it.  Read More
Why Your Team Members are Just Adequate, or Worse - HCD Leadership is the Answer
 Go back to the podcast right before this one to learn more about each HCD versus LCD practices.  I'll remind you in this podcast that managers manage with policies that's the lowest common denominator mindset and leaders lead with principles that's the highest common denominator, mindset. And...  Read More
Things to Think About Before Opening Another Location w/ Eric Nuss
 And for those of you who aren't thinking about opening another location, don't tune out. Because I'm going to guarantee that that 80 to 90% of this will apply to you whether you ever open another location or not. Because the reality of it is, if you're going to open a second location, the first...  Read More
The Biggest Mistake Dental Practice Owners Make Regarding Taxes with Craig Cody, CPA
Why is it we spend time planning for vacations, car purchases, and stuff like that, but typically have little communication with our CPA throughout the year?  We might meet with them maybe in February or March but are you really optimizing that relationship to reduce your tax bill? Craig Cody is a...  Read More
How to Hire a Full-Time Employee for Less Than One Part-Time w/ Beth Bogan
Expand your office hours and provide real-time help to your patients with a professional and HIPAA trained customer service team. Show patients when they're coming to your website that they are significant, that they matter that their concerns matter, that their fears that they feel are silly and...  Read More
What to do When Team Performance Lags - HCD Leadership vs LCD Management
It's no wonder for years survey companies like Gallup consistently report that only 30% of team members feel engaged and are participating in their workplace.  70% are disengaged, disconnected, merely going through the motions and phoning it in.  They're fully codependent. They are physically...  Read More
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