Are You Efficient or Short Staffed? - E162Highlights from this episode:Run Down: Staffing: the fight between efficiency & being short-staffed (00:51)Office Talk: Failing forward on finding a new location (27:24)Closing Thought: "Dream Big Dre

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Your Heros Are Not GodsWe all have people we look up to. We admire and respect them and sometimes we may feel they are somehow not human. Like they do not face the same challenges or distractions as we mortals do. That could not be

Can an Optometry Office Have a Brand? - E161Highlights from this episode: Run Down: Can an Optometry Office Have a Brand? (00:36)Office Talk: Interviews (14:53)Closing Thought: Overpaying for special things (17:25) In this episode we are talking abo

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Whether Carrot or the Stick, Use What Motivates YouEverybody has something that is motivating them. Sometimes it's a prize, sometimes it's just to avoid something unfavorable. Whatever the reason, it can be used to push yo

How Your Expectations Control Your Outcome - E160Highlights in this episode: Run Down: How your expectations control your outcome (00:47)Office Talk: The spot that got away (16:46)Closing Thought: 20 Hours to Mastery (24:14)In this episode we are ta

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Action Will Always Beat InactionSometimes, the bigger the goal the more intimidating it is. When that is the case, the next step is ACTION. You will never get where you want to go unless you DO SOMETHING! ACTION always trumps INACT

Do You Have the Perspective You Need to Be Successful in Optometry? - E159 Highlights from this episode: Run Down: Do You Have the Perspective You Need to Be Successful in Optometry? (00:31)Office Talk: What Do My Office Meetings Look Like (14:58) Cl

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - You Control the NarrativeIn this week's nugget, we are talking about something Steve Jobs used called a "reality distortion field" which allowed him to create his own narrative of situations in his mind. If you appro

3 Needs for Practice Growth | E158Highlights from this episode: Run Down: 3 Needs for Practice Growth (00:34)Office Talk: Manager Development (21:10) Closing Thought: Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you have (24:58)In thi

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - The Power of Making Detached DecisionsIn this week's nugget, we are talking about the power of emotions and the place they have or DON'T have in your decision making process. Where does it benefit to have a black and white