Dr. Chris Griffin Show: Simple Practice Breakthroughs to Make Your Life Easier

Current events are full of crisis events that affect so many, dentists included.In 2013 a lightning strike started a fire that burned down my dental practice.4 months later I delivered a lecture on how we responded to the crisis in 12 steps.While some things have changed, the principles and many of the action items are uniquely appropriate for any dentist who finds themselves in the midst of catastrophe.Or, any dentist who knows how lucky they have been to avoid disaster and wants to prepare before it's too late.

CAD/CAM milling technology including CEREC is dying on the vine.The march to 3D printed crowns is underway and if you get in on the front end of the bandwagon, you can save tons of overhead on your lab bills.There are 3 Big Ways to 3D print crowns right now.Listen up and catch the wave of the future before most dentists know what hit them.Go to 3DPA.org for a free report:3 Big Mistakes Most Dentists Make When they Consider 3D Printing

Some of the things dentists rave over as they add 3D Printing to their practice are really cool, but don't exactly move the needle when it comes to ROI.Then, there are a small few that pay the way for everything else the super techy nerd gene that all dentists have (myself included).Today we're going to talk about the procedures that will pay off your initial investment the fastest.After you pay that off, you will have a lot of choices on what to do with the profit.One of the best things I have seen is to lower your fees to patients so that both you and your patients have a big win from this.Plus, you will be securing your practice by insourcing at a time when sending out labwork can be dicey to say the least.

You realize you need to start 3D printing.You're busy. We're all busy. But...You realize you need to start 3D printing for all the amazing reasons you're hearing and reading about.What is the easiest and simplest way to start from absolute zero?Here are the 3 simplest ways to start printing and realize the power of what it can open in your practice.Get more free 3D printing resources at 3dpa.org

Case acceptance and case presentation problems are rampant in our profession.Is it us or is it the patients who get in the way of them getting optimal care?Maybe it's a little bit of both, but luckily things are getting easier.3D Printing can break down some of the biggest barriers that cause "empty chair" syndrome.After you listen to this episode you will want to go on over to the 3D Printing Association website and get our free resources to help you get started.www.3DPA.org

Will we, won't we...Are we going to have a recession, who knows?The "Experts" all say we will. But, most dentists I know haven't seen it yet.Still, if there was a way to improve your practice overall while securing your practice in the case that we MIGHT have a recession.Well, that's what I call a no-brainer.We've talked in the past about the Aesop's fable of the ant and the grasshopper.This is a classic example.Don't be a grasshopper!And, while you're at it, learn these 3 awesome ways that 3D printing makes your practice even stronger when that pesky Recession hits.If it hits.

3D Printing can be expensive enough when you're first getting started.Why not use FREE software if it's just as good?We think so, too, and this episode is dedicated to helping you make good and informed decisions as you start your 3D printing journey.Visit us at www.3dpa.org for more 3D printing resources and to claim a copy of the checklists we use for our Top 3 3D printed procedures.

Same Day Service has been a buzzword in dentistry since the early days of the CEREC and milled crowns.Until 3D Printing burst onto the scene in 2020, most dentists didn't feel like things like same day starts for clear aligners or dentures were possible.Everything is changing rapidly and here are 3 ways 3D printing can make same day dentistry a reality like never before.And, as a result, 3 ways you can increase case acceptance and gain your patient's trust.

I'm not only talking about only lowering overhead or reducing the need for more staff,I'm talking about making the quality of your practice better.Here are 3 ways 3D printing will do that.Go to www.3DPA.org to get 3 FREE checklists for our Top three 3D Printing Procedures we use everyday in my practice.Watch this episode on YouTube here:https://youtu.be/vE_Z6fD3HoQ

Dentistry is always changing, but 3D Printing is speeding that up fast.Learn 3 procedures that dentists do everyday that will be so impacted, that they will be changed forever...And sooner rather than later.Go to www.3DPA.org to get FREE checklists for our Top 3 3D Printing Procedures we use everyday in my practice.Watch this episode on YouTube here:https://youtu.be/NP6_gibD75M

There is a ton of buzz around the topic of 3D printing in dentistry today.3D Printing opens the doors to ways that 3D Printing can help any dentist.If you're just now starting your journey, or you are just now realizing there is something to this, don't worry...You're not too late!Here are 3 Big Reasons 3D Printing can positively impact you and your practice.Go to www.3DPA.org to get FREE checklists for our Top 3 3D Printing Procedures we use everyday in my practice.Watch this episode on YouTube here:https://youtu.be/Sh0f2XBMXKM

A quick update on the No Surprise Act from the ADA and, then... The main event. An article from a hygienist explains how we can keep hygienists happy. That way they won't quit and cut off the lifeline of the practice and such. Every dentist should hear this one and then read the article for themselves. You really don't want to miss this one!

Once again, dentists are caught in the crosshairs of more regulation. While it seems it could have been worse, all of us will likely have to change some of our ways to stay on the right side of the law. On today's Dental Headlines Show, we will discuss: Which (Very Few) Dentists are Exempt The Most Likely Area You Will Be Affected What Seems Like the Most Commonsense Way to Approach these Changes And More.

Dentistry in the News: January 7th, 2022 WHO finally recognizes SDF. What's on 2nd. I dunno who's on 3rd. AI is coming and where is Will Smith when you need him to fight a robot? Dropping PPOs is always a good idea apparently... Duh Bonus points if you know what POSA is and what to do when you see it. The alphabet squad explains why mobile and teledentistry are good for everybody ...And Much, Much More.

Dr. Tom Larkin is a professor and a private practitioner. He has been screaming (well, not screaming, he's pretty soft-spoken) from the rooftops for years that we had to change the way we operated because it was just a matter of time before our profession would be changed forever. Enter COVID19. If we want to re-open and get back to any type of pre-covid normalcy, there are things that we MUST do right now. IF YOU FIGURE THIS OUT, you will have an advantage over everybody else. Oh, and the Elephant in the Room..... HYGIENE! How in the heck are we supposed to deal with hygiene re-opening?!? Well, it's at the 15:26 minute point, but don't skip ahead or you'll miss details you Must Have today. Remember, we're all in this together! You can visit Dr. Larkin's dental bootstrap project here: www.PhoenixDentalProject.com (http://www.phoenixdentalproject.com)

When this crisis if over, we must Restore our Practice, Remake our Systems, Rebuild our Dreams, and Reclaim our Future. Note: you can watch this video in our Facebook group here (https://www.facebook.com/solodentists) In 2013 I faced a similar crisis when my practice burned down overnight. This lecture details the exact steps I took then to rebuild my practice This is your opportunity and now is the time for all of us to "Burn Down" and failed systems that were already causing us pain and remake them perfect! Remember, we're all in this together. If you would like CE credit for this episode or watch the video of the lecture, go to our Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/solodentists This is the community of solo and small practice owners navigating this crisis.

TOO BUSY TO LISTEN RIGHT NOW? GET THE TRANSCRIPT HERE (https://drchrisgriffin.clickfunnels.com/transcript-opt-in-amanda-wilson) Dr. Amanda Wilson levels with dentists about what is going on in ortho today and with Smile Direct Club, including strategies to take them on and use their millions spent to boost your own practice. Dr. Amanda candidly pulls back the curtain about what is really going on with the Purple People Eaters and the decline Orthodontists have seen for the past decade and a half. After telling us what we should REALLY know about Smile Direct Club, she dives into how it's a No-Brainer that general dentists should be adding Ortho to their practices... Then, she tells us exactly how to do it! From wire braces, to Invisalign, to In-House aligners, and even White Label trays... Dr. Amanda explains in detail how we can all save Two-Thirds of our lab case fees!!! WooHoo. Any self-respecting general dentist who wants to add ortho to their practice (and you would be dumb not to want that) needs to listen to this podcast VERY slowly and take notes. If you don't, you probably don't need to be doing braces anyway. She gives us that many amazing tips, diamonds, tricks, secrets, etc. Tune In Now! Go to her website to learn all about the special offer (truly a great one you shouldn't turn down) here: (http://www.StraightSmileSolutions.com)

Jerry Jones and Dr. Chris Griffin unveil the #1 way to rescue dental practices under assault using memberships among other brilliant ideas. Recently Jerry Jones released the shocking 6th edition of the State of Dentistry.  He has researched every aspect of the current dental economy and interviewed the very best in our field. His conclusions are startling and this post-report interview might even be better as he reveals the one thing that made his practice sell for more than it should have. Any dentist can duplicate this winning strategy. Listen in and take careful notes if you want the #1 way smart dentists are securing their practices even in these challenging times.

The Dynamic Duo of Erin Elliott and Tarun “T-Bone” Agarwal is fighting the status quo of how to practice and how to learn better than Batman and Robin teamed up to fight crime.  Just exchange Raleigh, North Carolina for Gotham and you get the idea.  Nestled in the Appalachians is one of the hottest learning centers in America and it’s not by accident.  Whether it’s Dr. Erin’s Sleep 101 course or T-Bones 3D workflows, dentists who travel down to see them are never disappointed because these two give more than any student would expect. Today, T-Bone challenges me on catching the wave of the future in private practice and Erin tries to keep him calm while adding her own 2 cents in a much less ‘in-your-face’ style that is uniquely her own. Did they convince me to change my ways… Listen and you’ll  find out, plus much more like: Why practicing non-solo doesn’t have to mean losing autonomy The biggest reason why most dentists will never try to work in difficult procedures, like Sleep and 3D, and how a simple but effective hack would change that The trick to getting students to implement once they get home that almost nobody shares and why you probably don’t implement either And much, much more. Enjoy

Elijah Desmond is the dental Super-preneur whirlwind who is famous, not for being a hygienist, or for co-founding DentalHub 360, or for co-founding Smiles at Sea, or Driven Dental Marketing…. Those things are cool and all, but Desmond is famous for being just a tremendous human being. This was evidenced over the holiday when I saw his video about helping an anonymous dentist who was struggling. I donated a little bit and I encourage you to as well. If Desmond says it’s for a good cause, I believe him and after this interview, you should, too. Here’s the link to his GoFundMe page (https://www.gofundme.com/6gpnwm8?fbclid=IwAR0QNE-awuYfubDt5kfltaXqloDz4jDPZmTzZfelCCJX8ualQRStGj18juQ)  

Today we interview Dr. Nathan Ho, new patient expert with a specialty in getting tons of amazing ‘real’ reviews.  This is quickly becoming the number 1 way to get patients at a reasonable cost. You can watch part one of this awesome interview on his Facebook Group, Dental Win Win. You can also watch the Video Podcast of this interview on our new YouTube Channel.

We’re back with Chris Moriarity, productivity specialist and overall great guy. In this episode Chris shares how he would approach the problem that I have been having lately…. Low Case Acceptance. No guys, it’s nothing to be ashamed of.  You just have to roll up your sleeves and solve the problem. Chris breaks me down and then builds me up. You’ve got to hear it, then you’ll understand.

Dr. Emily Letran is someone special in our profession. An immigrant from Vietnam, she has become a true leader in dentistry and an inspiration for women dentists everywhere. Her story is a tear-jerker, but the way she has conquered life step-by-step will leave you looking for her name on seminar stages all around. Listen in and you will learn how she: Drove the fast track from communist food lines to high achiever and even became so good at this, she is now a certified coach Finds a way to always take Action to Win even though she is ‘busier’ than dentists who feel ‘maxxed out’ Has created a seminar series to teach others how to take massive action She is truly an inspiration.  Don’t miss out!

Chris Moriarity has worked with enough dentists by now that he knows that massive hyper-production is not the only important statistic.  He also helps solo and private practicing dentists find out what makes them happy in their profession.  Of course he knows how to make their production numbers rain down if that’s what they want. Here’s part 1 of a very interesting discussion that was planned for only one episode, but was found to contain too many gems to edit down that much.  

We caught up with a true Stand Out Dentist, Dr. Ron Receuver of Louisville, Kentucky.  He totally transformed the way he practices over the past decade to become the go-to guy when locals think of dental implants in that area. If you want to learn how to stand out as an implant dentist or just to transform your practice period, you should pay close attention to this interview. In it you will learn: How he transitioned from insurance dependence and general practice to “The Implant Guy” How he learned a much better way to attract the patients he wanted than the ‘Standard’ discounted and free offers most dentists fall victim to thinking work (Hint: they really don’t anymore) How to Dominate Your Market Area doing things that scare most dentists And Much, Much More…

One of the biggest questions that I keep hearing is, “When Can I Safely Retire?” Well, if you have had that thought rolling around in your head, today is your lucky day.  Jerry Jones is a practice owner and a dental marketing coach extraordinaire for over a decade.  He has also been hearing that a lot lately and I sat down with him to see what best practices he has seen work from his dentists who were in that same boat. In this episode you will learn: Great options for dentists who want to ‘Slow Down’ but don’t want to actively retire. The Revenue numbers that dentists need to be hitting if they want to actually Get Out of dentistry safely. The Top Mistakes that he and I have both seen dentists make when they try to Get Out Too Soon.  Plus how to avoid being a statistic in that regard. And Much, Much More…

Dr. Mark Costes is the founder of multiple dental practices and also of the wildly successful Dental Success Institute.  Today, he gives his unique experiences to answer questions about dentists and their path toward growth and retirement. In this episode you will learn: The things you MUST get right if you even want to consider owning multiple practices (most shouldn’t) The most common mistakes he has personally seen dentists make as they try to choose a new way to practice and how could they have simply avoided them if they followed this simple principle. The very best options he has seen for dentists who want to slow down, but don’t want to retire and can’t imagine their income going down. And Much, Much More…

A 4th generation CEO is breaking traditions and breaking the mold of the way that dental supply companies communicate with today’s dentists. Julie Charlestein reveals the cutting edge ways that she is steering her company, Premiere Dental, into the next frontier of interactive patient treatment alongside a new generation of dentists who value collaboration moreso than most every generation in the past. In this episode you will learn: Why millennial dentists think about practice differently than “old Gen Xers” (Note: both Julie and Dr. Griffin are Gen Xers) and the media that her company is using to communicate in a way that’s a win-win. How the ‘3 Day Dentist’ is becoming the norm for new dentists who are seeking to become the most balanced generation of dentists EVER How a “nimble” company like Premiere can take advantage of the newest advances in multiple channel supply fulfillment to help agile dentists avoid headaches and unnecessary aggravation. And Much, Much More…

Dr. Jason Luchtefeld is changing the face of one of the most famous dental conferences in the U.S.  He joins us to discuss how the Dentaltown Townie meeting is staying ahead of the times and how they are innovating next year’s event to stay relevant with the changing tastes of today’s dentists.  Dr. Luchtefeld also reveals how the Townie is not only embracing technological advances, but making sure that dentists who commit their precious time to attending leave with multiples of ROI on their investment of time and money. On this episode we will unveil: How Howard Farran is constantly challenging the Townie Meeting team to innovate and stay ahead of the field How unique tracks at this year’s Townie meeting will triple the value of attendees there How the CE Director at a Top 5 Dental Meeting can bring value to attendees for years after they attend And Much, Much More…  

Walt Disney and Steve Jobs Inspired the Most Amazing Team Bonus System in History.  Learn how you can convert it to your dental practice to motivate and reward your dental team WITHOUT creating a monster, runaway bonus system that will eventually wreck your practice and make everyone miserable. In this episode you will learn: How to identify a Death Spiral Bonus before it makes everyone miserable and kills your team unity How to apply the Silicon Valley System to your Practice in a way that could double your practice and make your team love you for it! You can stop spending THOUSANDS each year with big marketing companies and slick consultants who try to convince you that your results are better than they actually are. And Much, Much More…

Season 2 Premiere – Our new direction will be 2 fold. First, we want to draw attention to the declining popularity of Live CE and to promote the 7 reasons why it is an integral part of our profession that we cannot let die. Secondly, we want to re-commit to our belief that a motivated, happy dental team will always outperform teams that aren’t enthusiastic and engaged. That can make all the difference in your practice and in turn, your life. In this episode you will learn: 5 Big Excuses Dentists Make to Not Attend Live CE that mark them as candidates for early retirement 7 Big Benefits of Attending Live CE that Sub-Par Dentists Ignore and Winning Dentists Use to Their Advantage Every Day The Power of a Motivated Team in Creating the Practice and Lifestyle You Really Want at Work and at Home The Danger of Living with a Death Spiral Bonus in Place And Much, Much More…

We’ve come to the Season 1 Finale and it has been quite a ride.  As we finish this year I wanted to make sure that everyone listening understood that moving forward, this show will be focused on the Solo, Private General Practitioner. Along those lines and following up on the 7 Big Problems we talked about last episode, today’s episode will focus on 7 Inconvenient Truths that Will Continue to Drive the Direction of the Solo Dentist in America. If you can understand these and align your practice accordingly, you stand a great chance to prosper moving forward. In this Episode You Will Learn: The ONLY Circumstances that must exist if you are going to practice as a “Cutting Edge” Insurance-Free (relatively speaking) Practice.  As Fox Mulder once said, “They are out there.”  But, as I say, “They are hard to find and harder to make successful.” Where the Search for “New” Income will have to come from during the next decade.  It is the only place left to look and it will cause some serious friction in our profession as the Solo GPs will face serious opposition. Why Patient Visits being down was bound to create trickle-down GP income downturns and what smart dentists are doing to try to fix the issue. Plus Much, Much More…

It is true that we are members of one of the greatest professions on the planet right now.  It is also true that anxiety is growing about our future.  Today, I address a question that has become all too frequent at my seminars, “What is the Biggest Problem Facing Dentistry Today and How Can We Solve It?” After putting a lot of thought into that question, I have come up with 7 Big Problems and 3 Rules that Can Fix All of Them if we have the will to impose them. In this Episode You Will Learn: How Dentistry is Slowly Losing it’s Heart and Soul Due to Outside Forces and How You Can Build a Wall Around the Heart of Your Practice that Will Make You the Strongest Practice in Your Area How Inaction and Shortsightedness Have Plagued Our Profession as of Late and How You Can Use Farsightedness to Innovate While Others are Fearful to the Point that They Will Become Pawns of the Next Phase of the Takeover How we Should Be Using the Ronald Reagan Rule to Keep Us Alive in the Evolutionary Fight that is Going on in Washington, Plus How to Become a “Warrior” Leader Who Has Complete Control and Respect at the Office. And Much, Much More…  

One of the first line items to get blamed when things aren’t going all that well in your practice is your office overhead.  While there are many instances where Overhead is the culprit, the way that dentists look at overhead and how to attack it, often overlooks the most effective ways to cure the disease. Today we dive into some of the less obvious and most powerful ways you can whip your overhead numbers into shape so that they work for you instead of dragging your practice down like a bag of bricks over your shoulder. In this episode you will learn: The magic of Identical Room Setups in Same Day Capabilities to Boost Daily Numbers up to Your Next Plateau for Good. The Ordering System to Almost Guarantee 5% Clinical Supply Costs so You Can Quit Worrying Over Which of You Favorite Supplies You Have to Do Without Each Month to Avoid Going Over Budget and Catching “Over-Ordering Syndrome” How a Simple Check Can Transform a Dull, Uninspired Team into a Team of Superstars Who Will Pull You Along to Meet Your Most Amazing Goals 12 Steps to Lock Down Your Non-Insured Patients so That Poachers from Down the Street Can’t Even Begin to Entice Them Away from You with Cheesy New Patient Offers. And Much, Much More…

It you are victim of the “Chronic Cancellation Disorder” this episode is for you. We are NOT going to tell you we can solve this problem for you! Instead, we have a very unique way of dealing with the issue that is a complete Win/Win for you and the patients.  Listen up and we’ll reveal this Strategy Step-by-Step. In this Episode you will Learn: Our Famous and Very Controversial Hygiene Scheduling Strategy that Causes Audiences to Gasp Across the Nation….But, Solves the Cancellation Problem Every Time it is Tried How You Fit into One of the 4 Quadrants of Dentistry and How You Can Profit in any of the Top 3 of them You Choose How to Recognize the 5 Overhead Monsters Lurking in Every Practice and How to Shine the Light on Them So You Can Destroy the Beast How to Stop Whining About How Your Patients Lie to You and How You Can Smile All the Way to a Full Schedule Anyway And Much, Much More…

Running late is one of the Top 3 causes of Doctor stress and burnout in the U.S.  While it is truly impossible to KNOW exactly how long each appointment will take, it is very possible to control a schedule in a way that allows for speed, efficiency, quality, and staff happiness. Today we will discuss several tools that if employed can solve 80% of Doctor’s Stress Problems. In this Episode you will Learn: How to Solve the Hygiene “Jaws” Scenario Before It Happens So You Don’t Get Your Blood Boiling From a Distance The Reason Why Some Dentists Prep So Slowly, (and why they really aren’t being slow on the important parts) and How You Can Slash Minutes Off Each Prep. Why Doctor Stress is So Rampant and the Characteristic that Can Dissolve 80% of Your Stress if You Strengthen the Trait And Much, Much More…

What if there were a way you could harness all that chaos, visualize the path of highest productivity with the least stress, and create a Workflow that allowed you to create a lifestyle that was ideal in every way: money, time off, happiness, fulfillment…. There is and it’s the concept of Visualized Workflow. In this episode you will learn: The 3 Ways You Can Project this Powerful Principle into Action in Your Practice Immediately for Less than 5 Bucks! How to Install ‘Signal Boards’ for Your Front Office, Your Clinical Staff, and Yourself So You Never Let Important Projects or Tasks Slip Through the Cracks Exposing Your Practice and Personal Lives to Massive Lost Opportunity Costs that Can Wreck Your Retirement and Make Your Everyday Existence Miserable The Proper Way to Create Retrospective Meetings that Maximize Future Benefit for Minimal Time Investment that Streamline Your Team’s Productivity Every Day and Every Week. And Much, Much More…

Dental practices have been attempting to go completely digital for the last decade.  It is a HUGE challenge. Today we discuss how we created a Hybrid Model that not only solved our ‘digital’ problem, but also solved the communication problem between the clinical and front office team members. In this episode you will learn: How Solving the Digital Problems that Have Kept Us From Paperless Perfection for So Long The Hands-Down Best Scanner on the Planet that Can Slash Hours from Your Team’s Workload of Useless Busy Work The Reasons Why You Struggle to Present Correct Financials Using Only Digital and the Way to Solve This Once and For All The Secrets Behind Fast Financial Arrangements and How Any Front Office Person Can Master Quick and Accurate Treatment Presentation Leading to Case Acceptance And Much, Much More…. (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 18 “The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links and the evolutionary story, is that when you do find the missing link and put it in the story, you suddenly need all these other missing links to connect the new discovery. The gaps and questions actually increase its extraordinary.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Yes, yes. Hey everybody! I know that was kind of a weird quote right? That just not seem like it belonged to a dental podcast. But anyway, thanks for tuning in this week. Let me share what, why I said that. That was a quote by none other than the famous Sir David Attenborough from England. Now if you don’t know who that is, David Attenborough, he has been a naturalist his whole life. And he’s also been in charge of the BBC as a director of programming. You know he was like their big league in the 60’s and 70’s. You know, he’s been called a national treasure. He’s been voted one of the top 100 Britons of all time. So anyway, he’s got a hundred titles like all the, all the famous guys over at Britain. You know he is a, he is been a member of the Order of Merit, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Commander of the order of the British Empire. I mean hey, you know…some of these titles are super cool and I think it will be awesome to have them. But why I put a quote about evolution in this podcast? Well, today, we’re going to share with you something that I’ve always called “The Missing Link” and it’s the missing link, not an evolution but the missing link in Dentistry between the front office and the clinical. There’s always a conflict. Every office I have ever even thought about consulting with has had a conflict between the front office and the clinical. They always struggle to communicate, they struggle, you know they have you know, the front office said, they have their agenda. The clinical, the back office, they a lot of times they have their agenda. It just it’s really aggravating and frustrating for everyone and especially the patients. But the big loser in all of this communication difficulty has always been the ability for the office to produce the high level of productivity. Because and one of the main reasons is, it’s just really hard to do same day dentistry. To do same day dentistry, you have to have all your ducks in a row. You have to have really good communication between the front and the back because there’s always a very small window you have between the diagnosis when the patient’s really hot to get it done and your staff telling you whether or not they think within a reasonable doubt that you actually get paid for this okay? Or if they even have enough information to present an accurate or semi accurate number to the patient...

The 7 Deadly Wastes are paramount in any profitable production system in the world.  In this episode we will delve into the 7 Wastes that Kill Dental Practices and Eat Away at Their Profits from the Inside Out.  Learn how to Destroy these Internal Rots and You Will Be Well on Your Way to Creating a Profitable Practice Powerhouse. In this Episode You Will Learn: Why I Despise Block Scheduling and a Better Way to Create Consistently Profitable Scheduling Why Opportunity Cost is THE #1Killer of Practice Profits and How You Can Identify, Resolve, and Take Advantage of this Amazing Profit Center No Matter How You Choose to Practice How to Make Your Operatories Quickly Deployable “Cycle Time” Weapons instead of Cluttered, Dusty Millstones Around the Neck of Your Practice Slowing Down Your Team and Your Production The Most Powerful Statistic Any Dentist Can Ever Track, that the Top 1% All Monitor and that I am 99% Sure You Won’t Be Brave Enough to Measure, Regardless of How Much Money it Will Make You. And Much, Much, More…  

Today we flood the airwaves with the Ultimate Dental Productivity System that was crafted as a direct result of the careful application of Asian Efficiency principles from the LEAN Management Theory into the American Private Dental Practice.  Some call this the Samurai Production System because it cuts out all the waste associated with most offices and still leaves room for the Cowboy Way in us to be creative and our own dentist. In this episode you will learn: How Color Coding your Operatories and Sterilization Rooms can save you Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars over Your Career How We Use Rows of Bins in the Toyota Style to Save Enough Time Each Week to Take a 4 Day Weekend EVERY WEEKEND, and How You Can Easily Adapt This to Make Your Family a LOT Happier. The Adaptation of the Powerful Japanese concept of Kanban Signal Boards to Direct the Entire Day to Make My Daily Routine Brain-Dead Easy so I Can Focus on the Patients and Build a Connection that Builds a Curtain of Solid Steel Around My Patient Pool, Plus Throws Off Dozens of Direct Referrals Each and Every Month Plus Much, Much, More… (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 16 “If everyone is moving together, then success takes care of itself.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. So you may have actually heard that quote. That is from a very, very famous person in American history, Mr. Henry Ford. You all know him? He’s the founder of Ford Motor Company but Henry Ford was also maybe more importantly the unwitting founder a concept called Lean Management. Now Lean Management is something that was adopted in post World War II, Japan. And help build some of the largest companies that the world now knows into that juggernaut that they are. And all this really came from these strategies and concepts that Henry Ford developed’ really going way back. I guess some people say the Father of Lean Management was actually Eli Whitney but moving forward, Henry Ford really make that happen with his assembly line for his cars. And then his concepts were taken off over the post towards Japan and you know, they just went nuts with it. They actually developed this Lean Management theory into something amazing and it turned out into you know, the Toyota production system. That’s basically based completely on concepts Henry Ford came up with. So I thought it was certainly appropriate that they were used to quote Henry Ford today. Now today, we’re going to dive in to this Lean Management theory as we go back to the lecture I did in Oklahoma City and we’re going to be talking about all kinds of amazing things that I have applied in to dentistry from these Lean Management concepts like color coding, visual learning, Kanban boards and just on and on. So I’m really excited today, it’s absolutely something. It’s true to my heart in dentistry, it’s what I really think helps everyday dentists really make a difference and getting more dentistry done; it helps everybody, patients, doctors, team, everybody. So let’s go ahead and let’s jump back to the lecture and let’s hear all about the Lean Manufacturing theory. The fun parts are the rewards, and I’ll tell you what I like to do, I like to like combine work and fun. So like if we’re doing really well, I will take my staff on a sea trip with me or something like that. Be sure you’re acknowledging things every time somebody does something really well. I’ll show you some pictures. So 2005 was the year that we converted from the cosmetic practice to the higher volume practice and you know, we had a great year; I mean a blowout year. I think we went that year from 600,000...

Our Special Guest Penny Reed and I share our formula of how we became recognized in this elite club and how we think you should begin your journey to becoming an in-demand dental speaker, author, and expert if you have an interest in cracking into dentistry’s most inner circle, the Speaking Circuit. With over 35 combined years of experience in the Dental Speaking Industry, we will share the most common ways that dental speakers sabotage their careers and how they can make choices that make them highly sought after.  You will learn: How to Become Known for a Hot Topic, Giving You a Huge Advantage How to Create a Strong Platform that Develops a Web of Interest The Fastest Course to Getting Booked Solid Without Sitting Around Waiting for the Phone to Ring And Much, Much More… Resource: Best Dental Speaker Course by Dr. Griffin and Penny Reed Click Here to Learn More (https://3daydentist.infusionsoft.com/saleform/nathniflu) (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 16 “An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Let me tell you guys, anytime I get a chance to throw out a quote from a theoretical physicist, I’m going to take that chance because I guess it’s not every day that overlaps with the world of dentistry. But here you go, that quote was by none other than world famous doctor, Neils Bohr. Now Neils Bohr was a theoretical physicist like I said, he’s from Denmark and I mean this guy’s done, he did so much. I mean this guy developed all these theories about Physics back in the 20’s. You know, then along comes…and he wins a Nobel prize by the way for all that. And then comes along World War II, the guy fights the Nazis, the Nazis gets after him, he runs away to Sweden then he ends up in England. He becomes part of the Manhattan project that won, eventually won World War II for the Americans. And then after that you know it’s just off to the race as he founds the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and it just goes on and on from there. So this is one of the smartest guys that ever lived on the face of the planet. Now why did I throw that quote out? Well because today’s show is a lot about being an expert in what to do if you are an expert and recently, I did a project with Penny Reed. Now Penny is someone I’ve known forever. Of course I’m about to introduce her in a minute, of what I’m going to share with you but we, for years, wanted to do a project together. But you know, hey, we both coach dentist and it seemed like we’re going to compete with each other. It seemed odd and weird and so we could never find a way to do it until now. So we both have a passion for motivational speaking and just speaking in general. And both of us have kind of pulled ourselves up from the boot straps and become speakers in this dental field. Just you know, basically on the force of our will and so we want to share with everyone how that we did it. And how that we think it’s very possible but there’s a formula that you could follow and you could also become an expert in this field and the speaker and author and all that stuff if you want to. So, we held a live training on April 19th. So I just took the body of that live training which I had to edit it a little bit because let me tell you, there was just some comedy of errors. Just a lot of crazy stuff happened with me having to update apple right before the webinar because it’s something that, I don’t know why and then it has some conflicts with the webinar program. And anyway, there are a lot of editing but I got it down

We all know that without the Doctor or the Patients, no treatment can exist.  I contend that without a sound team of fun, hard-working, motivated, and upbeat team members, neither the Doctor, now the Patient can have an outstanding visit to the practice. The Dental Team is THE KEY to unlocking happiness in all aspects of your office life.  Today, we explore the Staff component of the SPEnD Continuum in the Practice Achievement Formula. In this Episode You Will Learn: How your Team members can Make or Break Case Presentation and How You Can Leverage Their Ability to Connect with the Patients in Ways that You Just Cannot How to Destroy the Disease of Duplication in the Dental Practice to Make Your Own Team as Efficient as Greased Lightning! The Blueprint of How You Can End the Days of Team Members Disrupting the Flow with Distracting Confusion and How You Can Become the CEO of Your Practice, Plus the Benefits that Come from Now Having to Deal with Every Single Problem, Every Single Day And Much, Much More…. (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 14 “The strength of the team is each member; the strength of each member is the team.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Folks, that was a good one, that was one of…well you all know how much I love basketball. I talk about it all the time. And well NCAA’s over now, I’m not as much of a pro basketball fan. But this particular quote came from the one, the only, Zen master himself, Phil Jackson. Who coached not only the world famous Chicago Bulls from the 90’s with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Who made you know this year, their record, the All-time single season wins record is in jeopardy from the Golden State Warriors. It’s not that I don’t think the warriors are amazing, which they are. But of course the bulls are from my wheel house era, so I kind of seen how the records fall. But he was their coach and then he was coach for the Kobe Bryant, Shaq O’Neil, Lakers. Now he’s the coach of New York Knicks, not having as much luck with the Knicks this year or last year. But Phil, you know, if anyone can turn that ship around, he can do it. But there’s no question, Phil Jackson has a place in history as one of the greatest thinking coaching minds ever to set foot on a basketball court. So that’s one of the reasons why I picked that quote because when I was looking through good quotes for today’s episode, which is all about staff and teamwork, this one just jumped off the page because it really is true, the strength of the team is each member but the strength of each member is the team. That’s so like Phil, such a Zen Master quote. So anyway, today’s episode is going to be awesome because we’re going to go back to the Oklahoma City lecture but this lecture started to get really good because as we deep dive into the Practice Achievement Formula, and we all know that staff, that’s the very first part of that formula, today we get to that part of the lecture and really get deep deep into detail on that. And we’re going to cover a lot of other cool things right? We’re going to talk about you know, how to avoid duplication in the practice. We’re going to talk about how to delegate, how to be a real CEO, how to develop team leaders. Just a lot of stuff, okay? It’s going to be really awesome. So listen up, here we go… Now how do you count a case accepted when you chart it? Okay, okay, that’s good. That’s good. How about you? Alright. Do you know what your percentage is? What?! You’re lying. It’s not 98, what are you talking about? 98. Huh?! I’ve never heard of 98. 73 is decent. That’s like what people shoot

Years of searching led me to a discovery that changed the way we view every single action involving the pursuit of practice growth and happiness.  The answer to Ultimate Practice Success is not found on some remote mountaintop in a monastery or in a tiny cabin in an inaccessible swamp. The true secret to solving the riddle that has eluded so many dentists is in creating synergy between the 4 elements that make up any dental practice.  Those elements are represented by the acronym S-P-En-D, and any dentist who ‘spends’ enough time concentrating on improving these elements will without doubt create the practice of their dreams. In this episode you will learn: The way to master the element that drives the engine of the practice and the element that can make any dentist miserable when it is out of kilter.  This solves 90% of your practice troubles if you get it right, sadly few ever solve the riddle How to cure the incurable disease of no-shows in the practice in a very unconventional way.  Few will have the guts to proceed and those who do will wonder why they ever did this any other way. Why “Mystery Calls” are no longer effective and the simple trick that REALLY fixes the phones. The first step of our Famous 3 Step Diagnosis that Most Miss and that Can Skyrocket you Case Acceptance when done right. And Much, Much More…. (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 13 “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Oh, that was a good one. That was a good quote now, the reason that I picked that quote is because today we’re going to dive in to our practice achievement formula. If you’ve been following along, you will know that we’ve been taking little excerpts from our recent full day lecture in Oklahoma City and this is the part of that lecture where I dive into my Practice Achievement Formula. We won’t have time to get through the whole thing today, but we’re going to definitely get started on it. Now the quote was from our friend, one of our founders from the one hundred dollar bill, Benjamin Franklin. The last great renaissance man of America, some said. But then had a ton of great quotes and I will probably quote him again before the show’s over, I’m certain. But let’s take Ben’s advice and keep that quote in mind as we listen to our Practice Achievement Formula today. And I’m going to shoot you back off to Oklahoma City. Here we go. But anyway, here’s the formula. So I finally sat down and thought about it long enough that I decided, there’s really only 4 parts to any dental practice, okay? There’s…and the letters would be SPEn and D. So there is 3, that is the staff right? Because that’s the big part. We found out earlier, that if your staff’s not on board, it’s really hard to get stuff accomplished. Okay? That’s part 1. As you get this sheet that I got you guys to write on as we go through all this, you know. I don’t expect you guys to take everything I say and go home and try to do it next week. But what I would love is like if you guys just picked…if you could come up with 4 things for each of these letters, write it down, and work on one of those things each quarter. And at the end of the year, a year from now, you would have, you’d have 16 really good thing down at your practice that would surely help you. The second part is patience, okay? Because without patience, there is no practice. Environment is a big one. Environment is a big one because it is very possible to put a good team in a bad environment and it...

This week we share a couple of really big success stories.  One of my former coaching clients was the epitome of a stressed out dentist for years before he discovered how getting more productive led him to such great increases that he could go to 3 day weeks.  He even had so much free time on his hands that he took up serious tournament bass fishing. His story is NOT unique for those who have the fortitude get their practice productivity house in order.  Great things can happen.  Hear his story plus a bonus story about another great productivity success. In this episode you will learn: The lengths you need to go to protect the environment in your practice, including letting team members go who may be good at parts of their job, but drag down the whole team.  If you have the guts to do what’s right for the practice, you create an atmosphere where you can burst through your current plateaus. How Dr. Brian finally got serious and actually increased his production while decreasing his weekly patient schedule to 3 days per week and how you can start down the path to Weekly 4 Day Vacations Each and Every Week. How to set the stage for our Practice Achievement Formula And Much, Much More… (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 12 “To think accurately, you must separate facts from mere information.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Hello everybody. Well if you had a little trouble with that one is because it’s a bit of an obscure quote but don’t let that fool you because the quote itself comes from the one, the only, Mr. Napoleon Hill. Now Napoleon Hill, and I’m sure you guys know who he is but I’m just going to go over this for the folk in the back row who may or may not have read his most famous book. He wrote a book called “Think and Grow Rich”. Now “Think and Grow Rich” appears on the top 10 reading list of all business books of all time that I’ve ever seen every list I’ve ever seen has it up there. And he basically studied the lives and got to be really personal friends with some of the biggest shots of his time in the world. This is to name a few of them. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, John D. Rockefeller, Charles Schwab, Woodrow Wilson, okay? W. Wrigley, the list goes basically on and on. It’s a who’s who of his snapshot in time and he studied these folks and bold down what he found what was like their essence of success into first, a gigantic book called “The Law of Success in” 16 lessons. And later, a more condensed version called “Think and Grow Rich”. And he’s just if you have not read it, go buy it, go read it. Now it’s a little bit out there at times but the concepts, the basic principles are absolutely rock solid. And the reason that I used him and that book as an example today because one of my favorite chapters in the book is called “Accurate Thought”. And what he’s trying to get across is that you absolutely must find a way to separate facts from pieces of information but it’s basically separating facts from fiction when you’re making good decisions. And that affects each of us every single day. And I get into that a little bit is we go back and we listen in a little fly on the wall back in Oklahoma City, in my recent lecture there. And we’re going to talk about that then we’re going to head into some other really cool topics. We’re going to talk about some hiring, some firing. And then how we became by some, coined the most productive Dental office in America. So sit back, relax, enjoy this little segment. And we’ll see you on the back end. Alright, Okay. So I told, I was told in the back I need to...

The Butterfly Effect is very real and very misunderstood leaving most dentists unaware that they have just shot a hole in the middle of their production goals without even realizing it.  Solving this mysterious phenomenon cures most ills. This week we continue down the path we started in episode 9 from our Live presentation from OKC.  This should be called the name dropping episode as we cover people who have altered my own path from Drs. Paddi Lund, Roy Smith, Scott Perkins to celebrities like Tubby Smith, Bobby Knight, and John Calipari. You will learn: How to know when you are under the influence of the Butterfly Effect and how you can harness its power to explode your daily production. How to learn how to make “God’s Band-Aid” and when and where you can apply it. How we solved the problem of being in a factory town and how you can use our lessons to make the roots of your practice go so deep that it can survive any drought that might come your way. The AHA moment that changed the course of my career forever and how you can find your own AHA that can give you the life you always wanted. And Much, Much More… (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 11 “You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do but ultimately, you have to please yourself.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Yes of course, everyone knows that quote, right? Well, I don’t expect you guys to get all these quotes and actually this time I pulled it from the world of entertainment; more so than the world of history or business greatness. You know that’s what I usually like to do on these things but however I am a gigantic fan of the person who provided us with this quote. I’m going to give you guys a little hint, okay? Forgive me for being off tune about this. Dum dada damdumdumdum .... Okay, like that was really terrible. But just imagine as the James Bond thing music and the guy that provided that wonderful quote was none other than Pierce Brosnan, the James Bond before Daniel Craig. So and that’s probably not even my second favorite Bond but hey, the guy was still awesome, you got to admit. I am a huge James Bond fan so, hey I think that quote works. And it really works well with what I’m going to talk about today. And I am going to take you guys back to be a little fly on the wall in Oklahoma City from the lecture I gave a few weeks ago now. Because the stuff that really, I cannot duplicate what happened there. It was just a lot of it was off the cuff. I can’t even remember how I put things if I tried to but the way it came out was wonderful. I’ve gotten, really maybe more good feedback from that lecture than any lecture I’ve done in a while. So let me take you guys back there and we’re going to delve into a lot of stuff. Starting with a little bit of what happened after the fire in my office, if you don’t already know. And working our way to some other big topics like how I try to certify myself to success; my fear of marketing, fear of letting myself try to do more same day dentistry. Big things like that and what was holding me back and you guys are going to get a ton of value added today. So with no further ado, let’s travel back in time and go back to Oklahoma City. So here’s the next, so I’m like you know, I’m seeing…I know I screwed up at this point and I know that this bonus system is unsustainable. This is pre fire. And so I went to a lecture and I heard a guy from Australia speak, Dr. Paddi Lund, everybody ever heard him talk? I’m just hating myself, these guys are referred to as popular 10 to 15 years ago. But...

We finally caught up with the man in charge of one of the fastest growing enterprises in one of the fastest growing industries in the country, John Lee Dumas.  John is the creator of the EO Fire franchise, short for Entrepreneur on Fire, which shot to the top of the podcasting industry a couple of years ago and has since expanded out into many different areas of influence.  John is also my mentor in the podcasting space and the man responsible for helping me bring the message of practice productivity to this Show.  This is a very special interview for the man who has interviewed more than 1200 Entrepreneurs including Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, and basically anyone who is anyone in the business and entrepreneurial space. In this interview you will learn: How John approaches Goal Setting and how his specific strategies led him from Law School to greatness with exact action steps you can start using tomorrow to help you reach your goals once and for all. How John built EO Fire into a Juggernaut and then began branching out into new and profitable streams of income.  He answers the question about how a dentist could branch out into new opportunities with almost guaranteed success while protecting their #1 source of income, their practice.  This is the key for all of us who aspire to create 2nd and 3rd streams of income. How to Work with you Spouse and put them in a situation where they feel comfortable, and have all the tools to succeed while carving out an important role in your own empire.  If your spouse works with you now or if you want them to, this advice could save your marriage. You will finally the respect you deserve because when you do this right, your spouse will understand your daily struggles and have their own role in your team success. Plus, John makes his NCAA tounament picks and Much, Much, More… (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 10 (John Lee Dumas Interview) “I was done living a life I woke up not excited about.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Well everybody, it should be no big surprise but the quote of today comes from none other than our guest, John Lee Dumas. John Lee Dumas and let me just tell you guys a little bit about John. He’s going to be on the show with us in just a few moments. But John, is the foundering host of EOFire. Now EOFire is a big time podcast and now if you’re listening to this. I know you have found the world of podcasting, right? Podcasting has become gigantic, I mean gigantic. iTunes has made podcasting gigantic all across the world and  now podcasting straight which is not only into iTunes but also different venues like Stitcher radio and places like Soundcloud; places like that. But John is such a profoundly amazing teacher. He’s the one that I sought out when I was trying to learn how to get into podcasting or doing shows in a podcasting format. The reason I sought him out is because I’d seen just an amazing rise in his show EOFire. EOFire should be considered probably a flagship for all entrepreneurs. The name is entrepreneurial, E entrepreneur on fire. But EOFire is sort of has a unique take so John when he was trying to say the niche he was trying to get into podcasting, he realized, “Hey, nobody out there is putting the work to produce 7 shows a week; 1 each day. Let me tell you guys, doing 1 a week is hard enough, right? Seven shows a week? Are you kidding me? It is amazing! The amount of work and passion this guy puts in to everything. Plus if you will go and listen to his shows, and I recommend subscribing to EOFire. If you listen to his shows, he openly talks about his income...

Recently I traveled to Oklahoma City to deliver my new lecture, Simple Practice Breakthroughs.  The topic of the lecture was just that, a history of how I tackled seemingly complex problems that popped up in my practice and how we solved them as a practice team.  In this opening monologue I opened up and revealed lots of little insider tips that had been previously unsaid.  It was a lot of fun for everyone. In this episode you will learn: How I got hooked on being an ‘Achiever’ and the resource you can use to duplicate that trait to rapidly increase your success The real trick to getting your money’s worth out of even very ‘expensive’ CE courses and how to leverage that investment into multi-millions in production for the rest of your career How I ‘manned up’ to finally face my unruly hygienists and what I learned that will make daily existence with your Practice Wives into the kind of relationship you always wanted from the second you decided you wanted to be a dentist. And Much, Much More… (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 9 “Good judgment comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The Dr. is in. Well you probably may have heard that one before, it doesn’t have a lot to do with dentistry but that is from the late great Will Rogers. He was a true American, a true American cowboy, a true American philosopher and just one of the most amazing guys that ever lived. If you don’t know much about him, I would encourage you to just look him up on Wikipedia. I actually went to a play about Will Rogers, the whole play was about Will Rogers on my honeymoon 22 years ago. Okay? And you know I could not condense his life into a couple of sentences but if you don’t know much about him, go check him out or at least Google Will Rogers quotes and you’ll be laughing your head off. Okay? And the reason that I picked Will Rogers to begin this episode, is because recently, I spoke to the Oklahoma City Dental Society and had a full day lecture there, I had a great time. And this people who travelled there know, you’re flying to Will Rogers International Airport. Okay? So that’s the deal of course, you can pick a 100 quotes of his and it would be applicable to just about anything that you would want to talk about, okay? If you have common sense, so this week, I’m going to let you guys kind of sit in the back row of the lecture hall in Oklahoma City and here are some of the things we’ve talked about. It was an amazingly fun lecture, I had a great time. They were wonderful hosts and I just wanted to share some of the things we talked about with you guys. So sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the lecture from Oklahoma City. Okay, alright. Now this is you know, this reminds me too I feel like I’m back home at church because nobody sat on the front row right? Everybody tried to get on the back row and then some of you got squeezed up a little closer. But as few…this is not a huge crowd, right? So by the end of the day, one of my primary objectives is I would like to meet every single one of you and be you know, hopefully strike up a friendship that last forever you know. As far as I’m concerned, I mean it’s a 10 hour drive from Mississippi, I don’t really love flying. So you know, it’s kind of a trick. So I’m going to drive out here 10 hours. So really I can meet everybody and get to know all of you guys. I hope that you enjoy what I prepared for you. If you came here and you wanted to see a bunch of slides of me doing implants or see wrecked crowns or stuff like that. I mean...

The only superpower I know I have is to make more mistakes than the average dentist. All successes and recoveries after those mistakes happened as a direct result of the analysis of those mistakes and the redoubling of efforts to make those mistakes right moving forward. The purpose of this episode is to save all of you years of frustrations and give you the shortcuts I have learned without you having to suffer through the sequelae of my mistakes. You get a head start on your success by stealing takeaways from my misguided labor so you can reach the top of the mountain much faster than I. In this Episode You Will Learn: All the mistakes I made after trying to convert my general practice to a Cosmetic Advanced Services practice and how you can avoid the pitfalls to create your own niche practice The details of the letter I sent to a group of patient that lost 98% of that pool of patients and what I learned that can help any practice retain their patients and close the back door. The worst way to try to boost your hygiene department.  (Hint:  Your hygienists and you will think it is a good idea at first.  Don’t be fooled)  Plus, the right way to build a rock-solid hygiene foundation. The number 1 way to look like a wimp to your staff and how to look like the leader they need instead. And Much, Much More…   (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 8 “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The doctor is in. Hey everybody! That is one of those quotes that you hear your whole entire life but you don’t always necessarily, you don’t know who said it right? it just, well over time it’s just part of the common culture. But in this case, I’m going to tell you who said that, it was a guy named William Edward Hickson, now also known as W. Hickson. Now he was a British education writer, he was the author of a book called “Time and Faith”. Now I have not read that book but I’ll tell you what, it’s got a great subject matter because as we talked about way back in I think Episode 4, of this season. Time is very important and I think faith is also very, very important. So there you go, he’s also created and writing a part of the British National Anthem. So there you go, the line out of the proverb that he actually wrote is called “Tis a lesson you should heed, try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” Okay? I like it, I like it. So anyway, British guy, very, very famous saying, very famous proverb but maybe you didn’t know who said it. Okay? Well anyway, the reason that this is an important quote in one that I wanted to share with you guys today, is for a reason as I’m getting ready…I’m actually getting ready this week to do a full day CE course in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Right? I like Oklahoma City, it’s one of those places I had not been too much into recently and I’ve in and through Oklahoma City 5 times, maybe 4 or 5 times in the last 2 years and you know it’s really not that far of a drive. I drive a lot of places I go and it happened to be on Highway 40 or US Interstate 40 and which I can hop on really close to my home. And go through Memphis and Little Rock and next thing you know, you’re in Oklahoma City. And you’re like, wow this is actually not that far. But I’m getting ready to do a CE course there for their dental society. And one of the thing that I’m going to talk about, is I’m going to talk about all the mistakes that I have made over the years. Right? A lot of mistakes and because it…truthfully, who wants to go to a course and hear the guy that’s going to get up there and

After hundreds of hours of dental implant CE, I stumbled upon the most secretive and powerful hands-on training ever. In this episode I chronicle how I performed 4 of the most challenging surgeries I have ever attempted and learned 10x more than I ever have in one course. You should put this course on your bucket list if you want to become a true implant dentist and feel more comfortable with 90% of the cases that walk through your door. In this episode you will learn: Why only 10% of the true general dentists in America place dental implants Details of what REALLY scares us about placing them and how to methodically overcome those fears Why the “Foundry” is one of the most magical places on Earth.  Right up there with Disney World. How to know when you need to spend the money on a Cone Beam, when you are in the Safe Zone, and when to Punt to the Oral Surgeon. And Much, Much More… (http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Best-HandsOn-Implant-Course-Ever-Season-1-Episode-7-1.png) Click to Enlarge Mindmap (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 7 “We are realizing how health can be affected by the oral state and how somebody losing their teeth will lead to all kinds of systematic problems such as atherosclerosis or cancer.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The doctor is in. Hey sports fans, welcome to another episode. I just want to thanks everyone so much for being awesome listeners and downloading the podcast and going and subscribing. Thank you so much for helping us you know, our rank go up on iTunes, that’s been awesome. The quote I threw out at you before the intro. Now that when you’re probably not going to get you know, because it’s a little bit detailed. And this, I got to warn you on the front end, this episode is going to get a little bit geeky for the dentists. And even if you’re a dentist, it’s going to get kind of geeky for you too because if you could possibly not be into what I’m going to talk about, but maybe and you probably should have thought about it, I know you heard about it. And so hopefully after today I can do a little convincing for you and encourage you to get into this field. This still growing field that is just, you know, just an amazing place to be. So the quote about how oral health affect everything and even lead to problems such as cancer, that was said by Dr. Michael McCracken, UAB professor and totally awesome guy who I just hang out with this past weekend. And that is another reason why that I’m doing this show right now while this is fresh in my mind because I just really had an amazing experience and I just felt like I, you know, if I’m going to have the Dr. Chris Griffin Show, I got to share my experiences and the ones that are totally awesome like the one I just had, we got to share that. There’s another quote that he had that I’ve never heard before, that’s really applicable to all of us dentists, who are all doing surgeries basically every day. And I’ll explain that one later. Well actually that quote is pretty cool; it is “Small incision, bad decision.” Now he may or may not have even come up with that. That possibly could be from somebody else, I don’t know but he did say that in his lecture. And so anyway, I thought I’d pass that on there for you. If you’re looking at your mind map and you’re following along as you always know, we go clockwise. And for whatever reason, I always start these mind maps out if you’re looking like at it clockwise at the 10 o’clock position, we go around and in a clockwise fashion. And so obviously, I had a great experience this past week....

Incentives can be very powerful, yet they also undermine virtue if not planned out carefully. Since we always strive for a Kaizen Culture where every action makes the world or practice a better place, we must burst the myth of the one-size-fits-all Bonus System once and for all. The examples of Bonuses Gone Bad should scare even the most confident doctor. Use their example to avoid catastrophe. In this Episode You’ll Learn: How to Avoid the Dark Side of Bonuses and Incentives Why One-Size-Fits-All Practice Bonuses are a Ticking Time Bomb (with Examples) How Medicine tried their version of Bonuses called P4P and How They Crashed and Burned The ONLY Safe Way to Incentivize Your Best Team Players And Much, Much More… (http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dental-Bonus-Horror-Stories-Season-1-Episode-6-Dr-Chris-Griffin-Show.png) Click to Enlarge Mindmap (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 6 “When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover you need people who actually want to do the right thing, those people don’t exist because you’ve crushed anyone’s desire to do the right thing with all these incentives.” Now who said that? Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The doctor is in. Okay, I think I got a few of you on that one. That was a, that’s a little bit of a tricky one. I didn’t go into the distant past, the way we go a lot of times when we do these things. But I did actually pull this off a pretty recent tad talk that I thought was pretty awesome. And I’ll be telling you about that too. So let’s tell, let me tell you a little bit about the author of the quote. It’s Dr. Barry Schwartz. Now Dr. Schwartz is a professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College and he is also a, I found out after I’ve Googled him, a frequent New York Time editorial author. And, but the tad talk that I saw that I was so impressed by, and it makes so much sense for so many things in the book he wrote along with that tad talk. The tad talk and the book, they’re called the Paradox of Choice. And this is from about 10 years ago but and it’s a little crazy when you watch it. I mean, he’s on stage but he’s on these shorts but he’s a super smart guy, you can tell. And he’s got so much to say and so many things he says really apply to a dental office. He’s really amazing. So yeah, Dr. Schwartz gave that quote and not only besides that, he gave another quote that I think is very applicable to what we’re talking about today and that quote is “Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives, they are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years and I’m sad to say that I didn’t necessarily learn that as quickly as I have in dental practice. But we’re going to go through that today and we’re going to talk about bonuses. The title of the today’s episode 6 is Dental Bonus Horror Stories. I was thinking about using a like a Vincent Press voice if I could conjure one to say that but I guess I couldn’t really come up with a good person that I thought I could imitate. So we’re just going to use my regular voice. But there are some horror stories out there and today you’re going to learn the upside and the horrible downside to some of the most common dental staff bonuses around. And they all have ups and downs. You will know the potential good you can do for your practice and you’re going to learn the potential destruction that can happen if you’re not careful. After today though, you’re going to be able to move forward with the bonus structure that you think will give you that highest risk reward for your practice if...

There is 1 Thing you can do to solve 99% of your problems, but it may not be what you think. One of the inherent challenges of practice is the shear number of moving parts we have going on in any given day. That coupled with our culture of celebration of multi-tasking has steered us in the complete wrong direction in terms of our best practice when treating patients AND running a successful small business. We solve that today. You Will Learn: Why you should avoid Multi-tasking like the plague, but how using smart focus can actually make you better What the 1 Thing is for your practice to grow and  how to make that 1 Thing foremost in your team’s mind How to install an office “Eagle Eye” so you ALWAYS know where you are needed next so you don’t have to stress about it. And Much, Much More… (http://www.drchrisgriffin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Calm-Your-Stormy-Practice-with-1-Thing-Season-1-Episode-5.png) Click to Enlarge Mindmap (#) The Dr. Chris Griffin Show – Season 1 Episode 5 “Multitasking is a lie” and here’s another one for you, “You can do two things at once but you cannot focus effectively on two things at once.” Now who said that?  Welcome to the Dr. Chris Griffin Show. Your resource for leveraging systems and technology to easier workload, increase productivity and provide you with the time off you deserve to live the life of your dreams. It’s time to practice productivity in the passionate pursuit of a better life with your host, Dr. Chris Griffin. The doctor is in. Yes, yes and welcome back everyone. Now that was a little bit of a tricky one, huh? A little bit of a tricky quote there. It could’ve been a few different people. So let me go ahead and just fill you in. That was none other than Texas real estate agent extraordinaire and also New York Times bestseller, Gary Keller. Who wrote an amazing book. I’ve got to say, it’s called The One Thing, the surprisingly simple truth behind the extraordinary results. Okay? It’s an excellent book I’ll recommend that book for you. We’ll try to get a link for you down at the show notes if you want to check it out yourself. It’s one of many books that I have acquired through the years and read through at break neck speed but I’ll tell you that one is the one that I certainly stopped at a few times to smell the roses because it’s a tremendous book and I’ve found after researching him a little bit that before this, he had only published a real estate book and I have absolutely a zero and I mean zero interest in real estate books. But you know what? This one thing book is pretty darn good. So pick one up if you get the chance. Get an app book or a kindle book or however you want to read it. So today’s episode, the name of today’s episode is Calm Your Stormy Practice with one thing, okay? Sort of play off that book but also you know, it’s Springtime in Mississippi. So it’s not a stormy season. I guess I had that on my mind. And also no matter how good of a manager you are, how good of a doctor, how good of a dentist, how good of a whatever, how good you are of a practice manager, you’re going to have some stormy seasons come through your practice and also your life. And so I thought this was a pretty good episode to dive into some things and really share with you the number 1 thing that we did to calm our stormy way of practicing. And we’ll get to that a little bit later in the show but today, you are going to learn how you can run a very highly productive practice while not violating a law. Now what law might that be? Well if you read this book, if you’ve read this book, if you get a chance to go read this book. There’s a law that’s coming out these days. You know every time you pick up a paper in neuroscience and stuff like that. They’re doing research all over the place that suggests that this American idea of multitasking, which would be, I suppose the idea would be that multitasking is