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Don’t Want to Travel for Dental Coaching? Read This

james2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

I don't want to travel for dental coaching or live meetings. Is that a dealbreaker? No, plenty of growth happens remotely now and you can get real results without leaving your office. But let me push on the mindset, because I do not like travel either. Are there things tied to your future that you would travel for if you really believed in them? Most serious dentists decide there are. Some fly in from other countries just to be in the room. When I show up for the same sessions I ask others to attend, I never regret it. Here is [...]

Don’t Want to Travel for Dental Coaching? Read Thisjames2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

Don’t Like Groups? Why a Dentist Peer Group Pulls You Up

james2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

I don't like being in groups. Won't a mastermind of dentists just drain me? Most entrepreneurs, dentists included, do not like being stuck in groups of non-creative people. I get it. But a strong peer group is a different animal. Everyone in it is, or wants to be, a creative leader, and they understand that getting better means talking to people ahead of them in some area. That is the whole point. The fastest way I have found to improve is to spend time with people who are better than me at the things I want to be better at. The [...]

Don’t Like Groups? Why a Dentist Peer Group Pulls You Upjames2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

Can You Change Your Practice Alone Without Help?

james2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

Can I improve my practice on my own without any outside help or coaching? You can try, but the odds are against you, and there's real research behind why. About ten years ago Johns Hopkins ran a study on behavioral change in medicine, patients who would live measurably longer with simple changes to diet, exercise, and habits. Only 1 in 9, about 11%, actually made and kept those changes. For their own lives. Now think about that: if people won't reliably change to live longer, why would you change a marketing or case acceptance habit on willpower alone? But the same [...]

Can You Change Your Practice Alone Without Help?james2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

Overwhelmed by Dental Courses? The Problem Is More

james2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

Why does buying more dental courses leave me more overwhelmed, not better? Because most of what gets sold to dentists is data dumping disguised as teaching. I sat through a three-day seminar full of brilliant marketers who knew exactly how to sell information, and almost none of them gave any real instruction on what to do with it. They pile mountains of material on people and walk away. That is not coaching, that is vomiting information. The last thing a busy dentist needs is more to assimilate. You already get more by email in a day than you could ever use. [...]

Overwhelmed by Dental Courses? The Problem Is Morejames2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

What Makes a Coachable Dentist Succeed With Training

james2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

What kind of dentist actually benefits from coaching and case training? Three traits, and they matter more than where you went to school or how long you've practiced. Coachable, open-minded, and batteries-included. Coachable means you'll actually try a method before you argue with it. Open-minded means you'll question what dental school told you about how patients decide. Batteries-included means you bring your own energy and you don't need someone winding you up every morning. I'd rather work with a mid-skill dentist who has those three than a brilliant clinician who knows everything already and applies none of it. Training only multiplies [...]

What Makes a Coachable Dentist Succeed With Trainingjames2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00

Do You Need a Coach to Grow Your Dental Practice?

james2026-06-16T00:00:00-04:00

Do I really need a coach to grow my dental practice? Yes, and the dentists who resist this hardest are usually the ones who need it most. Look at the best performers in any field. Tiger Woods has cycled through coach after coach, and he is one of the most successful golfers who ever lived. Arnold Palmer hired a new coach late in his career when he already had all the money in the world. He did it because he wanted to enjoy the game again, and the coach delivered that. These are people at the absolute top who still pay [...]

Do You Need a Coach to Grow Your Dental Practice?james2026-06-16T00:00:00-04:00