Is being a dental workaholic actually hurting my practice?
Yes, and the numbers usually prove it. The dentist who brags about working all the time has lost touch with everything except the chair. Add up all the non-patient hours and the productivity is low, not high. These doctors tend to be paranoid about competitors, they wear out their staff and churn through them, and the same chaos shows up in their personal life. You probably know the type. The real choice is simple. Either you run a practice that follows your rules, or the practice runs you. The whole point of building systems, mentoring, and a real case acceptance process is so the work produces a life. If you treat working constantly as a badge of honor, you’ll keep mistaking motion for results. Build the systems so you can enjoy your bigger cases and have a life outside the operatory.
If the answers you are finding here resonate with you, my team and I work with a small group of clients each year. The next step is a complimentary Discovery Consultation and Practice Review with Dr. McAnally.