Business Of Dentistry with Dr. Russell Kirk show

Business Of Dentistry with Dr. Russell Kirk

Summary: Dr. Kirk discusses the business aspects of being a private practice dentist.

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 Beating Burnout Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:44

Part 1 of our Burnout series. This week we talk about how to recognize burnout with its multifaceted features.

 Haters Gonna Hate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:58

After a long hiatus, the Business of Dentistry is back.  As a re-launch episode, I figured we would start off talking about everyone’s favorite – hate mail.

 Be a Practice Owner, Not Just an Income Producer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:45

As promised, my guest this week is Mr. Chuck Blakeman, the author of Making Money Is Killing Your Business and Why Employees Are Always a Bad Idea. Join us for a very captivating show where we touch on some very important strategic aspects that we all tend to forget too often. Today’s lesson is that […]

 An Exciting Guest Coming up and a Bit More About the Tyranny of the Urgent | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:13

This week I want to touch on a few more things regarding the book I mentioned last week,  Making Money Is Killing Your Business by Chuck Blakeman in the hope that you might get a bit of practical inspiration that you can implement in your daily life. First things first, I have some great news: […]

 A New Digital Magazine for Dental Practice Owners and a Book That I Truly Recommend | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:50

This week I want to give you a little bit of an update on what’s going on around here. I read a book that got me thinking a lot, and I recommend it to every solo practitioner out there: Making Money Is Killing Your Business, by Chuck Blakeman. Reading it makes you really reflect on […]

 Paying off Your Monster Student Debt Wisely | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:36

My guest this week is Travis Hornsby, the founder of Student Loan Planner, a student loan advisor company. Behind every great man there’s a great woman, they say. In Travis’s case, the great woman is his wife, a physician in Saint Louis. When they first started dating, she had a lot of student debt. So […]

 Dental Practice Hero with Dr. Paul Etchison | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:43

  This week I am joined by Dr. Paul Etchison, host of The Dental Practice Heroes Podcast, and author of Dental Practice Hero: From Ordinary Practice to Extraordinary Experience. Paul comes from Illinois, and studied in Chicago. After finishing dental school, he worked for a specialist who owned several practices. There he got the chance […]

 Keep an Eye on Your Vision and Don’t Lose Track of Your Goals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:18

My guest this week is a self-declared Nebraska farm boy whose first career pursuit was athletic medicine. He later realized that athletic trainers are really married to their job, and this wasn’t the lifestyle he wanted for himself. Dave Maloley then switched to dentistry and never looked back. Today we talk about why it’s necessary […]

 Two Small Tricks: Allowing Myself a Buffer Day and Using a Whiteboard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 10:27

This week I speak about two things that have helped me improve my practice and my wellbeing. The first one is treating myself to a buffer day before jumping back to work on a Monday morning. I realized that by doing so, I was more relaxed, and I could tackle the everyday problems better. I […]

 Are you in Compliance With State and Federal Regulations? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 10:41

This week I touch on a few things I’ve noticed in my area lately. Consider revisiting some policies and protocols from time to time, to make sure you are in compliance with state and federal regulations. I found out from my Marketing Director that OSHA has been paying some visits to dental offices in Tennessee, […]

 Some Challenges I’m Faced with as a Small Practice Owner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:10

This week I speak about the challenges I’m faced with as a small practice owner. Sometimes the administrative tasks that I need to solve stress me out, and I am still working on improving my problem-solving skills and coping mechanisms. I often get complaints from my patients about the fact that I sometimes step out […]

 Setting Boundaries for a Better Practice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:20

This week is all about the strategies I’ve used in order to set boundaries in my professional life. These helped me handle my burnout and ended up being a valuable tool for everyday use. In December 2011, I was a bit of a mess. I was endangering my personal and professional life, so I took […]

 Practice Ownership And The Army Guard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:18

Kevin Donlin is the owner of We Care Dental and member of the Army National Guard. Kevin shares his experience with being a small town doctor, his ideas on the best strategy to take his practice to the next level, and his efforts to combine his two jobs with his family life. Being a solo […]

 Special Time Sensitive Announcement: Dental Success Network | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:53

Up until yesterday, I knew about the launch of a new network for our profession but couldn’t tell anyone. I knew this because they asked me to be a faculty oral surgeon for their continuing education department. I was asked to keep this news quiet (via a nondisclosure agreement) and did so until today. I […]

 How to Start Your Own In-House Dental Membership Plan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:05

Do you tend to take insurance providers for granted? After all, it’s a system we are so accustomed to, even if most of us often complain about it. In this week’s episode, I challenge you to shift your perspective to realizing that cutting out middlemen will not result in a drop in your revenue, on […]

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