3 End-of-Year Things You NEED to Be Doing - E22 It's the end of the year and I am going through my normal checklist. The way I see it, there are 3 things every private practice owner should be doing at this time to end the year right and prepare fo…
Office Talk: Growing in the Slow Times - E21 In Michigan we are on a 3 week “pause”, yet we are allowed to be open and provide care. When we had the initial lockdown in March, I was so distracted that the millions of things I had to wor…
Cold Start: Throwback to Pre-Optometry Me - E21 I met with a pre-optometry student last week and it was amazing how cyclical life can be. You remember those days. You wanted to be an eye doctor so bad and had a million questions of how to do it and…
Rundown: 3 Ways to Simplify Optical and Increase Revenue - E21 I recently interviewed a potential employee and she was my inspiration for this post. She was currently working at a neighboring office and I asked her what her favorite part of the job…
Closing Thought of the Week: Endurance - E19 It has been another week of work my friends and thankfully we made it through. As a result, I wanted to share some insight I was made aware of earlier this week and that is that as business owners, optom…
Office Talk: Take Advantage of Slow - E19 Now more than ever, we need to be operating at maximum efficiency. That means your staff has to pull their weight and know their roles. If you are a little slow, I implore you to take the time and invest in…
Leadership in Crisis - E19 In Michigan Covid cases are spiking again and my schedule was a little less busy than the weeks previous. That being said, I talked to a few of my colleagues and they are going through the same thing. It may not help our …
Closing Thought of the Week: The Glass Half Full - E18 If you look around the world the past few months, heck the past week, do you feel any sense of certainty in what tomorrow is going to bring? I am right there with you, but I will tell you this,…
5 Keys to Incredible Customer Service - E19 In case you were wondering, we are in a profession that is dependent on patients and the majority of optometrists are not referral clinics. That means we need to not only provide state of the art eye care…
Myopia Management Journey - E18 In regards to myopia management, I would merely advise you to not overthink the room. Atropine and soft contacts are no different than anything you are doing currently. Orthokeratology is a little unique, but if you …