Episodes

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Stay Fresh In this week's nugget it's all about not letting yourself or your practice become stagnant, but keep things fresh! The world continues to turn. Technologies continue to change. Change with th...

Finding a Sustainable Work Life Balance: Part 1 - E110 Highlights from this episode: Finding a Sustainable Work Life Balance: Part 1 (00:42) Office Talk: Training, Medical Model, Work Paying Off (19:51) In today's episode, we...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Share Your Victories In this week's nugget it's all about sharing your victories and successes. Your team will feel more invested if the get to experience some of those highs you achieve with you! Not o...

Office Evolution - E109 Highlights from this episode: Office Evolution (00:51) Office Talk: How my practice has evolved this year (23:32) In today's episode, we are talking about the evolution of a practice. If you aren't cha...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Plans Can Change In this week's nugget it's all about being flexible. Plans change all the time. Your BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) usually remains pretty consistent but the path to get there may take...

5 Simple Ways to Be a Great Leader - E108 Highlights from this episode: 5 Simple Ways to Be a Great Leader (00:48) Office Talk: Office reinvention (22:46) In today's episode, we are talking about the importance of leadership ...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Fees In this week's nugget it's all about talking about your fees. Your costs are going up on everything from frames to copy paper. Have you increased your fees to protect your margins? If you let …

The 5 Types of Wealth - E107 Highlights from this episode: The 5 Types of Wealth (2:06) Office Talk: Finding Happiness and Feeling Important (15:45) In today's episode, we are talking about all the different kinds of wealth. ...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Key Points for Your Patients In this week's nugget it's all about talking about what your patients care about. They care about things that they can tell affect them: blurry vision, can't see up close, d...

CEO Series: How To Find Your Edge - E106 Highlights from this episode: CEO Series: How To Find Your Edge (2:12) Office Talk: New Scheduling Model, Iron Sharpens Iron (12:29) In today's episode, we are continuing on in our CEO...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - When The Going Gets Tough, SIMPLIFY! In this week's nugget it's all about simplifying and becoming more efficient when things get hairy. We all have those seasons as a practice where things get a little...

CEO Series: Better Business Operations - E105 Highlights from this episode: CEO Series: Better Business Operations (2:01) Office Talk: Small Fish in a Big Pond (21:04) In today's episode, we are continuing on in our CEO serie...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Managing Your Schedule In this week's nugget it's all about managing your schedule to benefit everybody. It is doable, I promise! The key is to find a healthy balance between you, your staff, and your p...

CEO Series: 3 Changes You Need to Consider Making - E104 Highlights from this episode: CEO Series: 3 Changes You Need to Consider Making (2:02) Office Talk: Bad Reps, Priorities, & When Times Are Tough (13:59) In today's epis...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget.- Change with a Purpose In this week's nugget it's all about making changes that matter. We all have those uncomfortable situations pop up that are few and far between, and we feel the need to put a …

CEO Series: Online + Social Media Presence - E103 Highlights from this episode: CEO Series: Online + Social Media Presence (2:06) Office Talk: Frame Pricing, Strategy for rest of the year (15:31) In today's episode, we are co...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Frame Margins In this week's nugget it's all about controlling your frame margins. Do you know what your margins are? How often do you check them? Chances are you need to take a look at them …

Outside the Box - Social Jazz Interview Welcome to new bonus episodes we are launching with a segment called "Outside the Box"! There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from other businesses/industries that can be applied ...

CEO Series: Evaluating Your BHAG/Vivd Vision - E102 Highlights from this episode: CEO Series: Evaluating Your BHAG/Vivd Vision (2:31) Office Talk: Slower Weeks, Seasonal Businesses (17:22) In today's episode, we are starting ...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - The Danger of "Good" and "Gratitude" In this week's nugget it's all about not letting "good" and "gratitude" for where you're at keep you from continuing to improve and make things even better. Enjoy! J...

Listener Q&A - E101 Highlights from this episode: Listener Q&A (1:53) Office Talk: Hiring & Interviewing from the applicant's POV (21:00) In today's episode, we have taken a bunch of listener questions and given you all the a...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - The Power of Choice In this week's nugget it's all about the power of choice... your patients', your vendors, and yours. Life is too short to work with people you don't like. This road also goes …

Make Managed Care Work For You - E100 Highlights from this episode: Make Managed Care Work For You (1:56) Office Talk: Office Meeting & Highlight Board (13:07) Managed care is a much talked about battle we fight in our practi...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Hiring In this week's nugget it's all about Hiring! This can be one of the worst parts of being a business owner unfortunately but you can use it to your advantage and build a bigger, better …