Optometry: The Ultimate O.D.

Office Talk: Staffing, Staffing, & Expansion - E188 Highlights from this episode: Office Talk: Staffing, Staffing, & Expansion (00:36) Closing Thought: Oreos vs. Statins (14:09) In this week's office talk, we are talking about staffing but in a different context. In this situation we had a team member who was a great producer but wasn't meshing with the rest of the team. Because of...

Quick Hitter: 3 Reasons My Practice Grew 25% Last Year - E187 Highlights from this episode: Quick Hitter: 3 Reasons my practice grew 25% last year (00:28) Closing Thought: 5 Year Perspective on Current Beliefs (14:49) In this week's quick hitter, we are taking a look back at 2023. It was our best yet with 25% growth over the previous year. I've been asked if that was a fluke and if it was...

Office Talk: My Honest Thoughts as I Navigate Growth - E186 Highlights from this episode: Office Talk: My honest thoughts as I navigate growth (00:59) Closing Thought: Chasing pleasure vs. having a Purpose (13:15) In this week's office talk we are getting raw and unfiltered with my thoughts on the practice expansion. It's not always sunshine and rainbows. Visualizing the practice I want is...

Quick Hitter: Are You Setting Goals the Wrong Way? - E185 Highlights from this episode: Quick Hitter: Are Goals as Important as They Say? (00:35) Closing Thought: What your respiration rate says about you (12:52) In this week's Quick Hitter, we are talking about what makes a practice successful. Is it goals... or is it maybe something else? My hot take is that it's NOT our goals. It's...

Office Talk: Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is - E184 Highlights from this episode: Office Talk: Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is (00:37) Closing Thought: Could you fly the plane? (12:48) In this week's episode we are moving ahead on preparing for the new office with a trip to Eye Designs in Pennsylvania! It's incredible to see how the new optical and exam rooms are going to look in gre...

Office Talk: Lessons Learned in Practice Expansion E183 Highlights from this episode: Office Talk: Lessons Learned in Practice Expansion (00:32) Closing Thought: Perspective on Your Problems (13:10) In this week's office talk, we are recapping the past few weeks in our practice and a realization I've recently come to. As we prepare to move to a much bigger location and add another doctor,...

Quick Hitter: 3 Step Process to Successfully Executing Your New Year Goals -E182 Highlights of this episode: Quick Hitter: 3 Step Process to Successfully Executing Your New Year Goals (00:44) Closing Thought: Fiber before Carbs! (13:14) With a new year comes new goals and plans for your practice. This is useless however unless you know you to EXECUTE them! In this episode we are talking about the...

Quick Hitter: My Framework for Planning a Successful Year - E181 Highlights from this episode: Quick Hitter: My framework for planning a successful year (00:32) As we prepare to leave one year and head into the next, everyone is trying to create their plan of attack. What do you focus on? What do you work on? How do you prioritize all these things? In this episode, we are talking about how I am pl...

Office Talk: How I Am Growing My Ocular Surface Disease Clinic - E180 Highlights from this episode: Office Talk: How I Am Growing My Ocular Surface Disease Clinic (00:28) Closing Thought: Our ducks are not all in a row (09:46) In this week's office talk we are talking about growing the ocular surface disease part of the practice. We have come leaps and bounds from where we were just a year ago...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - How to Gain Clarity & Turn Off the Noise The best way to get clarity on a situation is to get quiet and turn off the noise. This can sometimes be hard to do so utilize your daily tasks that you are already doing. For example, highly automated tasks like exercising, taking a shower, etc. will keep your body busy but allow your mind to wander. This is when I have my bigges...

Quick Hitter: How to Have Your Best Year in 2024 - E179 Highlights from this episode: Quick Hitter: How to have your best year in 2024 (00:41) Closing Thought: Deposit more than you withdraw (10:50) In this episode we are talking about how to make 2024 a killer year. 2023 is coming to a close which means we are looking ahead and planning for the year to come. This often includes making long lists...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - The Importance of the End How something ends can make or break the entire experience. If everything about the exam was great but then the patient is surprised to find that their insurance doesn't cover nearly what they thought when they go to check out, that patient is not going to feel as good about their overall experience, are they? The tip here is to make the end AMA...

Quick Hitter: Are You Dropping the Ball with Patient Education? - E178 Highlights from this episode: Quick Hitter: Are you dropping the ball with patient education? (00:32) Closing Thought: Overthinking is the biggest waste of human energy. (10:44) As we wrap up 2023, we are going to be adjusting the format of the podcast. We are growing and getting bigger every year and as we do, there are things...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Talent Outweighs Idiosyncrasies If you are amazing at what you do, you can have some peculiar behaviors and the majority of people won't even bat an eye. Have you ever noticed that the most successful people usually have some weird mannerisms or strange things that they do? In a less talented person, these idiosyncrasies would be the straw that breaks the camel's bac...

The #1 Key to Longevity in Private Practice - E177 Highlights from this episode: Run Down: The #1 Key to Longevity (00:31) Office Talk: What are you talking about? (17:51) Closing Thought: Stay Afraid, Stay Alive (23:50) In this week's episode we are building off of episode 176 and talking about longevity. Fast growth stifles longevity. When you grow fast, your root system is weak. You won&#39...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Success is Not an Option, It's a Necessity If you want to increase your chances of success... stop making it an option. When you switch your mindset and success is now a NECESSITY, the whole game is changed. Join in the fun and subscribe to the podcast to keep up with all the great content coming down the pipe! For exclusive content, be sure to register your email on our...

Ego, Mastery, & Embarrassment - E176 Highlights from this episode: Run Down: Ego, Mastery, & Embarrassment (00:39) Office Talk: Master mind for managers, dry eye referral, & common ground (18:54) Closing Thought: "I have to be great so I don't feel worthless" (25:58) In this episode we are talking about ego vs. mastery and how embarrassment is the silent killer. You must...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Obsession as a Tool Obsession is a very powerful way to ensure you are not average. If you are passionate about something, you will do what it takes to become great. Find out what you can become obsessed about and become great. Join in the fun and subscribe to the podcast to keep up with all the great content coming down the pipe! For exclusive content, be sure to register y...

Predicting the Future: 7 Things that Will Not Change - E175 Highlights from this episode: Run Down: Predicting the future - 7 things that will not change (00:46) Office Talk: Manager Meetings & New Systems (20:16) Closing Thought: The difference between the road to success and the road to failure (25:25) In this week's run down, we are talking about the future! Everyone wants to know what...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Have Unrealistic Dreams We tend to set goals based on how we perceive ourselves to be. Don't let your perception of where you are currently at, keep you from setting big, hairy, audacious goals! Join in the fun and subscribe to the podcast to keep up with all the great content coming down the pipe! For exclusive content, be sure to register your email on our website and...

5 Traits That Will Make You a Better Doctor - E174 Highlights from this episode: Run Down: 5 Traits that will make you a better doctor (00:33) Office Talk: Self-reflection & specific vision (24:45) Closing Thought: Do not live the same year 75 times and call it a life (28:10) In this week's run down we are talking about the 5 traits you need to have to up your game as an optometrist. We op...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Find the Gap Do you want to be successful? Look around you at all your competitors and take note of what they do NOT do. There are gaps my friends. Find them and make them your thing. Not only are you differentiating yourself but you are putting yourself in a position where you aren't even playing the same game as your old competition! Join in the fun and subscribe to th...

Small Changes, Big Results - E173 Highlights from this episode: Run Down: Small Changes, Big Results (00:49) Office Talk: Taking a Vacation! (14:18) Closing Thought: Lessons from the GOAT: Tom Brady (19:30) In this week's Run Down we are talking about those 1% adjustments that make all the difference in your practice. If you want to be exceptional, you do not need to be 1000% better at one thi...

Ultimate O.D. Nugget - Enjoy the Journey Why run the race if you don't enjoy the journey? If you aren't enjoying the journey, you will never be satisfied with the destination. The destination is never as world-shaking as you want to believe so enjoy the path you're on now. Join in the fun and subscribe to the podcast to keep up with all the great content coming down the pipe! For exclu...

3 Things That Have Radically Changed My Practice in the Last 2 Months - E172 Highlights from this episode: Run Down: 3 Things that have radically changed my practice in the last 2 months (00:52) Office Talk: Study, Read, Lead, & Exercise (14:36) Closing Thought: Yesterday you said "Tomorrow" (20:00) In this week's episode we are talking about 3 pivotal changes I have made in my p...