Practice Autonomy Podcast

We finally caught up with the man in charge of one of the fastest growing enterprises in one of the fastest growing industries in the country, John Lee Dumas.  John is the creator of the EO Fire franchise, short for Entrepreneur on Fire, which shot to the top of the podcasting industry a couple of years ago and has since expanded out into many different areas of influence.  John is also my mentor...

Recently I traveled to Oklahoma City to deliver my new lecture, Simple Practice Breakthroughs.  The topic of the lecture was just that, a history of how I tackled seemingly complex problems that popped up in my practice and how we solved them as a practice team.  In this opening monologue I opened up and revealed lots of little insider tips that had been previously unsaid.  It was a lot of fun for...

The only superpower I know I have is to make more mistakes than the average dentist. All successes and recoveries after those mistakes happened as a direct result of the analysis of those mistakes and the redoubling of efforts to make those mistakes right moving forward. The purpose of this episode is to save all of you years of frustrations and give you the shortcuts I have learned without you ha...

After hundreds of hours of dental implant CE, I stumbled upon the most secretive and powerful hands-on training ever. In this episode I chronicle how I performed 4 of the most challenging surgeries I have ever attempted and learned 10x more than I ever have in one course. You should put this course on your bucket list if you want to become a true implant dentist and feel more comfortable with 90%...

Incentives can be very powerful, yet they also undermine virtue if not planned out carefully. Since we always strive for a Kaizen Culture where every action makes the world or practice a better place, we must burst the myth of the one-size-fits-all Bonus System once and for all. The examples of Bonuses Gone Bad should scare even the most confident doctor. Use their example to avoid catastrophe. In...

There is 1 Thing you can do to solve 99% of your problems, but it may not be what you think. One of the inherent challenges of practice is the shear number of moving parts we have going on in any given day. That coupled with our culture of celebration of multi-tasking has steered us in the complete wrong direction in terms of our best practice when treating patients AND running a successful small...

Most Goals Fail. The reason is that while it is important to commit to a goal, if you don’t have a rock-solid blueprint for the implementation of that goal, it is doomed to fail. Today, we share our 8 Step Process for Implementing Any Goal or New Procedure into Your Practice. You Will Learn: Why Goal Setting without an Action Plan is Doomed for Failure How to Organize a Boot Camp for Each Ne...

We all know that Time is the only commodity that cannot be created or multiplied. That’s why we should all treat it as the MOST VALUABLE currency on Earth. Today you will get a behind the scenes look at the most Productive Practice System on the planet so you can learn how to make your own practice Hyper-Productive. Learn the 12 Laws of Time and how you can harness their power now to make yo...

 The Dr. Chris Griffin Show: Season 1, Episode 2 – Creating amazing team bonding experiences is one of the most powerful team productivity strategies ever invented.  In this episode we will walk you through how to create not only experiences, but adventures that will become investments in your practice that will pay dividends for the entirety of your career.  During this week’s product...

The Dr. Chris Griffin Show: Season 1, Episode 1 – Productivity is the 1 attribute of your practice that either inspires greatness or drains your emotional gas tank.  Henry Ford inspired the LEAN management theory that all private practices follow whether they realize it or not.  Learn the 5 Why’s and other ways to “Control Your Own Destiny Before Someone Else Does.” You wil...

The Dr. Chris Griffin Show Episode 000 During a weak moment this past Fall, I considered scrapping the entire Winning Dentist program which I had built from scratch as a labor of love because I felt like I wasn’t delivering enough significance to enough people. Then, I had a sure enough ‘heart-to-heart’ with myself. What came out of that moment was the most profound undertaking we have ever...