A difficult reality in American healthcare today is the steady decline of the private practice doctors office. According to the Physicians Foundation 2018 Physician Survey only 31.4% of physicians today identify as independent practice owners or partners. This is down from 48.5% reported in 2012. The reasons for this downward trend are many. For one, […]
Value Based Marketing and the Mistake All Doctors Should Avoid
Buying Designer Jeans My brother was shocked to find out that I spent $200 on a pair of jeans. “How can you afford jeans that expensive?” he asked. “Don’t you know that you can buy a perfectly good pair at the mall for $50?” He wasn’t wrong. $200 jeans was not in my budget, and […]
Why All Top Performers Know They Need a Coach
Studying Excellence Michael Jordan. Tom Brady. Simone Biles. Shaun White. These are some of the biggest names in sports. The level of excellence each has demonstrated in their respective careers has elevated their status beyond the arena of competition, and catapulted them to international fame. While each of the star athletes listed above competed in […]
Management by Objectives: A Proven Leadership Formula
Management by objectives is a useful framework for aligning long term business strategy with the day-to-day tasks of your employees. This post gives a brief history of how management by objectives rose in popularity, modern critiques of its usefulness, and the five steps you can take to implement a version of MBO in your organization […]
Marketing That Works: Finding Your Edge With Seth Godin
Choosing Restaurants in Providence My apartment in Providence, Rhode Island was in an old three story building right in the heart of Wayland Square. I was perched at the top in 650 square feet overlooking the bustling block filled with boutique shops, hair salons, and quaint restaurants. Within the first few weeks of arriving, my […]
A Lesson On Setting Goals from Warren Buffett
Intelligent and ambitious people are wired to do more. For us, the start of a new year is like a rush of adrenaline. New ideas for goals we want to pursue pulse through minds just as fast as we can write them down. Yet this dopamine-induced high for what opportunities lay ahead in the new […]