Perhaps you’ve heard the advice that a good way to increase your likelihood of success is to visualize yourself succeeding. Sure it’s fun to fantasize about winning that award or fitting into those skinny jeans, but is that really increasing your effectiveness at meeting those goals? Over at the 99u blog, Gregory Ciotti wrote about the role of… Read More »
“As soon as something becomes clear to us, we have a tendency to think that it’s just as clear to everyone else too, so we don’t put much time into communicating about it.” That observation comes from Doug Sundheim in his book Taking Smart Risks: How Sharp Leaders Win When Stakes are High. Sundheim outlines four clarifying questions… Read More »
Coors Field offers so many advantages to hitters. Here’s some information from the official Coors Field website. We’ve been researching the mile high stadium in advance of the 2013 New Dentist Conference, taking place in Denver and we’ve learned some interesting facts about baseball when it’s played at such an altitude: The ball travels about 9% farther than… Read More »
We’re busy working on the upcoming issue of ADA New Dentist News interviewing new dentists who are also new to practice ownership. One of the questions we always ask is about work-life balance—a lot of times this gets a big laugh.Over at the Fast Company blog, Cali Williams Yost wrote 5 Insanely Simple Work-Life Balance Shortcuts From People… Read More »
The ADA is made up of individuals—here’s one of them. Who are you? I’m Dr. Ben Youel. I’m a proud member of the Class of 2013 of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, and I just started a twelve-month General Practice Residency (GPR) at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. If you could have… Read More »
According to data collected at the ADA Health Screening Program at the 2012 Annual Session in San Francisco, 70 percent of dentists and dental team members examined reported neck or back pain. That’s not too surprising considering the positions many dentists adopt when working. Ergonomics is the science of the physical relationship between you and your environment. It… Read More »