The Keys to Personal, Professional, & Financial Success (w/Kirk Teachout) [Ep.39]

Don’t miss this amazing conversation with author, entrepreneur, and dental practice consultant Kirk Teachout!  In this episode, we discuss:

• How Kirk went from building a company in the music industry to becoming a dental consultant.
• Kirk’s unique approach to dental practice management that helps maximize efficiency and minimize physical time in the office.
• The key to taking his wife’s dental practice from $300k in revenue to over $1mil in revenue in 2 years’ time – all while only seeing patients 7 hours/day, 3 days a week!
• The grueling nature of dentistry and how to prevent burnout.
• How to eliminate a day of patient hours without decreasing revenue.
• Building a schedule that places procedures at times that work for the doctor, the team, and the patients.
• The KPI that Kirk focuses on the most when he looks at dental practices.
• How to define the ideal patient and recruit more of them to your practice, and how to define the problem patient and dismiss them from your practice.
• Using the new patient call to screen patients and filter out those who are not a good fit for your practice.
• The challenges associated with balancing the demands of work and family, especially for female docs.
• The importance of delayed gratification, keeping your expenses below your income, and saving, saving, saving.
• The number one secret to developing wealth.
• How to go from being a go-getter to a go-giver and servant leader.
• The two things younger docs need to do to get ready for practice ownership.
• Strategies to help your kids develop discipline.
• The books that Kirk recommends all his clients read before he starts working with them.

LINKS:

*To Contact Kirk:

Instagram: @KirkTeachout

Email: [email protected]
*Kirk’s Books:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7NQJV95?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk

*Link to the DOC Balance Sheet:  www.TheOrthoCoach.com

*Link to DOC Coaching:  https://michael-deluke.mykajabi.com/offers/KBUuSTLa/checkout

*DOC Podcast on Delayed Gratification:  https://youtu.be/AjCd3OYbJVY?si=ydou-6Gx8kDYXt11