Guidepost Dental Practice in the News

Great article about Guidepost Dental Practice in this weeks Dentistry Magazine http://www.dentistry.co.uk/ Keep your eyes open for it online.

62 Ways to Make 2010 Your Best Year Yet (by Robin Sharma)

With thanks to Simon Hocken and his team at Breathe I attach a section from their newsletter.

Here’s some new-year suggestions from one of our favourite coaches and writers, Robin Sharma (www.robinsharma.com)

Written by Robin Sharma, January 3, 2010. Robin’s new book “The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable On Real Success in Business and Life” will be published by Simon and Schuster in March. Many of the ideas below come from it.

1. Remember that leadership isn’t about your position. It’s about your influence.

2. Get fit like a pro athlete.
3. Lift people up versus tearing people down.

4. Protect your good name. An impeccable reputation takes a lifetime to build. And 60 seconds to lose.

5. Surround yourself with positive, ethical people who are committed to excellence.

6. Remember that even a 1% daily innovation rate amounts to at least a 100% rate of innovation in 100 days.

7. Believe in your dreams (even when others laugh at them).

8. Measure your success, not by your net worth but by your self worth (and how happy you feel).

9. Take an intelligent risk every 24 hours. No try-No Win.

10. Read “Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist”.

11. Watch “Man on Wire”.

12. Regardless of your title at work, be a team builder.

13. Remember that business is all about relationships and human connections.

14. Say “please” more.

15. Say “thank you” more.

16. Know your Big 5: the five things that need to happen by the end of this year for you to feel its been your best year yet.

17. Read your Big 5 every morning while the rest of the world is asleep.

18. Read “As You Think”. At least twice this year.

19. Be willing to fail. It’s the price of greatness.

20. Focus less on making money and more on creating value.

21. Spend less, save more.

22. Leave everything you touch better than you found it.

23. Be the most positive person in every room you’re in.

24. Run your own race.

24. Stay true to your deepest values and best ideals.

25. Write a handwritten thank you note to a customer/friend/loved one every day.

26. When you travel, send love letters to your kids on hotel stationary. In time, they’ll have a rich collection to remember your travels by.

27. Read “Atlas Shrugged”.

28. Be a problem solver versus a trouble maker.

29. Rather than doing many things at mediocrity do just a few things-but at mastery.

30. Honor your parents.

31. Commit to doing great work-whether anyone notices it or not. It’s one of life’s best sources of happiness.

32. Give more than you receive (another of the truths of happiness).

33. Have your 1/3/5/10/25 years goals recorded on paper and review them weekly.

34. Be patient. Slow and steady wins the race. The only reason businesses that went from zero to a billion in a year or two get featured in magazines is because 99% of businesses require a lot more time to win.

34. Underpromise and then overdeliver.

35. See part of your job as “a developer of people” (whether you work in the boardroom or the mailroom).

36. Wear your heart on your sleeve. When people see you’re real, they’ll fall in love with you.

37. Be authentic versus plastic.

38. Read “The Alchemist”.

39. Remember that life wants you to win. So get out of your own way.

40. Consider that behind every fear lives your next level of growth (and power).

41. Eat less food.

42. Drink more water.

43. Rest when you need to.

44. Read “SUCCESS” magazine.

45. Write your eulogy and then live your life backwards.

46. Demand the best from yourself.

47. Remember that the more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.

48. See everything that happens to you as an opportunity to grow (and therefore, as a precious gift).

49. Be obsessed with learning and self-development.

50. Become comfortable alone (you are the only person you get to be with your whole life).

51. Smile. It’s a stunningly effective way to win in business and life.

52. Reflect on the shortness of life.

53. Be bold when it comes to your dreams but gentle with those you love.

54. Remember that success is dangerous because it can kill drive/innovation/passion and going the extra mile. Be successful yet stay hungry.

55. Read “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”.

56. Be of deep value to this world.

57. Own beautiful things but don’t let them own you.

58. Use excellent words.

59. Laugh more.

60. Don’t complain, gossip or be negative.

61. Plan as if you’ll live forever but live as if you’ll die tomorrow.

62. Feel free to pass these lessons on to those you want to help

Merry Christmas

All the team at Guidepost Dental Practice would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

2009 has been a long year for us all.

However our patients and teams positive attitude and great personalities have made Richard, Josie and all the girls and boys enjoy the year.

We have seen more new patients than before each one bringing their own smiles and stories into our family.

We have done less fillings and many less extractions as Katie and Dawns message gets across and the level of oral health improves

More implants, more invisalign treatments including our 1st completed cases.

Smilestrips allow recession busting tooth whitening

We started this blog and Twitter page  to go with our long standing Facebook page.

The lauch of our Children’s Plan in the summer allows the members to enjoy great care and treatment at a small monthly cost and we continue to be proud of the exceptionally low decay rate within the practice.

The arrival of Dawn in August to take over from Katie was nerve-wracking but looks to have been successful with a large number of really positive testimonials.

Natalie starts in February to further boost our Hygenist team. As a Therapist, she is trained to complete fillings and other treatments for children and adults. She is a lovely person and i am sure everyone who meets her will enjoy her company.

As a group, our team are continually striving to improve and develope our skills and our environment so what this space for more exciting developments next year. Please let us know any tips or ideas you may have for us…………

Invisalign gets A Celebrity endorsement

At the practice we have known for a while how beneficial a healthy confident smile is to peoples overall happiness, and the introduction of Invisalign treatment just under 2 years ago has made this smile easier to achieve.

As Cheryl Cole goes public with her treatment we are seeing an upsurge in requests for this outstanding technology.

This also coincide with Richard becoming the first Invisalign Gold Doctor in Northumberland and only the second in the North East. This accreditation is a reflection on the number of cases carried out and the further training he has completed.

 

Recent courses include and advanced Invisalign user course in London and the European Aesthetic Dental Conference in Paris.

Blogging

we have been so busy the last few months that the blog has not been updated as regularly.

Following team meetings last week we will look to remedy this.

Upcoming topics will cover

European Aesthetic conference in PAris

Smile Strips

Invisalign Training and more success stories for our patients

Implants

Paddi Lund who we are seeing on thursday.

Bear with us we will be back posting from sunday. So much news.

take care

Richard

Sports Day with Wessington Way Dental Practice

It was hughly enjoyable to compete with Wessington Way Dental Practice for the title of Dental Olympians 2009.

After a tour of our practice and a short introduction to Invisalign treatment for the visitors we launched into the afternoon

A great contest and wonderful team building day was won by Wessington Way by the tightest of margins, even tighter then MBA’s shorts.

Thanks to everyone who took part and well done Shaun Charters from Bodymechanix Gym in Morpeth for organising the event.

Our image and improvements for our patients

Josie and Richard have been working hard at the pracitce with the team to further enhance the experience of visiting Guidepost Dental Practice.

A new layout in the patient lounge, candles in the lounge, and improved practice branding help make it easier to find us on your first visit and more comfortable to enjoy our lounge, with complimentary apples.

Come and have a look your self the pictures don’t do it full credit.

A week to remember and to forget

The end of a challenging week and as i sit here pondering where is the IT guy to fix our PC’s i will ponder the week.

Issues this week:

IT, our server is playing up for the 1st time and the problem has been a pain to sort. Richard Patterson from www.helpquick.co.uk has worked hard to find the problem and will be here tonight to install a replacement tower.

PCT a meeting with the PCT always brings challenges and issues

Coping with absent staff. Illness and a close family bereavement have left the practice short for 2 days this week. Again the team have risen to the challenge superbly and just like the weather this run of misfortune is sure to change. Josie and I wish C and her family all the best.

The weather “rain rain go away” is a theme for today

Rewarding experiences:

Josie’s returning implant patient so amazed and happy with her new tooth

Richards invisalign patients seeing clinchecks for the 1st time and seeing a new smile developing

A visit form a great friend and respected counsel Mr Alex Jones

Smilestrips arriving and being used by 10 patients

I know the good out ways the bad and am grateful to the wonderful team around the practice who help solve problems, improve systems and make me smile

THANKS AGAIN GUYS AND GALS

JULY SPECIAL OFFERS

SPECIAL OFFERS RING OUR RECEPTION TEAM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BOOK 01670 822060

FREE WHITENING CONSULTATION

FREE INVISALIGN CONSULTATION (NORMAL PRICE £42.50)

INVISALIGN TREATMENT FROM £2000

Smile Strips

Beautiful simple packaging for simple product to help make us all more beautiful

Well they have finally arrived and we will be able to start sales on Monday afternoon.

What do we think?

So far Richard, Josie and Chris have tried the strips,

Pluses

First off After 3 days of 30mins they certainly make a difference

30 minutes is a great benefit as Richard and Josie can wear on their way to work

the taste is better than Opalesence Gel

You can wear them and talk normally

For £45 they are exceptional value

Negatives.

Placing the strips for the first time is a bit fiddly but no more than using whitening gel for the first time.

Have a look at the main website and what the video by strip 3 it really is this easy.

www.smilestrips.co.uk