Are you anxious or overwhelmed by ever increasing AI technology, maybe even a bit scared of it? Fortune editor and author, Geoff Colvin, offers encouraging advise for the merging of technology with real human communication skills. The following is an (edited for brevity) excerpt from his book description. What hope will there be for us …
“Beware the Barrenness of a Busy Life” – Socrates Apparently way back in ancient Greece (400 BC) the great thinker Socrates was warning us of the danger of being too busy. What would he think of our multi-tasking, multi-texting, I Phone, I Pad, I Pod, tablet, computer, TV, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Tweeting, electronic, digital world …
Selling is Everybody’s Business In truth, we are all in sales. We spend our lives “selling” thoughts, concepts, things and ideas. Being good at selling and persuading is a critical skill regardless of your business, dentistry included. We all sell. How good are you at it? Successful sellers are those that create winning relationships with …
I love this quote. How often do we think we are educating, but instead we are just regurgitating information, perhaps on deaf ears, wondering if it will ever “sink in”? When you think about it, we are all educators. In addition to the professional teachers and professors of the world we all educate in some …
Georgia Aquarium is one of Georgia’s sensational highlights – for locals and tourists alike. Conceived of, and mostly financed by, Bernie Marcus (founder of Home Depot), it was the world’s largest aquarium when it opened in 2005. The aquarium houses more than 100,000 animals, representing 500 species, including beluga whales, hammerhead and whale sharks, huge …
Nothing creates more controversy that selling dentistry. Yet, being adept at selling and persuading is a critical skill in dentistry. How can you sell without feeling like you’re selling? Regardless of your profession, hobby, personal relationships- you are always selling something through relationships and service. How good are you at it? What’s wrong with selling …
Case Acceptance is NOT an afterthought Why you must Achieve and Maintain High Case Acceptance Reason 1 – The Oral-Systemic Connection If your case acceptance is low, you have many patients walking around with disease in their mouth and inflammation in their bodies, already diagnosed by you! Promoting and protecting your patients’ oral health …
Problem: “As technology becomes more awesomely able, what will be the high-value human skills of tomorrow?” Solution: Best new “human” skills “…the most effective groups are those whose members most strongly possess the most essentially, deeply human abilities- empathy above all, social sensitivity, storytelling, collaborating, solving problems together, building relationships.” This is not just …
Storytelling – To Gain Case Acceptance Stories have captured peoples’ attention for eons, long before the written word. Jesus used stories to illustrate his lessons, as have many other spiritual leaders. Incredibly long stories were handed down from generation to generation, long before written narration, as a means to remember that culture’s history. Stories were …
