Zach Dykes

Lance Armstrong’s Former Chef: Fast Food Is Killing Your Potential!

If your freezer meals come with a side of brain fog and bloating, itโ€™s time to rethink what โ€œconvenientโ€ actually means. In todayโ€™s high-speed world, weโ€™re drowning in options for quick mealsโ€”DoorDash, frozen entrees, meal kits that ship to your door. But convenience often hides a high cost: your energy, your focus, and your long-term

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How the 7-Second Rule Can Make or Break Patient Trust

Letโ€™s be honestโ€”branding gets oversimplified. For most practices, โ€œbrandingโ€ means a logo, some colors, maybe a new website. You spend the money, get the files, and check the box. But hereโ€™s the problem: thatโ€™s not your brand. Thatโ€™s the tip of the iceberg. What makes patients choose you, trust you, and tell others about you?

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Stop Chasing Returnsโ€”Start Building Stability

Most orthodontists are brilliant clinicians. Youโ€™ve spent years mastering your craft, building a practice, and serving patients. But when it comes to building lasting wealth, many are unknowingly operating on financial quicksand. Theyโ€™re told to max out retirement plans, buy properties, or jump into high-yield investmentsโ€”but all without a solid foundation. Hereโ€™s the truth: you

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Stop Blaming Your Teamโ€”Fix Your System

When something breaks in your dental practiceโ€”whether itโ€™s the schedule falling apart, collections slipping, or a team member underperformingโ€”itโ€™s tempting to point the finger at people. But what if the real problem isnโ€™t the person, but the system theyโ€™re working in? Tiffany Fleisch, a seasoned fractional COO and longtime operator in dental organizations, has a

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Why Focusing On NEW PATIENTS Is The KEY To Dental Success

Most dental practices focus their marketing efforts on landing the โ€œbig ticketโ€ treatments โ€” full arches, implants, and cosmetic makeovers. But at Southern Roots Dentistry in Shreveport, Louisiana, Abby Howell and her team took a radically different path. They built a thriving, multi-location practice by focusing on the smallest starting point possible: getting new patients

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Too Successful to Sell? The Exit Strategy No One Talks About

Most young orthodontists are told to grow. Faster. Bigger. More locations. More chairs. But no one talks about what happens when you actually succeedโ€”when youโ€™ve grown a large, high-performing practice only to discover itโ€™s now too big to sell.ย ย Thatโ€™s exactly the position Dr. Sami Webb found herself in after two decades of building one of

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