When Perfection Becomes A Prison: Focus On Outcomes & Watch Your Practice Grow
Update: 2025-06-16
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Precision Can Choke Progress
Dental school wires you to hunt flaws. Great when you are bonding brackets. Lethal when every meeting turns into a micro-error autopsy. Julie Nise calls that “sort by distinction” — your first instinct is to spot what is wrong, not what moves the ball forward .
Set The Scoreboard Before You Swing
Start each day by writing one result you actually care about: net profit, lower turnover or an extra afternoon with your kids. Then use a two-step test on every task:
- Does this touch the goal? If not, park it.
- Can I see, hear or feel proof when it is done? Concrete evidence beats wish-list words .
Build Your Zoom-Out Muscle
- Third-person check-in – step outside your own head before you reply; it cools arguments fast .
- Lead with common ground – agreement first, exceptions second; patients respond to “I get you” far quicker than to jargon .
- Daily empathy reps – train TCs and assistants to mirror pace, language and tone so rapport becomes reflex .
Plug Outcomes Into Daily Ops
Lever | What to change | Why it pays |
Same-day starts | Cut the info-dump. Sign contract, take payment, schedule scan. | “Time kills all deals” — talk less, close more |
Role-play until scripts sing | “See one, do one, teach one.” Two full days of drilling beats a dusty SOP | Consistency at the phone and front desk lifts conversion and review scores. |
Budget like an owner | Live below your means and fund marketing 12 months before launch | Cash-flow calm > shiny new cone-beam you cannot afford. |
Action Checklist
- Run a ten-minute “Outcome Audit” with the team. Cross out tasks that do not hit a KPI.
- Replace the word right with helpful for one week. Watch tension drop.
- Record three consultations. Tag every minute that drifted into detail land. Fix the script and re-record.
Work With Julie Nise
Ready to turn ideas into outcomes?
Call or text (281) 620-5655 or visit OutcomesOnly.com to schedule a quick consult with Julie Nise and start closing more cases today.
Bottom Line
Practices grow where attention goes. Trade the microscope for a simple compass, coach your team to do the same and you will create a practice that prints wins at work and at home.
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