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Rana Al-Falaki explores how toxic productivity keeps dental teams busy without making progress, and shares practical ways to reclaim time, reduce stress and improve practice performance. There’s a belief that runs quietly through most workplaces, dental practices included: if you’re busy, you must be doing well. Diaries are full, everyone’s moving, the phones don’t stop…
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Rana Al-Falaki shares how one new practice owner used visualisation to power through overwhelm and build a practice on purpose. Buying your first practice is meant to feel like arrival. You have finally made it. The keys are yours, the chair is yours, and so, in theory, is the direction of travel. For Dr JS,…
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Rana Al-Falaki explains how changing from suppression to management of stress could transform your performance, your practice, and your life. Ask any dental clinician how they manage stress, and most will give you some version of the same answer: ‘I just get on with it.’ It is, in many ways, the default setting of the…
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Rana Al-Falaki explains how, far from acting as a barrier, setting boundaries can unlock performance while also improving work-life balance. It is Sunday evening. Dinner is on the table, the children are talking about their weekend, and your partner is laughing at something one of them said. You are physically present and yet mentally nowhere…
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Rana Al-Falaki explains why doing more courses isn’t always the answer to becoming a better dentist. You may have heard of the so-called 10,000-hour rule – the idea that mastery in any field requires years of relentless practice – 2.6 to be exact. It’s often cited when we talk about elite musicians, athletes and high…
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Rana Al-Falaki explains how a formula for goal setting can be used to break the cycle of short-term targets and truly maintain high standards. Every January, millions set goals with enthusiasm, but according to Forbes, only 9% stick to them, and 43% give up before February. The issue isn’t lack of willpower; it’s how most…
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Rana Al-Falaki explains how to nail your new year resolutions this January with a sustainable approach to habit formation. January arrives with the same promise every year: ‘This time I’ll do things differently.’ Gyms fill up, courses get booked, planners get purchased. Yet despite the good intentions, many people abandon their new year habits before…
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Rana Al-Falaki explains how building happiness into your day to create fun and fulfilment can transform performance in any dental practice. What if the secret to becoming more productive, respected and energised wasn’t about working harder… but smiling more? And what if you could be trained to smile more and feel happier? In a profession…
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Rana Al-Falaki explains how the NAIL-IT model can instil tangibility to help dental professionals turn summer goals into sustainable success. It’s summer time! After a busy few months, you may be on your last legs and ready for a summer break with the promise of recharge and reset. Yet come September, it all starts again,…
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Rana Al-Falaki explores how mastering productivity can help dentists break free from constant busyness and build a more balanced life. What would you do with more time? As dentists, we are incredibly time poor. Having to see patients back-to-back, spending lunch breaks catching up on admin, writing notes, planning cases, staff meetings; attending courses at…
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Bouncing back: Rana Al-Falaki dives into bouncebackability and uncovers the secret to resilience in dentistry. Have you ever felt knocked down by a patient complaint, a treatment that didn’t go as planned or a difficult conversation with a team member? It happens to all of us. The real question is: how quickly do you get…
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Managing stressful behaviour: Rana Al-Falaki reveals the key to breaking the stress cycle in dental practice. Imagine it’s Monday morning and you’ve arrived early at the practice, thinking you’re ahead of the day. All is calm. Then the phone rings… it’s your dental nurse calling in sick. Your practice manager has just handed in their…
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Rana Al-Falaki gives an insight into how poor oral health can affect patients’ confidence and even their mental health. Many people think that their oral health is just about their teeth, and what does it matter if they lose those? Can’t they just replace them easily enough nowadays? Well that is not strictly true. It…
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