Most recent by John B. Pinto
Focus on the business side of your practice with these six questions
“Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking ... asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.”
11 points to consider when changing administrators
“There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.”
Nine pearls for making better practice business decisions
“Most of us are going through life without interrogating whether our decision-making processes are fit for purpose. And that’s something we need to change.”
Spend your money more wisely, inside and outside your practice
“Every time I am tempted to buy some dopey thing, I hear my late father’s voice, ‘Do you really need that?’”
Outline highlights typical flow for practices to add partner-track associate physician
“Perfect partners don’t exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.”
Comparing succession options for solo and smaller ophthalmic practices
“Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.”
Understand and improve determinants of ophthalmic partner happiness
“Friendship is essentially a partnership.”
Three steps to find your way toward retirement
“I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be.”
Use pro forma analysis to make better practice decisions
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
Simple steps to write, implement a long-range strategic plan for your practice
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”