I have been reading Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers - The Story of Success (Gladwell.com) , and was struck by the conclusions he has reached about becoming a 'success'. If you haven't read the book I would recommend it highly. It is fantastically researched and gives wonderful examples of how certain famous people got where they are today. One of his theories is that to be successful you have to spend many, many hours working on your talent (10,000 hours to be precise!).
This got me looking at our private practice (again!) and thinking about the older members of our team - if you are successful, clearly you have to be of a certain age if you have spent loads of hours doing what you are good at. One of our winning combinations is Peter (orthodontist) and Carole (nurse), who have been working together for some years and their combined ages make lots and lots - can't tell you how many or they might be upset! These two people have created a partnership that is a huge success, not only do they make beautiful smiles, but their patients are truly delighted with the process - patients tell us how much they look forward to their appointments with the two of them.
But what I also realised when looking at their success, is that they really love what they do, and so they are motivated to do it even better. And then I look at the other, younger members of the team and see the same - people who are loving what they do. Although they have not been doing it for 10,000 hours, they have been doing their jobs with joy - successfully. So I am now imagining how amazing they will all be at their jobs by the time they reach Carole and Peter's ages!! Sorry both.
This got me looking at our private practice (again!) and thinking about the older members of our team - if you are successful, clearly you have to be of a certain age if you have spent loads of hours doing what you are good at. One of our winning combinations is Peter (orthodontist) and Carole (nurse), who have been working together for some years and their combined ages make lots and lots - can't tell you how many or they might be upset! These two people have created a partnership that is a huge success, not only do they make beautiful smiles, but their patients are truly delighted with the process - patients tell us how much they look forward to their appointments with the two of them.
But what I also realised when looking at their success, is that they really love what they do, and so they are motivated to do it even better. And then I look at the other, younger members of the team and see the same - people who are loving what they do. Although they have not been doing it for 10,000 hours, they have been doing their jobs with joy - successfully. So I am now imagining how amazing they will all be at their jobs by the time they reach Carole and Peter's ages!! Sorry both.
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