Until your dominant thoughts are towards your patients, don't expect them to come into your office. They have to know that you care about them before they will care about you.
Successful doctors focus their attention on their number one priority, their patients.
They concentrate their thoughts on those services they can provide that can and will best serve their patients' needs. If your dominant thoughts are about personal finances, association issues, HMO or PPO restrictions, economic changes, personal matters, vacations and hobbies, you can't expect your practice to be booming or exploding with patients. Patients can tell when you are present and truly thinking about their well-being. In fact, it is amazing to see how many patients call, come in, or refer to your office when you simply read and concentrate on their individual patient files. By having you and your staff members gather in the patient file room at least once a month and alphabetically, very thoroughly review patient files one by one, you can work wonders towards revitalizing a plateaued practice.