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I too am on a camp of working smart, instead of working hard. Who doesn’t want to make more and work less? I wish I could charge higher fee and work less like many of my colleagues. But I am not smart (business-wise) enough to do that, especially in CA where there are ortho and corp offices in every street corner. Therefore, I have to work hard (and keep the overhead low) to make up for my poor business skills. I didn’t want to open my own office right after graduation because I didn’t have enough confidence in myself. It took 4 years before I finally had enough courage to start my first office.Incredible. I’m fond of Charles’s super hero level attitude towards work. I think if he had charged more for his ortho services, he would be working less hours per week. I’m still on the camp of recommending work smarter than harder. No one should work extremely hard to making more money.
If I charged high fee and didn’t accept low pay insurance plans, my practice would have zero start. I’d rather have multiple starts per day at low fees than sitting around doing nothing and still have to pay rents and staff salaries. Earning some money is better than sitting around earning nothing. It's still more than what the corp office pays me.