Comments on: Is it the Job or the Career? https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/ Getting Real About Your Dental Career Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:06:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: 10 Helpful Steps to Creating Change | Lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2392 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:48:59 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2392 […] up, can you try to solve the problems you have?  I asked myself this many times.  First it was, “Is it the job or the career?”  Once I sorted that one out, the question became, “Is it me or the career?  Will my […]

]]> By: 10 Signs You Need a New Job | Lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2391 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:28:32 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2391 […] it because it forced me to stay in the career for 6 more years and determine if it was really the job or the career.  As the years went on though, I couldn’t live with myself anymore.  No more excuses.  […]

]]> By: It’s Not You, It’s Me | Lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2390 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:57:01 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2390 […] my relationship was with dentistry, it might appear that I am placing all of the blame on bad jobs, mean bosses, or difficult patients.  But those are just […]

]]> By: When Dreams Turn to Nightmares | Lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2389 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:12:49 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2389 […] were days when I only had 1 patient in my schedule– quite a change from the 30-40 I was used to seeing.  Days when my only patient canceled, I would end up crying in […]

]]> By: lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2388 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:10:28 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2388 In reply to Lindsay.

Thanks, Lindsay! We all have to learn the assistant thing the hard way. I had one assistant who it turned out not only stole $ from everybody’s purse in the office, but also would pit me and other assistants or even receptionists against each other. She was so crazy and manipulative. We all eventually discovered what she was doing, but the boss wouldn’t fire her. At the same time she was a great assistant and really bubbly person who was so well-liked. That was about as bad as it ever got, and I’m guessing a highly unusual situation.

Yes, I have always looked back and wondered if my first job wasn’t the thing that tainted me. If I had started out with the last dentist I worked with, maybe I would have had such a different view on dentistry in general. Also I spent 4 years in that first practice which was waaaaay too long. That tainted and scarred me even more. Crazy. There’s that hindsight thing again.

Thanks for following, Lindsay. I appreciate your comments. Keep me posted on what you decide to do.

]]> By: Lindsay https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2387 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:26:57 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2387 I’m currently and literally in the same position 😉 … I know that I love doing dentistry.. But I KNOW that it can ONLY get better than this horrific situation… Or else I’m in for a rude awakening… I love your blog and am highly entertained. Oh and I’ve DEFINITELY learned the whole professional line thing with assistants… Hard to go backwards but also has to start from the top which it doesn’t… As you know.. SIGH. I think you were very tainted from the beginning unfortunately, as am I..

]]> By: Trading One Obsession for Another | Lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2386 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:15:09 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2386 […] Contact ← Is it the Job or the Career? […]

]]> By: lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2385 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:04:55 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2385 In reply to Mina Mahrous.

Hi Mina,
It’s definitely worth trying to figure it out. I agree with you– sometimes time and experience is the only way to find these things out. I’d hate to jump ship for the wrong reasons. Then if you decide to move on, you don’t have to ever look back and wonder. I’ll be really fascinated to watch your journey and see how it all turns out for you!

]]> By: Mina Mahrous https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2384 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:23:36 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2384 you know how much I hate my current job. But now you also made me wonder if I hate the whole health career.

I was planning on trying to pursue a differect career, but still within the “health care” umbrella, planning on masters degree in public health and so on…now what if it was the whole career is what I hate and not just the job in a retail pharmacy…

well I guess time will unfold whom I really hate 😛

and you’re right abobut how to build relationships with assistances, it’s a very fine line between being friendly with them and having some conversations from time to time, and being friends when “the boss” part is lost. It’s not that I love being a boss, but there must be some respect, atleast infront of patients…

]]> By: lolabees https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/is-it-the-job-or-the-career/#comment-2383 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:26:06 +0000 http://lolabees.me/?p=2727#comment-2383 In reply to mj monaghan.

Thanks, MJ!

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