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What Vow Will You Make Right Now for the New Year?

Brain Squad members share their 2019 goals.

Published

6 years ago

November 21, 2018

INVISION Staff Invision November 2018 Issue

What Vow Will You Make Right Now for the New Year?

Continue to wow patients. Cedric Mitsui, OD, Big Island Vision Center, Hilo, HI
Try to gesture with an open hand rather than a pointer finger. This is a harder habit to break than I thought. Jessika Arena, The Eye Center, Asheville, NC
Get rid of paper! Kristina Swartz, The Eye Site, Mishawaka, IN
Choose happy. Mary Canfield, Orlando Eyecare, Orlando, FL
I vow to get rid of all of the magazine ordered frames that the guy before me ordered. Jade Kowalick, Ryczek Eye Associates, St. Petersburg, FL
Hit the gym again. Rick Rickgauer, Vision Associates, Girard, PA
Travel … further than Orlando. Bart Parker, Vision Source-Fox Optical, Lake Worth, FL
No more vows. Mark Perry, OD, Vision Health Institute, Orlando, FL
Simplify. Scott Keating, OD, Vision Trends, Dover, OH
Write it, think it, believe it till done. Bryan Hartgrave, Vision Solutions, Lamar, MO
Finish what I start. Selina McGee, OD, Precision Vision, Edmond, OK
My remake percentage will go down. Theodore Sees, OD, Rockford Family Eyecare, Rockford, MI
Try to make a difference in 2019. More volunteer work with Vision Screenings for Veterans and low income patients. Texas L. Smith, OD, Dr. Texas L. Smith & Associates, Citrus Heights, CA
Hire a front desk coordinator who will stay with us like our optician and optometric tech have for over 20 years! Robert M Easton Jr., OD, Oakland Park, FL
Better hiring and retention strategies. Kaleena Ma, MK Vision Center, Forest Hills, NY
Patience, take things one day at a time and don’t procrastinate. Mitchell Kaufman, Marine Park Family Vision, Brooklyn, NY
To make a quick plug to every patient about our new frame lines. Tom Brillante, OD, Decatur Eye Care, Decatur, GA
Thou shalt restrain yourself when buying frames! Nikki Griffin, EyeStyles Optical and Boutique, Oakdale, MN
Increase our social media presence and start paid Facebook and Instagram ads to increase optical business. Vlad Cordero, Focus Eye Care PC, Hackensack, NJ
Expand to new locations. Pauline Buck, OD, Behavioral and Developmental Optometrists, Miami, FL
No printing out things that are not truly needed. Bridgett Fredrickson, Whelan Eye Care, Bemidji, MN
I vow to try and consistently have a positive and supportive attitude. Harris Decker, Eye Designs Of Westchester, Scarsdale, NY
Grow our dry-eye treatment center. Rob Szeliga, OD, Spring Hill Eyecare, Spring Hill, TN
Better equip myself with the hiring of Millennials. Jessica Brundidge, Clarity Vision, Clayton, NC

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