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938: Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail – Ariel SiegelI
Episode 9383rd September 2025 • The Best Practices Show with Kirk Behrendt • ACT Dental
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You're good at planning your vacations. But how about planning for your business? In this episode, Kirk Behrendt brings back Ariel Siegel, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, to break down how to strategically plan for your future and build a thriving practice. When you fail to plan, you are planning to fail! To learn how to make a great plan for a great future, listen to Episode 938 of The Best Practices Show!

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Main Takeaways:

  • Failure is a consequence of not having a plan.
  • A thriving practice doesn't just happen! It happens with planning.
  • With the right tools and strategies, planning won't be as hard as you think.
  • Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in your business.
  • Use the SWOT analysis to plan and create an aligned, smart, and healthy practice.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

1:38 Why this is an important topic.

7:02 SWOT analysis, explained.

10:05 The three pillars for success: Aligned.

19:10 The three pillars for success: Smart.

22:30 The three pillars for success: Healthy.

25:34 Select key areas to focus your planning.

29:52 Final takeaways.

32:42 About ACT’s To The Top, tools, and resources.

Ariel Juday Bio:

Ariel has a master’s in healthcare administration and several years of dental experience in all aspects of the administrative roles within the dental office. Her passion is to work with dental teams to empower team members to realize their full potential in order to better serve patients, improve office systems to ensure a well-functioning team/office, and to help everyone have fun in the process!

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