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Bud Ham

We are pleased to welcome Bud Ham as a contributor to the ARD. Many of us have worked with Bud helping define and clarify values and practice philosophy. He uniquely understands dentists and dentistry from the perspective of human nature and effective organizational principals.

Bud Ham’s “The Trail Of Transitions”

July 31 2010

Episode Theory
“The ending of every episode in life signifies the beginning of a new one.”
Yes, of course, the “biggie” is birth and death of the body. Within the span of that episode every one of us has had hundreds of shorter episodes -- each with its beginning and end. If you went into great detail identifying and recording these episodes it would be creating your auto-biography -- not a bad thing to do.

For our purposes we are going to limit our review of episodes to transitions that in all likelihood have been experienced by every dentist entering retirement. So let us review the how and when this decades long trail began.

John Nelson's meeting

9/21/09 Forty seven dentists and spouses attended our workshop with John Nelson, co-author of What Color is Your Parachute for Retirement. Our evaluations showed a positive response ranging from 86%-96% for the various questions. Generally, people enjoyed the workshop format and would like to attend another workshop. Members can go to the "ARD Forum" in the side bar under "User menu" to join in or see the discussion about the workshop.

Jay Willis, a dentist from Mississippi, said this when registering for the workshop, "I thought the seminar topic was too pertinent to my life right now to miss." (8-23-09)

RODEO

9-12-09 Last Thursday I attended a seminar in Salem, MA and happened to be sitting at a table with a senior dentist who mentioned that he had a "rodeo" meeting coming up. Of course, I had to know what he meant by "rodeo". It turns out his RODEO meeting was for Retired Old Dentists Eating Out. I'll bet this sort of gathering is happening with increasing frequency all across the country and world. ARD is this and much more, because we include younger dentists, not yet retired, with whom we share ideas and explore oportunities. Our mission is creating and bringing these groups together. With organization, these small groups have enormous potential. -N

Old Boat

8-19-09 This morning, I had an old boat. It's 25 years old, tired, but gets the job done. I went over to Richardson's in Sebago Basin to refuel, and a passing boater called out, "I like your vintage boat." Hmmm, I like "vintage"...much better than "old". Today, I have a vintage boat that is proud to still be around...like a lot of us. -N

Where to Live in Retirement

Written by NSH January 09 2009

I was talking with Shelburne, VT, dentist, LeeAnn Podruch, who addresses retirement in her seminar, "Ready, Aim, Retire!". She told me about a great website, www.bestplaces.net. So I checked it out, and am impressed with the ease of comparing cost of living, crime, climate, and schools of virtually any city in the country with any other. One can insert annual income and see how much more or less one would need to live in another city. This is an unusually helpful website for retirement planning.

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