538: The Recovering Perfectionist - Dr. Kelley Brummett - a podcast by ACT Dental

The Recovering Perfectionist

Episode #538 with Dr. Kelley Brummett

Dentists strive to be perfect. This eventually leads to stress, anxiety, and burnout. If you're feeling stuck in the cycle of chasing perfection, don't miss this episode! To help you unlearn the perfectionist mindset and transition to a growth mindset, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Kelley Brummett from The Pankey Institute. She shares her struggle as a healing perfectionist and insight for focusing on progress and excellence. Overcome the pressure to be perfect! To learn how, listen to Episode 538 of The Best Practices Show!

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Links Mentioned in This Episode:

The Pankey Institute: https://www.pankey.org

A Philosophy of the Practice of Dentistry by Dr. L.D. Pankey and Dr. William J. Davis:  https://pankey.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/pankey/product.jsp?product=86&catalogId=10&

The Growth Mindset by Helen Glasgow and Joshua Moore: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-growth-mindset-a-guide-to-professional-and-personal-growth-joshua-moore/383704?ean=9781548164928

Main Takeaways:

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Be kind and nonjudgmental with yourself.

Don't let the idea of perfection consume you.

Focus on progress rather than on being perfect.  

Remember that your dentistry has an expiration date.

Quotes:

“That's what we tend to do to ourselves, [is] we say, ‘Oh, this dentistry is going to fail,’ or, ‘This dentistry did fail,’ or we criticize, or we judge, or whatever it is. And it’s like, no, everything has an expiration date, and it’s totally dependent on the variables that that patient hosts. And we get to play a part in our skills and understanding our patient from the health standpoint to even the temperament standpoint.” (6:37—7:09)

“All of my dentistry, as Dr. Lee Brady taught me, will fail. I might get lucky. There might be a case or two. But that's not really the goal. The goal of dentistry, in my mind, is to make people feel better, to make people healthier, to make people function...

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