598: The Truth Behind Happy Dentists - Dr. Gary DeWood - a podcast by ACT Dental

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The Truth Behind Happy Dentists

Episode #598 with Dr. Gary DeWood

There is one thing even the best dentists can't help you with in your practice. That one thing is your happiness. To bring you closer to it, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Gary DeWood, executive vice president of Spear Education, to reveal the secrets to becoming a happier practicing dentist. By identifying three simple things for yourself and your business, you will experience more joy in this profession. To find out what they are, listen to Episode 598 of The Best Practices Show!

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Main Takeaways:

Identify how much time, money, and patients is enough.

Have a clear vision of what you want for your practice.

Make a plan for your goals to make them happen.

Only you can know what makes you happy.

Don't try to be everyone’s dentist.

Quotes:

“Aristotle said — and I don't know that anybody has really changed anybody's mind if they disagree with this — that the whole purpose of life is to be happy. That's what everybody is seeking. In fact, the more I have thought about that, read about it, and talked about it to people, the more I believe that to be true. The difficulty is no one can define what it is that will make you happy, or what things you need for you to be happy. That's when you get into the whole thing about, you have to decide for yourself what it is you're after. What do you want? How are you going to decide? That is not something anybody can help you with.” (4:13—4:54)

“It's impossible to feel successful at the end and say, ‘I did that all myself.’” (7:28— 7:33)

“There's a time in your life when you should have a consultant. I believe this. That's why I said I don't think anybody does it all themselves. There's a time when somebody has to tell you what to do, ‘Do this.’ Well, first of all, I would offer this, for what it's worth, from my own personal experience. If you say to somebody, ‘I don't know what to do,’ because you trust them, and they don't immediately ask you, ‘What do you want?’ it doesn't matter what they say — don't listen, because that's going to be about them. If you know this person and they say, ‘Well, what are you after?’ — because I honestly believe unless you have some...

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