606: Tips to Improve Your Happiness as a Dentist - Dr. Erin Elliott - a podcast by ACT Dental

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Tips to Improve Your Happiness as a Dentist

Episode #606 with Dr. Erin Elliott

Dentistry is an amazing career. You get to control your schedule, who you work with, your income, and your life. So, why are so many dentists unhappy? To explain why that is and what can be done about it, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Erin Elliott, seminar leader from 3D Dentists, to reveal the secrets to improving happiness. Stop dreading Mondays! To create a happier practice for you, your team, and your patients, listen to Episode 606 of The Best Practices Show!

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Main Takeaways:

Figure out what you like about dentistry.

Create a great culture and environment.

Surround yourself with happy people.

Get your schedule and income right.

Delegate what you don't like doing.

Find a mentor and take great CE.

Focus on things you can control.

Add the right technology.

Set achievable goals.

Quotes:

“I feel like we have been blessed in the career that we have chosen, and it breaks my heart to think that you go to work every day dreading it, or the Sunday night paralysis that I hear about — the dread, the stress, the beaten down, having to go sit in the restroom to deep-breathe because that's the only place no one bothers you, just one thing after another. It breaks my heart because I do think we've been given a gift.” (5:23—5:57)

“Obviously, there are some things in dentistry you might have to do. But really, we are blessed to be able to create and change an environment that suits you. You don't have to conform to what we've been taught, especially nowadays. Nineties dentistry, you were told you drilled and filled, you referred, and you'll make a pretty good living. But now, you can make it what you want it to be.” (7:58—8:27)

“A good place to start is to simply write down what it is you do like about dentistry. Now, my dad told me this story one time — he was a dentist. He’s passed away now, but he never had an associate because he could never find anyone that he trusted with his patients or connected with. And I always remember this because he said he was in an interview once and he said, ‘Okay. So, tell me what you like about dentistry.’ The associate said, ‘Well,...

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