608: 17 Summers&Emotional Intelligence in Dentistry - Dr. Nader Sharifi - a podcast by ACT Dental

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17 Summers & Emotional Intelligence in Dentistry

Episode #608 with Dr. Nader Sharifi

There is so much opportunity to connect, whether with your kids, your team, or your patients. But if you don't take those opportunities, time will pass you by! To help you capture those moments and make lasting connections, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Nader Sharifi with tips for improving emotional intelligence, emotional intimacy, and creating better connections with the people who matter most. To learn how to slow down time in and outside of your practice, listen to Episode 608 of The Best Practices Show!

Episode Resources:


Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Watch Dr. Sharifi’s Master Class - Implants and RPDs: A Challenging Combination

Read The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon

Main Takeaways:

Create safe spaces for yourself and others.

Ask others how you can best support them.

Find ways to help you with self-regulation.

Have someone you can trust and talk to.

Remember the acronym, WAIT.

Go see a therapist!

Quotes:

“You use those 16, 17, 18 summers to get the boomerang to come back. When that child graduates from college and they look at their opportunities, if one of their opportunities includes coming back home — some people might view that as a negative. Others view that as a positive. But if nothing else, it's an opportunity on both sides of that to say, now we have an opportunity to have some time together. We have an opportunity to impart more wisdom, to learn more, connect more. There's opportunity on the positive. If that kid didn't enjoy those 16 summers, that opportunity might not be there.” (6:14—6:54) -Dr. Sharifi

“[Dr. John Cranham] said, ‘Say no to meetings on Saturdays and Sundays.’ After that, I had one lecture on a Sunday. I'll never forget it. It was a huge room. There are a thousand chairs. I'm like, ‘Wow, this is going to be amazing!’ And like, 11 people showed up. I left my family to do all that. And what you learn in those moments is, somebody is trying to help you.” (8:50—9:12) -Kirk

“I was in a class a couple of weeks ago, and the speaker was talking about connecting with patients and was adamant, ‘Don't talk about yourself. You're wasting time. Whenever you talk about yourself, you're missing the opportunity to learn about your patients. That's a huge mistake. Don't do that.’ I thought about that, and I couldn't agree. I was disagreeing. I'm not saying I couldn't agree more — I was...

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