DENTAL BRAIN CROPS - with Chelsea Myers

Trey Lawrence, VP and General Counsel of the AAO joins this week to talk about the importance of taking a legal issue inventory in your practice or organization. Minimizing risk exposure begins with understanding the legal issues most encountered. Some topics include refunds, social media and marketing, responding to negatives reviews, and HIPAA compliance.  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

Safe environments are fundamental to creating a desirable, professional culture. When people feel safe at work they have increased trust, improved communication, higher productivity, lower turnover, and better mental health.  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach 

Ken thrives as an executive in high growth organizations; since 2004, Ken has served in CFO and President/CFO roles in venture capital and private equity-backed high growth organizations, helping to drive growth of 3 to 10x during his tenure at each. He recently founded the Dental Finance Forum, the first mastermind of its kind that exclusively supports finance leaders of group practices and Dental Support Organizations. He earned a business degree from BYU and MBA from the University of Georgia in finance & entrepreneurship where his peers selected him as the most outstanding student. He and his wife have been married for 24 years and have eight children. Ken enjoys serving in his church and uses whatever free time he can find to engage in cycling, mountain biking, and an occasional triathlon to keep himself humble. Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

It can be unsettling to take full responsibility for the things in your life. Once you do it, though, you are in a powerful place: the place where you can change things!  Emotional responsibility, personal development, and true ownership are the ingredients to creating a life designed by you, for you!  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

Emmet Scott is an entrepreneur, the ADSO President, CEO and Co-Founder of Community Dental Partners, a Podcast Host (DSO Secrets), and executive and Partner at DEO, and an all-around great guy who knows his stuff when it comes to dental business.  Join us for a discussion on the history of dental business as it applies to the pandemic and current economic situation, things we face as dental leaders, and strategies to optimize our impact. Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

Words are powerful and they create incredible impact in our teams, in our relationships, and in our lives.  Join us for an encore of one of our most listened to episodes on gossip.  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

It is not uncommon for me to be in a coaching a client and ask, “for your teams to create that result, where do you need to develop as a leader?” And its the same question I ask myself! Once we find the area of opportunity, we must be really intentional about what we want ourselves to think about. In the identification phase, in the growing phases, and after our growth, in the maintenance phase. We’ve always got to be aware of what we’re putting into our brains – how we’re using our thinking space – and what that’s creating in our lives. The better we get at doing this, the more qualified we become to increasing awareness in our team members. Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

Dr. Laura Brenner, author of the Lolabees Blog, is a trained dentist and coach. "Real change begins with awareness. We will help you clearly see how your beliefs and rules are keeping you stuck. You’ll gain the knowledge and confidence you need to make important decisions like whether you should stick with dentistry or switch careers. You’ll have a solution-focused plan that will help you continue to take the action you need to move forward."  https://www.lolabeescareercoaching.com/blog/ Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

Stuart Oberman is the President of Oberman Law Firm, providing strategic guidance to clients in healthcare law, corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property and joint ventures. Mr. Oberman graduated from Urbana University and received his law degree from John Marshall Law School. Mr. Oberman has been practicing law for over 28 years. Before going into private practice, Mr. Oberman was in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 Company. Mr. Oberman is highly regarded on a national basis in the area of healthcare law, which includes DSO/MSO formation, corporate business structures, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, advertising regulations, HIPAA, Compliance, and employment law. Mr. Oberman’s expertise in the healthcare industry includes advising clients in the complex regulatory landscape as it relates to telehealth and telemedicine, including compliance of corporate structures, third-party reimbursement, contract negotiations, technology, healthcare fraud, and abuse law (Anti-Kickback Statute and the State Law), professional liability risk management, federal and state regulations. https://obermanlaw.com Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastwww.dentallife.coach Episode analytics

Mark J. Kohler, M.Pr.A., C.P.A., J.D., is a best-selling author; national speaker; radio show host; writer and video personality for Entrepreneur.com; real estate investor; senior partner in the law firm, Kyler, Kohler, Ostermiller & Sorensen, and the accounting firm of Kohler & Eyre, CPAs. Mark is a personal and small business tax and legal expert, who helps clients build and protect wealth through wealth management strategies, and business and tax remedies often overlooked in this challenging, ever-changing economic climate. His seminars have helped tens of thousands of individuals and small business owners navigate the maze of legal, regulatory and financial laws to greater success and wealth. Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastwww.dentallife.coach

Scott partners with closely-held companies in health care helping them navigate the operational and tax implications of their business goals. He has also worked with a number of Fortune 100 companies and has a firm grasp on tax strategies appropriate for many business structures. https://www.eidebailly.com/people/9777 Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations.   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.   To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.   To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.   //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️         //COME SAY HI! 👋    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers  https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastwww.dentallife.coach

We're really quick to change a song that we don't like, so why aren't we as prompt to get rid of other negative vibrations in our lives?  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations.   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.   To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.   To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.   //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️   //COME SAY HI! 👋   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers  www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

A quintessential entrepreneur, mentor, and company builder, Michael leads the Recuro Health team which includes several leaders from Teladoc, where he served as the founding CEO and pioneered an industry-changing health care model that created a new efficiency paradigm in healthcare by delivering physicians to patients nationwide in under 12 minutes for $35. Gorton ran Teladoc as CEO and Chairman for the first seven years of operations. Under his term, the company grew from a concept to one of the most recognized innovations in healthcare, with nearly two million patient members nationwide. Under the Teladoc model, physicians made more and patients paid less. Teladoc was studied and advocated by most of the major healthcare think tanks and was recently named one of the most innovative companies in healthcare. Teladoc recently entered the NYSE and now has a market cap of over $30B. https://recurohealth.com/ Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.  To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach. //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️ //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastwww.dentallife.coach

Matt Allen, co-founder of DifferentKind, is a dentist, the only US-based dentist member of MINT, a speaker, and an author.    DifferentKind focuses on helping dental professionals measure and improve the aspects of the patient journey that most impact trust and loyalty.   https://www.differentkind.com/#how-it-works  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations.   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.   To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.  To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.   //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️         //COME SAY HI! 👋    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastwww.dentallife.coach

Perrin DesPortes, Partner and Co-Founder at Polaris Healthcare Partners, talks about strategizing your dental entrepreneurship from beginning to end.    https://www.polarishealthcarepartners.com  Polaris Healthcare Partners helps healthcare entrepreneurs build successful group practices.  We create clarity, confidence and results through education, strategic consulting, growth capital sourcing and equity partnerships.   Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations.   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.   To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach   Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.  To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.   //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️         //COME SAY HI! 👋    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.coach/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoach LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-myers-57345417/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyers  https://www.dentallife.coach/podcast www.dentallife.coach

Dental Brain Crops host, Chelsea Myers, was interviewed on Zentist TV at the recent Dykema DSO Conference.  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach 

Sina Amiri, Vice President of Revenue at Zentist, has 15 years of cross-sector and cross-functional experience in North American healthcare markets, 10 years of multi-disciplinary business experience in domestic and international dental services industries, Multi-unit P&L/KPI management, organizational design, change management and financial forecasting experience at a healthcare private equity backed M&A driven dental support organization (DSO), Scaled the revenues of five enterprise healthcare software companies through direct or channel sales (two were publicly traded and later acquired) and two healthcare professional services firms. Follow Sina on Twitter: @betterdentistry Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach

Over the past couple of weeks I said goodbye to someone who I love very much who had become ill and eventually passed away, and within days of that news learned that my youngest son needed emergency surgery. And these things are things that happen in our lives. People become ill, people require emergency surgeries, people die… The flexibility comes in how we decide to experience these things... To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.

TUSK Partners (https://tusk-partners.com) is an industry-leading M&A Advisor with 50+ years of experience focused on the success and sale of large dental practices and DSOs across the United States. Kevin Cumbus, President of TUSK, has over a decade of experience in the dental industry. He has valued and sold over 120 dental practices, managed over $100MM of revenue in a DSO, and is co-owner of a start-up dental practice, Mundo Dentistry. He earned his BA from Washington & Lee University and MBA from the Babcock School of Management at Wake Forest University. Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations. Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.

I want to prepare you with some important components to consider as you’re planning for your organization’s growth, specifically in relation to your leadership development initiatives. Now whether you’re working on a slow and steady growth strategy, or you have a more aggressive plan – your bottom lines are going to be hit or missed in correlation with the type of leadership that exists. And leadership is a widely understood priority, we spent over 40 billion dollars last year in the US on leadership development. So if you recognize that there’s room for or a need for development in this area in your teams, you’re probably onto something. So the first thing I’ll say when looking at adding something to your leadership development is to determine the type of development that you’re after. Some things to consider are who will be participating and what types of skill sets are needed. For example, for new participant some of the areas we train on include communication – styles, interpretation, and delivery, utilizing time, energy and outcomes, creating results while feeling good, failure and success, and taking action. Once there’s a deeper understanding and development with the participant, they become ready to move into more advanced masteries that allow him or her to create coachable environments and lead with techniques and strategies that develop team members toward their own leadership advancements. Some indicators that our coaching and tools are needed include inconsistent performance, incohesive teams, lacking leadership, turnover rates, low case acceptance, mismanaged time, stress or tension in the practices, lack of clarity in what is wanted or expected, dissatisfaction and negativity, escalating concerns that aren’t being resolved, cultural disharmony, lack of ownership mentality, blaming, excuses, and disengagement.

Prior to founding Pearl (https://www.hellopearl.com/), Ophir Tanz was the founder and CEO of GumGum, an applied computer vision company focused on the media category. Prior to this, Ophir was CEO and co-founder of Mojungle.com, a mobile-media sharing platform that was sold to Shozu.com in 2007. Before this, Ophir co-founded and sold Fluidesign, an interactive and branding agency. He holds a BS and MS from Carnegie Mellon University.   Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations.    Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed.    To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.

Let's talk about labels and how they impact our leadership, but before we can go down that road we need to do a little review on the system that takes place in our brains with just about every experience that we have - and that is the thought-feeling-action system We do a really good job of knowing – if we like how we feel or we if we don’t... Many of us do a moderately good job of knowing exactly what we’re feeling, particularly when we don’t like how we feel – in other words identifying the exact emotion that we’re experiencing when it’s not a good feeling – And without practice and coaching most of us are pretty ill-equipped to identify the connected thought to each emotion we have Said differently, we have some blind spots! I want to talk about what happens in our brains from a scientific perspective so that you can decide how much time, effort, and energy you want to put into mastering what may be a significant bottleneck for you at times. When we have a new experience, we have a lot of choices about how we’re going to experience it – we get to choose what we think about going into it if we have enough notice, and then throughout the experience we get to decide what to think about and believe about the details of the person, or situation That initial exposure then becomes our reality – and it becomes a memory that we file away about the person, or situation involved – which can be great, especially, if it’s a positive experience that we’d like to repeat On the other hand, let’s say that your thoughts about the person or situation were that it was a bit of a bummer, or a total disaster – Left untouched, that memory also gets filed away, but there’s something that we need to be aware of: When we land on a conclusion – and file it away – it becomes accessible And this concept exists in habit formation, so if you’re only half listening, this is a good one to sink your teeth into...

StraightSmile Solutions® is a web-based, e-commerce, orthodontic consulting service that supports general and pediatric dentists, dental labs and the dental industry. They can support you to launch de-novo orthodontic operations or scale your existing orthodontic operations. Their team supports you with case selection, team training, operations, case support and treatment plans. Chelsea Myers, founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach, is an professional coach and speaker working with CEOs, founders, doctors, and leaders to create highly productive dental support organizations through advanced leadership training. Visit www.dentallife.coach 

Attorney Justin Marti is a seasoned entrepreneur and real estate investor. He co-founded a dental group at 25 years old, grew it to over 45 locations across four states, and sold it in a private equity transaction. At that time, he also began to build his own real estate investment portfolio. He then pivoted to law, using his extensive experience to help clients with a variety of legal needs in the areas of business, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate. Justin's experience in building and scaling his own fifty-million-dollar organization gives him the rare ability to think like a true entrepreneur and business operator, as opposed to just another lawyer. He has consummated a number of complex healthcare and real estate transactions, and likes to think of himself as an "advisor first, attorney second." https://www.martilawgroup.com/justin-marti  Chelsea Myers, host, is the founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.DentalLife.Coach). Dental Life Coach works with C-Suite, doctors, and teams to create scalable culture and increased profitability in some of the most successful dental support organizations.  Recently awarded best in class, Dental Life Coach tools and resources are making a marked improvement in the way that goals are achieved and leaders are developed. 

Cory Pinegar is Chief Executive Officer of Utah-based CallForce, a groundbreaking dental service startup helping dental practices increase patient engagement and revenue. In 2016, at the age of 22, Cory struck gold and purchased the company—then named Recall Solutions—from software giant Weave for just one dollar. Since then, the visionary entrepreneur has grown CallForce from 35 clients to nearly 3,000 and a workforce of close to 200 employees. CallForce has been named one of the fastest-growing companies by Inc. 500 and has been recognized repeatedly by the Salt Lake Tribune as one of the Best Places to Work. https://www.getcallforce.com In 2021, Cory founded the remote staffing company Teem, which helps simplify hiring international talent. Teem allows businesses to circumvent domestic staffing issues and find qualified talent without worrying about complicated research to understand legalities, fair compensation, and the like.  Chelsea Myers, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dental Life Coach and host of the Dental Brain Crops podcast can be found on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. Visit www.DentalLife.Coach for more information on the show and coaching services. 

Mick Janness is the CEO of Oakpoint (https://oakpoint.us). He is a well respected business strategist with expertise in driving revenue growth, creating actionable insights, resolving complex issues, and launching commercialization strategies. Mick has a comprehensive background in business development, private equity fundraising, deal structuring, and business plan development. In this conversation, Mick and Chelsea Myers (CEO and founder of Dental Life Coach) talk about the growth that Oakpoint is experiencing, the importance of harnessing core values, and the exciting results of having a clear plan.  Visit DentalLife.Coach for more information about executive coaching for dentists to increase case acceptance rates, retain dentists and team members, and ultimately scale culture. 

Pat Bauer, the President and CEO of Heartland Dental, is leading the largest DSO, supporting over 1,600 practices.    Joining Dr Rick Workman in 1997, Pat reflects on the explosive growth that Heartland has and continues to experience. Pat's brilliant and inspiring leadership is highly regarded and contributes to the ever-growing admiration of many.    Pat explains Heartland Dental's philosophy and values: "The doctor is our customer." The organization strives to provide the highest level of mentorship, data, and support to allow dentists to do what they love most.    To learn more about Heartland Dental, to learn of openings, or to inquire about opportunities to partner, visit https://heartland.com.    To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifeco... https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-m... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamye... https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastW... https://www.dentallife.coach

Brian A. Colao has transformed Dykema’s DSO group into a renowned leader in the middle market for DSO buy-side and sell-side transactions. He is considered one of the foremost authorities in North America on the DSO space. Visit DykemaDSO.com for more information. He also does considerable work in the MSO space in numerous professional disciplines. Join him and host Chelsea Myers, founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach as they talk about what a DSO is, how to increase profitability, where to start, and the Dykema DSO event in July (https://dykemadso.com/agenda-2022).  To learn more about Dental Life Coach, executive coaching for dentists, increasing case acceptance rates, talent retention, and creating scalable culture visit www.DentalLife.Coach.

Scalable businesses have scalable ecosystems. Investing in your organization's culture is key to keeping your teams and keeping your customers! Kurt Schmidt, President and Partner at Foundry (https://www.foundrymakes.com/about), a custom software company, describes his experience growing a productive and healthy business with a committed and happy team!  Chelsea Myers, founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach works with DSOs and group practices to develop entrepreneurially prepared dentists and executives that organizations can build teams around. Visit www.DentalLife.Coach for more information. 

Elijah Desmond (speaker, DJ, event master, and author) is a self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur who builds businesses based around community and connection. From the Dental Festival (https://www.thedentalfestival.com) and Smiles at Sea (https://www.smilesatsea.com) to Driven Dental Implant Marketing (https://drivendentalmarketing.com), Elijah's passion for connecting with people is making big, positive waves in the dental industry!  Dental Life Coach CEO, Chelsea Myers, and Elijah talk about dental, people, and creating lasting impact.  www.DentalLife.Coach

📈 Leading and growing requires time, a solid plan, and unshakable dedication. Loren Israelsen, D.D.S. brings those qualities and more to Positive Impact Dental Alliance! 🎧 Listen in to hear our conversation about growing a dental business, what's important, and how he approaches challenges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wisb_v1NcU0&list=PLy3u06kpHMuG_iLPYerRgs9Nk9ctMx76C&index=1&t=12s  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifeco... https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-m... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamye... https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastW... https://www.dentallife.coach

Let's get comfortable with "sales." In order to do that, we need to discover what it is, how you're thinking about sales and selling, and what sales is not. Just because you didn't become a doctor or organizational leader to "sell dentistry" does not make this topic any less important. In fact, if you're hesitant about it, it's probably the one of the most important things for you to work on.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifeco... https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-m... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamye... https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastW... https://www.dentallife.coach

Dr. Marc Cooper is an award-winning coach, having coached hundreds of professionals over his 38-year coaching career, has worked with CEOs and senior executives of Fortune 500s, hospitals and hospital systems, biotechnical companies, IT companies, business incubators, clearinghouses, and insurance companies. (See the complete client list on: www.drmarcbcooper.com). "For me the purpose of life is a life of purpose." Marc Cooper In this conversation, Chelsea and Dr. Cooper discuss the benefits of coaching, styles of thinking, and Dr. Cooper's newest program to work with Elders who have departed from their professional careers and are embarking on the next phase of their journey.  www.DentalLife.Coach

Chelsea Myers, founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach (www.dentallife.coach) talks to a group of founders and CEOs about positioning their dental businesses in a way that can support growth with a healthy company culture. "Soft skills" are sometimes undervalued and last to make the priority list. However, dentists come to, stay at, and leave organizations based on how they feel while there. Having a proper perspective and emphasis on the cultural aspects of your dental group or DSO will ensure that attention is properly placed on developing leaders and organizational outcomes.

Austin Hair, Business Development Manager of Leaders Real Estate and American Ninja Warrior talks about the importance of understanding all contributing factors to choosing a good location for your dental practice or healthcare business and how disciplined habits translate to business success!  Chelsea Myers is the CEO of Dental Life Coach facilitating the development of health, happiness, and success!  GUEST INFO:  Austin Hair  Email: Ahair@leadersre.com  Website: https://leadersre.com //WATCH NEXT: ⏭️      //COME SAY HI! 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentallife.... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dentallifecoachLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-m... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrschelseamyersPodcast: https://www.dentallife.coach/podcastWebsite: https://www.dentallife.coach

Darin Acopan, partner at DEO, has been working with managed group dental practices in the DSO space for several years. He is focused on interviewing and selecting new DEO members and heads strategic partnerships for the DEO. He attributes his success as a top performer to his  work ethic combined with a desire to identify ways to create efficiencies within existing processes. Obtaining alignment within organizations to increase the transaction values and profitability is Darin's expertise.  The DEO has an annual meeting open to everyone. To register visit: https://deodentalgroup.com/summit-summer/ and enter code SBC150 for your discount.  Chelsea Myers, founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach and host of the Dental Brain Crops podcast facilitates notable increased retention rates and increased case acceptance rates by developing entrepreneurial leaders in dental businesses. Visit www.DentalLife.Coach for information and resources. 

Dr. Marc Adelberg has been delivering outstanding pediatric dentistry since 1998. He received his undergraduate education from the University of Albany, majoring in psychology, and his dental education from the University of Buffalo. He completed a two-year residency in pediatric dentistry at Montefiore Medical Center, the hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, graduating in 1998. He is a board-certified pediatric dentist. “Dr Marc” has also been trained and certified with Vivos Therapeutics, an integrated medical and dental sleep disordered breathing center. Additionally, he has been trained on both the Hoya Con Bio and Biolase dental lasers, as well as PBM lasers. Also, he has trained at the Academy for Sports Dentistry. “Dr. Marc” can also be seen on the lecture scene. Nationally, he has lectured at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), the Dental Entrepreneurial Organization (DEO), and the Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO). Locally he has lectured to residents at pediatric dental residencies as well as mommy-and-me groups, pre-schools, nursery schools, kindergarten, and pre-natal hospital groups. He is the founding and senior partner of Adelberg Montalvan Pediatric Dental and Orthodontics. When not seeing patients, he acts as the CEO/visionary for the team.  He was raised on Long Island and maintains a home with his wife and family of three children there. As the Founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach, Chelsea Myers has coached hundreds of clients individually and in group settings to facilitate personal and professional transformation enabling doctors to achieve their highest potential, improving retention and increasing case acceptance rates for partners and clients. Chelsea is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur.  Visit www.DentalLife.Coach for more information and resources. 

The founder and CEO of SMC National (featured on the INC 5000 list!), Gary Bird is pioneering a new kind of marketing and recruiting strategy that emphasizes accountability, focus, and measuring data in real-time to produce predictable, stand-out results. https://smcnational.com/  Gary is not just a numbers guy. He also understands that professional success can’t be separated from personal growth and that who you are determines what you can accomplish. Join Chelsea Myers and Gary Bird as they talk about finding your passion, paving your path, working through obstacles, and helping others do the same!  www.dentallife.coach 

Chelsea Myers, founder and CEO of Dental Life Coach interviews Dr. Corinne Devin who knows what it takes to dream big and make things happen!  Corinne is a triple crown holding beauty queen and a U. S. Naval officer.  She is a Navy Commander, orthodontist, and public speaker with a passion for volunteering.  Currently stationed in Japan, Corinne is returning to California upon concluding her active duty in 2023.     While in residency, Corinne competed and won the title Ms. Texas, then after graduating won Ms. United States 2012, internationally won Ms. Galaxy 2014, Ms. Earth 2018 and International Ms. 2020.  The titles allowed her the opportunity get involved with local communities, speaking at events including elementary schools where she mentored young girls and showed them that they can be and do anything- from beauty queen to Navy officer to orthodontist.   She continued to balance her two passions, serving as the keynote speaker at the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Conference to over 1,000 middle school girls for the Department of Defense in Japan and Italy.     She believes that being well rounded in a multitude of areas can inspire, motivate, and place the seed of determination into our youth and their peers.

What does it take to create successful business with clients who want to stay with you and shout your name in a room of opportunity? Connection! Joshua B. Lee is an entrepreneur, business owner, author, coach, marketer, and a "very blessed husband and father."  Having built 16 companies, Josh knows a thing or two about growing businesses which led him to discover his real passion: creating lasting, meaningful human connections.  Whether you're just starting out, scaling your business, or spreading your entrepreneurial wings across multiple businesses the human elements will come into play daily.  Tune in to hear Chelsea Myers learn more about Joshua's journey and to discover more about how to implement these ideas into your business! 

In this episode Dr. Eric Block and Dental Life Coach founder and CEO, Chelsea Myers, talk about stress, burnout, and how to create new results in a stressful routine.  Dr. Eric Block is a full-time practicing general and implant dentist in Acton, Massachusetts, husband, and father of two kids.  He graduated from the Nova Southeastern College of Dental Medicine in 2002 and then completed a 2 year Implantology Residency at Boston University in 2004.   He is certified by the American Association of Dental Boards for continuing education, founder of the digital marketplace www.DealsforDentists.com, host of the Deals for Dentists Podcast, host of “Live with Blocky” on iLoveDentistry Facebook live, and lectures nationwide helping dentists to become more efficient, productive, and less stressed. He is a fellow of the international congress of oral implantologists and former instructor at the Boston University department of implantology In 2021 he authored his first book titled “The Stress-Free Dentist: Overcome Burnout and Start Loving Dentistry Again.”  and hosted The Get Stress-Free Dentistry Summit in Hollywood, Beach Florida, and founded The Stress-Free Dentistry Facebook Group.

In this episode Chelsea Myers and Dipesh Patel, CEO of Blueprint Smiles, talk about knowing what you want, knowing why you want it, and taking the steps to achieve your ideal dental life. Dipesh works alongside friends in a "care first" organization that values the human aspect of dentistry. Taking good care of the team and the people they serve are a top priority for Blueprint Smiles. 

Goals require action and action requires thinking. How you think about the steps you take create the energy that you'll create results with. High-stress energy will create high-stress results. With a framework for thinking in place you can design not only the end result, but how the process of creating results will feel. By having advanced decisions in place you will be prepared to make more efficient decisions.  

In this episode Dr. Jeremy Krell, Managing Partner of Revere Partners, the first independent Venture Capital fund focused on oral health, shares his knowledge and expertise about the importance of approaching opportunities with an open, improving the efficiency of dental businesses through innovative solutions, and surrounding yourself with experts to optimize your access to high value solutions.  eremy is a general dentist with a combined business background. He is the Managing Partner of Revere Partners, the first independent Venture Capital fund focused on oral health. Jeremy previously built out the Barchester Bay Group, a portfolio consisting of over 35 ventures. Jeremy has held key operator roles at startups including Head of Marketing and Chief Dental Officer at Simplifeye (which raised $27m Series A in 2021), based in NYC, and the Chief Marketing Officer of Verena Solutions, based in Chicago. He oversaw provider and clinical growth initiatives at quip (which raised $100m Series B in 2021), the oral health and subscription electric toothbrush company and strategic provider innovation and development at Oscar Health (which had an IPO in 2021). Jeremy has practiced general dentistry part-time for nearly a decade following his DMD at Tufts, sits on the Boards of healthcare and dental startups, and is an angel investor in approximately 30 companies. Jeremy has a 18+ year proven track record with startups through several successful multi-million dollar fundraises and acquisitions. Jeremy started his career with three web and graphic design startups and moved into a luxury goods and commodity venture, DormAid, for college students. He later founded a venture incubator, CEO in A Box, following his MBA at Chicago Booth. Jeremy received The President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award from President Joe Biden, Crain’s Notable in Health Care, Top 100 Healthcare Visionaries award from IFAH USA, and Top 100 Doctors from the Global Summits Institute for his commitment to oral health innovation.

 In this episode, Dental Life Coach CEO and founder Chelsea Myers is hosted by Emmet Scott. Emmet is the Co-Founder and CEO of Community Dental Partners and the President at The Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO). He is also an author and the podcast host for DSO Secrets -- DEO -- The Dentist Entrepreneur Organization. They discuss why emotional intelligence and vulnerability are crucial to advance the leadership development of not only your team and associates but you. Chelsea and Emmet cover the “human” experience of running a business; emotional intelligence and awareness; self-development; the discomfort of change; emotional strength; going from anxiety to confidence; delegation; viewing your leadership role through an "inside out" lens; and more. Listen to learn how to approach personal and leadership development with authenticity and vulnerability.

For high performers, increased awareness often is followed by an increased desire to gain emotional advancement, because we recognize that the time and energy spent in avoiding negative emotions could be allocated in more productive ways. Increasing our awareness helps us to achieve our goals and avoid complacency or become satisfied with less than we really want.  The trick is learning more about ourselves which begins with identifying our emotions. How Do You Feel?

In this episode Chelsea and Austin Hair, of Commercial Real Estate Secrets, talk about emotional intelligence training for dentist partners. Everything from health and fitness to reaching expansive professional goals is impacted by the way that we think. 

You know… it’s funny how things work out, sometimes, isn’t it?? I had on my calendar to record this podcast today - which, as you might have noticed in the title, is all about “adaptability.” And -- it’s been cloudy all day -- and I walked into my office to record -- and heard the most incredible - theatrical - boom of thunder!! The storm caused us to lose power and now my podcaster is acting all crazy, so...A In the spirit of being “ADAPTABLE” and in staying in integrity with my plan to record this episode -- I’m doing it from my phone and I apologize in advance for any changes you notice -- we’ll -- uhh -- do our best to have it cleaned up, but if you’re noticing a difference -- that’s why.. So --- adaptability -- the superpower worth developing… What got me thinking about this was that I was coaching someone recently on fear… and making decisions from a place of fear … which, as I’m sure you know, is an uncomfortable place to decide things from -- and usually doesn’t result in your most effective or efficient decisions in relation to your goals. And as I was talking to this dentist and hearing what she was saying… I realized that the reason she wasn’t taking the action she said she needed to take was not from a lack of courage, but from a lack of adaptability. And so often I hear people talk about fear and courage as if they’re perfect opposites -- and in some cases that’s true -- but in this case she had the courage that she needed to take action -- The storm caused us to lose power and now my podcaster is acting all crazy, so... In the spirit of being “ADAPTABLE” and in staying in integrity with my plan to record this episode -- I’m doing it from my phone and I apologize in advance for any changes you notice -- we’ll -- uhh -- do our best to have it cleaned up, but if you’re noticing a difference -- that’s why.. So --- Adaptability... What got me thinking about this was that I was coaching someone recently on fear… and making decisions from a place of fear … which, as I’m sure you know, is an uncomfortable place to decide things from -- and usually doesn’t result in your most effective or efficient decisions in relation to your goals. And as I was talking to this dentist and hearing what she was saying… I realized that the reason she wasn’t taking the action she said she needed to take was not from a lack of courage, but from a lack of adaptability. And so often I hear people talk about fear and courage as if they’re perfect opposites -- and in some cases that’s true -- but in this case she had the courage that she needed to take action -- Her fear was stemming from a really firm belief that she should only take that action, though, from her ideal situation rather than from her reality. She was clinging so tightly to how things needed to be before she could take action -- because she was afraid of all of the unknowns of changing first -- that she was literally watching a really important opportunity pass her by. So I shared with her and I want to share with you now -- if you want to succeed in your role as an entrepreneurial dentist -- you HAVE to be WILLINGLY ADAPTABLE.

Intentional pauses can require a heightened level of emotional responsibility.  There’s a magical combination of being an efficient decision maker and being in tune with your emotions as you’re deciding… And you’re gonna need both superpowers to reach your highest level as a dentist entrepreneur. As an dentist entrepreneur your loyalty is first to the practice, to the business. I do not mean that your loyalty is to the team member or patient in the practice who wants an immediate answer on something… Your first obligation is to the entity that takes care of all of you! Sometimes answers can be given immediately --- but there’ll be plenty of situations that you will have either knowledge, a feeling, or a combination of both --- where you will be the best steward over your practice --- if you take some time before answering. The business is counting on you to know when you, as the entrepreneur, can decide immediately and when you need to take a minute.  When you need to pause.

Some of you are trying to limit or kick caffeine, some of you want to reduce or quit drinking alcohol, some of you want to stop doing another pattern or behavior in your life that you no longer see as useful. And so what i’m going to do is i’m going to document my own progress over the 30 day period using what i know to be effective tools and resources so that you can have some sort of way to keep yourself going and maybe some ideas to inspire yourself when it gets hard. I’ve chosen a commitment that will require my mind and body to adapt and will strengthen me. And I know that a lot of you may have already experienced 30 days of a workout program only to quit, or 30 days of no wine and then binged… The examples of short lived victories followed by a return to previous behavior are countless. So if you’re skeptical about the efficacy of a 30 day change, I’d like you to think about those examples in your own life and what those experiences were like for you. What I see a lot of is a “white knuckling” experience...a clenched jaw as you painfully count down the days until you can go back to the thing you’ve been deprived of or quit the grueling miles you’ve been cycling.” This isn’t that. I’m not going into this willing to accept temporary deprivation. I’m not punishing myself in any way. I am - on purpose - adjusting the way I’ve been doing something, because I believe that the outcome of increased physical and mental strength are more valuable than the pleasure of continuing to do what I’ve been doing. And at the end of the 30 days, I’ll evaluate and decide what I want to do from there. Maybe I’ll do another 30 days, maybe I’ll make this a permanent thing…

This is important, because the way that you’re thinking about your career and the way that you’re thinking about your day to day in the practice is absolutely impacting how you’re presenting - how you’re approaching - and how you’re responding. Here’s the thing: if you knew with absolutely no doubts - that you knew how to create the results in your practice that you wanted - you wouldn’t be discouraged about the process. You wouldn’t get hung up on a bad day. You wouldn’t be worried about not making your numbers, because you’d KNOW that you knew how to make them.  So, it isn’t the goals or the metrics that are tripping you up. It’s the pressure or the stress coming from the belief that you have about meeting them.

How quickly do you rebound from setbacks? Let me tell you something I know about dentists having worked with you for as long as I have now… You are intelligent, resourceful, determined, successful people. Period. And sometimes, as people with a long list of superlatives, you are really hard on yourself and think your situations of struggle are so unique that it actually holds you back from getting the support you need to move through it. our minds sometimes present things to us and the way that we say them out loud to other people can be quite different from reality. And here’s what I mean by that: In relation to conversations about rebounding - bouncing back from unexpected or difficult situations - okay… I want you to define in your mind what being “good at that” would look like. Because I think sometimes we assume that because something is painful or uncomfortable or that because we’re not enjoying going through it that we’re not good at it. And I think those are two totally separate things: how we feel while doing something and our skill level in doing it. So it’s important to remember that you choose your directive. You choose your perspective! If something is incredibly challenging for you, and you don’t like how you’re feeling as you’re rebounding, ask yourself, “How can I be the most valuable to myself and this situation?”

There seems to be this misconception out there that if you put things off, if you procrastinate, if you hang out in indecision land for a while...that you’re not really hurting anyone. That it’s not really a problem. Every day offers a finite amount of space for you to create whatever you want to create...to stretch further than you’ve stretched before...to expand beyond your current levels of comfort, skill, or ability. If you are sure you want to improve your situation, if you know you want something more...then I want to challenge you, right now, to commit to doing things differently. And what that looks like is going to vary from person to person, but what will be the same and what you can implement right now is a healthy dose of self-discipline with your time. Now, let's get to work.

Just like everything else in life with an opposite, owning the good things in your life comes with the counterpart of owning the bad things. All of them. Whatever you don’t like - whatever’s not working for you - whatever is causing you pain is 100% on you. And that is SUCH GOOD NEWS!!

Our minds put things into buckets - categorize things - as “right” and “wrong.” Where the things that look good, feel comfortable, are easy, and pleasurable are, of course, the “right” things. And the things that are out of the ordinary, cause us to do extra work, aren’t as we would have them be are the “wrong” things. And our brains do this constantly. Constantly scan our environments and label the things in them. And those “wrong” things can, without our even noticing, become hyper-focal points for us. We notice them and keep noticing them, and spin on them, and become increasingly aware of and often bothered by them. Which is NOT very fun! Interrupt brain… As directly as if it was under your authority - because, by the way, IT IS - and quite literally saying, “Stop. Focus on everything that is good about this situation..." It will generate a different type of fuel and it will ignite a better “mood” than the alternative focus. This Works!

Ideas don't create results - Actions create results - Actions come from decisions - In order to create the life you want to live you have to decide to make decisions that align with what you want. 

Working with the significant other when you don’t want to anymore. If this is you, when I bring up working together, what is the feeling that hits you initially? Don’t filter it, just take note of the most dominant feeling that you notice when I talk about working with your person. And before we go any further into this topic, I just want to point out that you know… You know if your situation is working great for you and your spouse or significant other. But for many of you that’s not the case. And that’s okay! In fact, since you’re aware of it, you’re in the power seat.

Self-Care and Selfishness... What is the difference? Where is the line? Why does it matter? What I know to be unequivocally true is that if you don’t take care of yourself, you’re not going to be 100% for the people around you. You must decide what you want and know what you need. Then plan for those wants and needs in a way that feels best to you.

In order to change how you feel in your life you have to change the way you think about the steps along the way. You must change the way you think about your experiences. How you think about your journey. Part of your journey is noticing that other people are on a journey too. When you cross paths with a given person you might have thoughts or opinions about what that person is saying or doing. It is at this point that a lot of us get sucked into a pitfall of Shame.  Our brains naturally seem to think ahead and determine a worse case scenario and decide that it is probable and if it does happen the experience will be unbearable.  In a nutshell, our brain jumps to a conclusion and trys to project us from any discomfort. We then begin to experience  Shame... in advance of the experience.  Many times we start off feeling confident and comfortable in our decisions but as we begin to think about how we might be viewed by others; we begin to feel Shame. We think about how others might view us.  Shame holds us back from progress and enjoying life. Shame causes us to enter a holding pattern with decisions and goals. We simply stop moving forward. 

Comparing ourselves to ourselves is a common thing and it can be a bit of a grey area, because there are times that comparing our growth or our production from one week to the next can be helpful to gauge where we’re at - what we’re doing well, and what we need to do differently. But then there’s this other facet of comparison to ourselves that isn’t useful. It’s where you take something you’ve done well or are capable of doing well and you take that good thing or that potential to do good and use it as a weapon against a less productive, or less successful experience. Stimuli comes in, the brain figures out where to put it, makes connections to other pieces of similar information, and before you realize it you’ve made a comparison - drawn a conclusion - about yourself or someone else in relation to yourself or someone else. So if you notice that happening, you notice yourself observing and then thinking on something that smells like comparison, you can - if you want to - simply acknowledge the thought and then direct your brain to do another activity. It will respond to your direction. 

I want you to imagine that there’s a fountain flowing with water that you want - you’re thirsty - You’re holding a bucket that you want to fill with the crystal clear liquid coming out of the fountain BUT!! Instead of getting right underneath the fountain - instead of positioning yourself with direct access to the liquid you want - You’re holding your bucket underneath the bucket of someone else who is thirsty - someone else who wants water - someone who you want to have water, too So you hold your bucket out, right underneath theirs, and you watch their face with anticipation as their bucket begins to fill And you have some ideas...

Like many other things we get better at, making choices is a skill. And making good choices quickly is incredibly valuable! A hurdle I see in many of my clients, and its not just my observation, a lot of you tell me that you are aware… that you put things off, avoid making decisions on things, or decide and then second guess yourselves… a lot. There are two areas you can look at when you’re trying to get to the bottom of a pattern of indecision. The first is to clarify your goals - your dreams - your desired results. The more clear you are about what you’re after, the easier it will be to make a plan to get there. Now the other thing I coach on a lot is reasonableness. Some of you do have a clear idea of what you want and you do have a clear plan to achieve it. But... Your plan is unreasonable. It doesn’t agree with the other parts of you and of your life. This leads to what I coach on most and that is Getting Rid of Overwhelm and Avoiding Burnout. If you’re done with feeling overwhelmed, if you refuse to burnout and you’re ready to make the necessary changes, then we need to talk.

Are you bringing more of a common cold to the group, or are you the poster Child for positive energy? If someone else was saying the things you are saying, and doing the thing you are doing, do you think you’d be attracted to being around them more, or would they sort of repel you? Would you feel the need to re-energize after that person left? Would you need to dust off or metaphorically sanitize that person’s energy off of you? Attitudes can be contagious!

Procrastination and a Table for Three: What happens to a lot of you, even those of you who have been preplanning your weeks for a long time now, is that you get to the time and date that you had decided you were going to do something... and you don’t do it! And you didn’t forget, you consciously avoided doing the thing that you planned to do. You put it off. You delay it. You procrastinate it! Which, really, is a disservice to yourself. Some of you get so frustrated with patient no-shows, or last minute cancellations... yet you do the same thing to yourself... Let's imagine a table for three with you, you, and you. You as you currently are - in this moment and on this day, you from a point in the past, and you in the future. You must honor your past self’s efforts, be an active and productive current self, and provide the highest probability of success and growth to your future self.

Owning Your Leadership: You are only ever going to be you. I want you to think about that. Think about how often and in what ways you limit yourself based on other people… Adjust Your Posture Now! Each day take steps to become more of the type of leader that you see yourself being in 5 years so that when 5 years have passed, and your 5 year older self has another goal - a further goal - that you’re at least part of the way there because you’ve been working toward it since now. Practice being the more confident leader that you want to become - Right Now. c2LEjzNGGgGoMxjsx5l6

How Honoring Your Calendar Brings the Results You Want.  When you don’t schedule things in available blocks of time, the time gets filled with things. Good things, bad things, things you enjoy, things you don’t... the time passes one way or another and when it’s gone are you, more often than not, energized and impressed with how you spent it? Or did you fill your time cart with a bunch of junk that looked good in the moment... but offered little to put a dent in the health of your mind, body, soul, business, family… Is your current practice of time management providing the results you truly desire?

How Planning and Spontaneity Impact Your Results The primitive brain resist the option of planning. Because it’s work and the brain’s default is to gravitate toward ease - to avoid things that seem “laborious.” Not planning is easy. What the primitive brain doesn’t provide you with is the reality check that while not planning may conserve effort and energy, it can cost you tons. Your lack of planning leads you to a whirlwind of things you have to do, scattered and disorganized. I’d much rather choose to put the effort into pre-planning my week than hope I have the energy for the countless fire drills of unplanned events that I’m signing up for by not scheduling for things. Planning brings freedom and lifts restrictions. Planning delivers meaningful results. The results that you want most. 

How aware are you of your time? What does your time mean to you? If you’re not intentional about how you use your time... you are electing to let it pass by you. Deciding where and how you spend it is where you get to create and direct. Honor that! Value that! Use it to become more of who you want to become, use it to design your life to be the way you want it to be. It all starts with an awareness.

How to Create More Comfort. People are fascinating to me! Why we do the things we do, why we don’t do the things we don’t do, and how to make permanent changes to meet our desires… And one of the strongest motivators that we have, as humans, is to seek comforts and pleasures. That’s a biological truth about the way our brains are designed. There is power in increasing the number of ways you can be comfortable!

Scarcity Syndrome. Seriously consider where up til now you’ve been doing - or not doing - things that are… driven by an energy of scarcity. Driven by the false belief that there might not be enough, or you might not get some, or yours might run out… this could be in reference to patient referrals, case acceptance, profit, time… If this is a struggle of yours, you know how it feels and where it shows up in your life. Why are you afraid of competition? Why aren’t you sure of the value you bring to the dental community? Why are you worrying about other doctors? Look at where you’re at - decide where you want to go - and consider whether the obstacles in front of you could be incredible opportunities to grow and succeed rather than reasons that you will fail.

Overwhelm. It’s one of the least pleasant places to spin and one of my favorite topics to coach on! I think what I love about this animal of a topic is that it is totally solvable. A lot of ambitious people find themselves, at times, feeling overwhelmed. And once we solve for it, once we untangle the knots, your drive and ambition are free to fun ahead at full speed again. So let’s get to it!

Gossip...it's happening in our homes, our practices, and our social circles. Most people agree that it isn't great. So why is gossip so enticing? What is the brain's draw to gossip and what is the solution to nixing it? We make large investments in our time, talents, and other resources to learn to become more efficient. We strive to reach our optimal level of performance. Imagine the impact of never participating in or condoning gossip! Push back and pull out gossip by the roots. As you begin weeding out the gossip from your garden, you will find you are better able to be present for all situations. You will master a higher level of connecting with others. 

We spend so much time considering what other people might think of something we say, or how we do something. We worry about hurting other people’s feelings. We try to tailor the way we do things - we want to be who we are, as long as other people are okay with it. Own your control over your mind. Allow others to have their own opinions. Let people be wrong about you.

Often we struggle separating our own thoughts from hard true facts. This struggle can greatly diminish our ability to be at peace, to be contagiously positive, and to be constructive in our criticism.  Are the thoughts you’re choosing offering you the inner peace and energy that you want?  Do you like the way your thoughts feel? How does thinking that - whatever “that” is - benefit you? Take a closer look, because there are plenty of thoughts we all have that aren’t factual. They aren’t absolute. They are thoughts - opinions - perspectives and they are having an impact on you. 

You get to work, walk into an operatory, and within moments of greeting your patient (who is prepped and ready for their procedure) you realize that - once again - things aren’t the way you’ve expressed they need to be… We aren’t going to escape difficult people or situations. That isn’t the nature of life. But we are always equipped - completely equipped - with incredibly powerful brains that can think about things in hundreds of different ways. We can Choose in the Moment!

Perfectionism - Part 3 of 3. What about when things are perfect? What about when all has gone exactly according to plan? How about those times that you do your best work and couldn’t be more pleased with the end result…and then… 

Perfectionism - Part 2 0f 3: You notice when something that isn’t how or what you’d prefer comes around. In those times how do you choose to notice your experience with that situation. Notice your thoughs. Notice the time and enegy you spend thinking about it. Notice if you have any emotional response. And then...Choose.

Perfectionism Part 1 of 3: How the striving for perfection may be unintentionally fueling negative outcomes in your life. Notice the amount of brain power you are spending on analyzing for imperfections. Our brains are still wired like that of our ancient ancestors who needed these perfectionism gifts, our brain provides, to survive in true life-or-death type living circumstances. You take these amazing tools we have - Our Brains - which are already programmed to scan for problems and inefficiencies to survive and you couple it with a profession in dentistry where that same scanning mechanism needs to be activated on a near daily basis... and you find your brain likes this, it's good at this function.  Your honed skill of striving for perfection in your field - can tend to creep into areas of a doctors’s life where they aren’t useful. Through this 3 part series we will discuss the brain and perfectionism and just what we can control and better understand how striving for perfection is affecting our life.