Are You The Trusted Authority or Just Another Dentist?

Do you want to be the go-to dental expert in your community? The kind of dentist do patients trust implicitly and rave about their friends?

Most dentists have clinical skills, but many struggle to build genuine authority and the kind of patient loyalty that leads to a thriving practice.  Today, we’re exposing those subtle ways dentists accidentally undermine their own credibility. By being aware of these pitfalls, you’ll strengthen your authority, elevate patient experiences, and create a practice that flourishes.

Dive into an eye-opening discussion where Dr. Dave explores unnoticed actions that may be compromising your position as a trusted dental authority. This episode is packed with essential takeaways:

  • Crucial Mistakes: Identify the common oversights that dentists make, negatively affecting their professional image, credibility, case acceptance, and revenues.
  • Trust Builders: Learn actionable strategies to strengthen your relationships with patients and enhance their experience.
  • Keys to Authority: Gain insights into the core practices and communication skills that establish you as a leading figure in dentistry.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to refine your approach and solidify your status as a trusted authority in the field. Listen now!

Take the next step towards transforming your dental practice. Take Dr. Dave’s Dentists Ascend Quiz to discover the hidden potential in your business.

Key Quotes:

  • ”Trusted authority in dentistry is achieved when patients walk away not just with healthier smiles but with the confidence that their dentist truly has their best interests at heart.”
  • “Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.”
  • “Effective time management ensures that each patient receives the attention that they deserve, enhancing the quality of care, and demonstrating a dentist’s organizational skills and respect for their patients’ needs and time.”
  • “Open and honest communication, even in these challenging situations, is vital for maintaining trust and respect.”
  • “Leading by example is a powerful way to inspire trust and respect, demonstrating a personal commitment to those standards of care recommended to your patients.”

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Is Fear of Rejection Holding Back Your Dental Practice?

Are you a dental practice owner haunted by the fear of patient rejection? Are you ready to redefine your approach to rejection and unlock new levels of success in your dental practice? Let’s tackle the fear of rejection head-on.

Imagine transforming that fear into a stepping stone for professional success. We’ll dive deep into understanding why this fear is so prevalent among dentists and provide you with five transformative strategies. Learn how to face rejection with poise, turning it into a powerful force for growth and positive change.

  • The Hidden Impact: Discover how the fear of rejection subtly influences both the professional and personal aspects of dental practice. Unearth the underlying factors that give rise to this common yet unspoken challenge.
  • Transformative Strategies: Dive into five empowering techniques designed to overcome the fear of rejection. Learn about building resilience, nurturing self-compassion, and reshaping negative perceptions.
  • Embrace for Growth: View rejection from a new perspective. Explore how accepting and learning from rejection can be a powerful catalyst for personal and professional growth in dentistry.

Tune in now for insights that will redefine your approach to challenges and open doors to greater success as a dentist.

Take the next step towards transforming your dental practice. Take Dr. Dave’s Dentists Ascend Quiz to discover the hidden potential in your business.

Key Quotes:

  • “What if you could face rejection with confidence, knowing it’s a stepping stone, not a setback?”
  • “The fear of rejection can wreak havoc on how you communicate and make decisions.”
  • “This fear is deeply rooted in our biological and evolutionary history.”
  • “Negative experiences like bullying, parental neglect, or peer rejection heighten our sensitivity to rejection even as we become adults.”
  • “Our fear of rejection is often magnified by our own critical inner voice.”

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  • People: Bronnie Ware, an Australian writer, musician, and inspirational speaker, is renowned for her insights on the most common regrets people express on their deathbeds which she detailed in her book “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.
  • People: Jia Jiang, is a multifaceted entrepreneur, author, speaker, and blogger, known for founding Rejection Therapy, a platform dedicated to offering resources, insights, and products designed to help individuals conquer their fear of rejection.
  • People: Robert Greene, is a renowned American author celebrated for his works on strategy, power, and seduction. His writing portfolio includes six globally acclaimed bestsellers: “The 48 Laws of Power,” “The Art of Seduction,” “The 33 Strategies of War,” “The 50th Law,” “Mastery,” and “The Laws of Human Nature.
  • People: Harvey Mackay, is a renowned American entrepreneur, columnist, and author. His widely syndicated column, known for its career and motivational guidance, appears in over 100 newspapers. Mackay has written seven books that have achieved bestseller status on the New York Times list, with three reaching the number one position.
  • Book: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing, Bronnie Ware
  • Book: Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection, Jia Jiang
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Stop Waiting: Become the Leader You’ve Always Wanted To Be with Dr. CK Lin

Stop Waiting: Become the Leader You’ve Always Wanted To Be with Dr. CK Lin Are you a high-achiever? If you answered yes, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode. Dr. CK Lin is an executive mentor for high-achievers who supports them to be the leaders they’ve always wanted to be—and to achieve success beyond material things. CK is also a master interviewer with a podcast called Noble Warrior, where he goes right to the heart of things and dives into what really matters.

In this episode, CK is discussing how the idea for his podcast came from Burning Man, how he got started in the coaching business, and why it matters how leaders show up. Listen in to learn his tips on personal mastery, how to gain momentum to impact people and patients in your practice, and the one key question you should be asking to get real clarity in your life and business.

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Key Quotes:

  • “If it’s not deep, it’s not worth doing.”
  • “You need to find what is harmonious for you.”
  • “Human beings don’t like to be told what to do.”
  • “At its best is harmony; not at its best is performance.”
  • “Copying your competitors is a good shortcut, but if that’s your only strategy to be successful, you’re not going to be an industry leader or innovator.”
  • “All those disempowering beliefs are obstructing you from this inner source of power and ideas and creativity and inner peace to actually make the kind of impact that you want to make.”

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Dictators and Daily Disciplines

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In this episode Dr. Dave Maloley sits down with Dr. Mark Costes to share some valuable tips on practice leadership, life balance and maintaining motivation and focus on the daily disciplines. The two discuss how to harness your dark side, the impact of mortality motivation, what dictates the upper limit of your practice and much more.

Dr. Dave talks about some painful lessons he has learned along the way and how he stays centered. He shares some really valuable techniques to hold onto motivation, lessons learned and focus without letting it slip over time. Dr. Dave also talks about how to use passion as a rocket booster in your life and which areas you should make sure you’re ‘trending upward‘ in.

Key Quotes:

“It’s not whether or not you ever make a bad decision or misstep. It’s what happens in realizing you made a mistake and what you do with that information.” – Dr. Mark

“I think the practice needs to provide you with things other than, you know, a definite paycheck, consistency and ability to grow as a leader – and that’s to influence and impact others.” – Dr. Dave

“I think there’s a lot of guilt that goes into dentistry when you’re not completely engaged.” – Dr. Dave

“I’m grateful for the journey because it’s only made me stronger going through it.” – Dr. Dave

“Most of us are a blend of personalities but we have a dominant.” – Dr. Mark

“We need to serve our practice and our patience, no doubt, but we need to engineer it in a way that it’s serving us.” – Dr. Dave

“Realizing it could all end at any time is sometimes the ultimate motivation.” – Dr. Dave

“When you have an idea, it doesn’t have to stay an idea – It doesn’t have to stay an idea with enough action and vision.” – Dr. Dave

“At some point, no matter how much we’re rocked, we can get sucked back into that whirlwind and forget how important those lessons were.” – Dr. Mark

“Are we going to be victims of this or are we going to use this to strengthen our relationships, to increase the way we view the world, how we’re going to come at the world when we have future challenges. So did this happen to you or for you.” – Dr. Mark

“If you stick with the fundamentals and stick with the vision, anything is possible. It’s just a matter of time between point A and point B.” – Dr. Dave

“We’re swinging for home runs when the magic is really in daily disciplines and installing new habits.” – Dr. Dave

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Hey Jude and Your Epic Life

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One of the most common questions received on this show is how to organize and engineer a high-performance life. In this episode, Dr. Dave will be giving you an inside look at his 4×4 epic life matrix that he uses to design and keep his life on track. He explains not only how to use it but also gives examples based on how he fills out and uses his.

Dr. Dave breaks down the basics of this model by explaining the different elements that go into it, such a: values, experiences, development, giving and much more. He shows how these different areas of your life can be categorized, mapped out and organized in a way that is efficient and highly effective.

Key Quotes:

“How do we find the magic moments in each day to feel truly grateful for.”

“I can have whatever I want as long as I can get really clear on what I want and put forth the energy to execute it.”

“As a high-performance coach, I’m coaching my clients in 5 categories: clarity, energy, courage, productivity, and influence.”

“Oftentimes I got to the target and it didn’t necessarily make me feel the way that I wanted it to feel.”

“Who you think you are is really how you interact.”

“If we don’t engineer this stuff, we can spend a lot of time in stress, anxiety, depression, and discontent.”

“I actually have a list of people in this category that I want to make sure I’m investing in.”

“I want to make sure I’m giving and I’m serving in a proper way.”

“I’m not looking for mastery now, I’m looking for incremental improvements.”

“High-performance coaching is uninstalling these limiting beliefs and installing powerful habits and rituals.”

“We’re chasing other peoples’ versions of success. Take some time and make your own.”

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