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Dr. Dustin Burleson’s Bold Biography

Mantra – “Never quit!”
“He was a bootstrap, built from the ground up entrepreneur…I learned a lot of lessons in business from my grandfather and my father.”
“Every January 1^st I sit down – after celebrating with the family – and I make a list of everyone that’s been influential in my life and I write them a thank you letter.”
“Growing it from no patients in 2006 to over 7000 active patients today in four locations and five doctors was really an opportunity to express what I learned in marketing.”
“If you’re not letting your patients know what you do, really I think you’re doing your business a disservice.”
“We were going to be serious about letting people know who we are and what we stood for.”
“…and my staff one day walked out at lunch, granted it was only three people but all three walked out and they never came back.”
[In October] “We’re matching every patient we start, we’re going to treat a kid for free through Smiles Change Lives.”
Book Recommendation – The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
“You will become what you think of most.”

Mantra – “The choices you make in life dictate the life you lead.”
“You can learn a lot from people who work hard and understand people.”
“I visited about 40 practices.”
“I belong to mastermind groups in both marketing business area and clinical side of things.”
“It’s about using your time wisely.”
“He talked about a pyramid of patients – new patient for basic dentistry – existing hygiene patients – niche services.”
“Invisalign is about 1/3 of my bread and butter practice.”
“I had a $34,000 mistake early in my career…I decided well, it’s a good lesson.”
“Surround yourself with a great team and delegate.”
“Once you get a big enough reason why you want to do things…it motivates you to take action.”
Book Recommendation – The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack