How to Accomplish the Impossible in Dentistry

In a In is 1954 Roger Bannister did what the world believed to be literal impossibility. He ran the first sub-4-minute mile. itself, a cool story. The more important story, however, this. Over the next twelve months, more than twenty runners did the same.

How did the impossible suddenly become possible?

What does it have to do with your pending new dentist success?

I. MINDSET

Like Roger’s success, your success begins with your beliefs. When you believe you can win, you will. When you believe you can’t, you won’t. That can be challenging when a considerable amount of people have a vested interest in constantly telling you how your student debt will limit you… how owning your own practice is next to impossible… and how if they had to do dentistry again, they wouldn’t.

Is that what you’re hearing in school? Have you noticed how several of today’s largest Facebook groups force-feed the same 3 messages over and over and over again?

Student debt is insurmountable.

Young dentists get paid less than seasoned dentists to do the same work.

Owner docs are taking advantage of young dentists all the time.

Why do you think they’re doing that? What’s their motivation? I’ll share two with you.

1. Ignorance

I don’t mean this crudely. In life, however, many simply don’t know what they don’t know. And that is dangerous food for thought for you.

2. Fear

Your fear drives their engagement. Your fear drives your need for a solution they present. Funny how that solution is a win for them, isn’t it?

Mindset Reset

What I love about the Roger Bannister story is simple. YOU have the power to form your own beliefs and to do what the masses say cannot be done. You have the ability to seek out the dentists who already defy what the nay-sayers are saying. And guess what…

There are a lot of us! Want to meet them and ask how they do it? CLICK HERE, DM, and ask away. We have thousands of dentist friends all over the country who want to help you!

II. TRAINING

If you want a taste of how thousands of dentists are doing what you’re hearing is impossible, read this next sentence. We are doing exactly what Roger Bannister did. We are training DIFFERENTLY than everyone else.

Before Roger B, runners were taught to train at slower paces in the beginning so they wouldn’t tire at the end. Think about that…

How could anyone break the 4-minute barrier if they were taught and trained at a slower pace? It makes sense no one broke the barrier.

Roger knew if he was going to run a faster mile, he had to run faster from the start. You and I need to train differently, too. We have to train very specifically for our goals.

• Step one - know what your win looks like
• Step two - seek out dentist mentors who share your goal
• Step three - while keeping your eyes on the graduation prize and doing what you need to do… STOP letting anyone with negative vibes into your life.
• Step four - when you don’t know how to find exactly who you are looking for CLICK HERE. Twenty-eight years in dentistry means if I’m not the right mentor, I know them, and I can connect you to them.

Friends. Everything is possible. Your degree is your ticket to more opportunities than you know. You’ve worked too hard to be where you are to allow anyone to tell you otherwise. Stop hanging out with classmates who are doom and gloom. Stop hanging out in Facebook groups that limit you or try to sell you their dream. Stop believing you can’t break the 4-minute mile!

You can do this!