“We always tell our patients to not to wait until they’re symptomatic. How then as dentists do we let ourselves become symptomatic before we take care of ourselves?” ~Dr. Jessica Metcalf
So many doctors forget about the “I” in “investment”. But taking care of yourself is absolutely essential to building an Investment Grade PracticeTM. You can’t be at peak performance, if you’re not taking care of yourself. I know it’s a cliché, but if your glass is empty, you can’t pour more into others or your business. But dentists are notoriously bad at self-care.
Tell me if this sounds familiar: I’m meeting my goals, my team is good, so, yeah, everything is fine. But its it really? I’ve asked so many dentists in surveys to rate their self-care. It’s rare to get a rating above 3 out of 10. Somehow, in our industry, self-care rates as a nice to have, not a must have.
But for those of you dedicated to building an Investment Grade PracticeTM, a routine of self-care is vital to the longevity of your practice. After all, you can’t successfully lead a team, care for patients, and run a business if you’re burned out and running on empty.
Dr. Jessica Metcalf, winner of the 2021 Dentistry’s Got Talent competition, joins me today to share why self-care is so important to longevity and success in dentistry, including:
- Soft skills vs. essential skills: Why self-care is ranked so slow in dentistry
- What stands in the way of dentists taking care of themselves
- How self-care helps you reach peak performance
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Episode 18: Burnout and Self-care in Dentistry