How to Win at Life and Succeed in Dentistry – Emotional Intelligence – PDP034

If there is one piece of content I produce in my LIFE which I think MAY have a massive impact on your life - it might not get much bigger than this one right here! I will put the video up shortly, but you can catch it on Facebook premiere tonight at 8pm on Protrusive Dental Podcast Facebook Page. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ8yKV0MTr4 Do your grades at dental school influence your success as a Dentist?Is your IQ important? I would be surprised if any of you answered 'yes' for these questions. So what do Richard Porter and I believe is the most important predictor of success in your life, relationships and work? Two words: Emotional Intelligence. Find a quiet place, close your eyes* and take a dive in to the world of Emotional Intelligence as applied to Dentistry: *not while driving!! Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! We discuss: How important is luck in your life and career What is emotional intelligence and what tangible examples can Richard provide relevant to Dentistry? Why does high emotional intelligence mean more 'successful' and even higher earning Dentists? Are you born with Emotional Intelligence, or can you improve your EQ? Why is Emotional Intelligence important for Dentists, Dental Therapists and the entire dental team? How can you find out your level of EI? Richard suggested The Big 5 Ocean Assessment - such as understandmyself.com Resources as promised: Harvard Happiness StudyDunedin study Learn with Richard Porter and Aspire If you liked this episode, you will love 12 Rules for Dentistry Click below for full episode transcript: Episode Teaser: Obviously, the nirvana. Is if you have high EQ and you can use your hands and you can use your brain, your cognitive part of your brain, and you can deploy all three. And that really is like the triple threat weapon of the truly successful dentist. Jaz's Introduction: Throughout my career so far, I've really tried to stand on the shoulders of giants. And I've tried to learn from my mentors, learn from people who've got significantly more experience and people and dentists who are successful, quote unquote successful. Now. What does it actually mean? And what did it actually say? Well, we'll get to what that means a bit later, but all these dentists, when I asked what makes a great dentist, they all say the following things. They say empathy. They say communication skills. They say soft skills. They say the ability to explain to patients in a way that they can understand it. And the ability to build fantastic rapport with your patients and all these sorts of things, basically. So it's very much the soft skills. Now, if I was to summarize all these things in two words, It would be emotional intelligence. And that's what this episode is all about. We're going to talk about how to be successful, not only in dentistry, but in life. Because I think what I truly believe from reading more and more and more and listening to people is that it's emotional intelligence, which is actually far more important than your IQ. So I've got someone awesome to talk on this topic with me today is Dr. Richard Porter, who so many of you asked to come on the podcast back when there's some episodes. I asked who you guys wanted to come on the podcast. And so many of you had messaged me on Instagram to say you wanted Dr. Richard Porter. So we've got Dr. Richard Porter on today and I won't take too much of your time. Protrusive Dental PearlI'm going to give you the Protrusive Dental Pearl and we'll go straight to what hopefully will be a really impactful and dare I say life changing episode for you. The Protrusive Dental Pearl I have for you is a lesson that I learned as a dental student and recently speaking to someone who's recently qualified has resurfaced as like a lesson that I've sort of almost rekindled with in a way. So,