Passion and Values in Dentistry – PDP014

I am joined again by one of the most passionate people I know, Dhru Shah! He also helped me with Episode 3 – Transitioning to Private Dentistry which is one of the most listened to episodes on my podcast. What drives you? How you can be more engaged as a Dentist? What are your values and how it is relevant to your career? Where and how you can develop passion for Dentistry – the best thing is that it answers a burning question I get asked a lot – ‘Jaz you’ve done a lot of courses, which one should I do next?’ – Dhru talks about a system where you need your day list and a highlighter to figure that out yourself How can we get more Dentists in a state of Flow As promised in the podcast, do check out Scott Jeffrey’s Value Discovery System and be sure to get your family and staff involved! For the video teaser of the podcast: Click below for full episode transcript: Episode Teaser: If your mind has been conditioned by external sources where people have put fear, fear of litigation, the word GDC, all these things into your brain, that challenge, that anxiety becomes worse. [Jaz] What drives you? How can you be more engaged as a dentist? What are your values and how is it relevant to your career? As you know, by the theme of the things I'm saying, I am joined today by one of the most passionate people I know. He did episode three for me, which was transitioning to private dentistry. And it was a fantastic episode, very well received. Probably one of the most listened to episodes I have. And I think it's such a great thing for young dentists to listen to. So, we had grew back. Now we're talking about your values as a dentist and what motivates you and motivation in general. This isn't just for those people in a dark place. In our profession, there's so much negativity around us. For sure, these people will benefit. But if you're already passionate, you just have those final missing pieces in the puzzle, then this, I hope, will solve that for you. Because one of the things that we discussed is the importance of your values and how you can go through a values discovery process. And I'll share with you how me and Dhru, which we didn't even know he did it that way. And I did it a certain way and it turns out we did it the same way. So independently, we use the same tool, if you like, which is part of my Protrusive Dental Pearl, which I'll come on to in a moment. What me and Dhru cover here is how can you develop and sustain your passion for your profession, which is dentistry? And another great thing that came out of this recording with Dhru is that it answers a burning question that I get asked a lot. Which is, Jaz, you've been on a lot of courses, I've seen your photos, which course should I do next? And just using a highlighter and your day list, Dhru will discuss a system for you to use, so that you can answer that question in a bespoke way for you, in a customised way, so that it benefits you as a clinician, as a dentist, the most. One of the themes here is also, how can we get more dentists in a state of flow? And we discussed what that, what we mean by flow as well. I'd stick around until the end of the podcast because it sort of ends with my own values. I share with you my own values after going through the values discovery process, I'll share with you. And then my wife actually calls me to tell me that our baby's crying and I had to sort of attend to that. So we sort of ended this podcast abruptly in a way. I mean, we didn't really come to a conclusion because of that reason. But to fast it's, it's actually good the way it worked out. Protrusive Dental Pearl Otherwise, we could have spoken for hours, and no one wants that. Okay, so the Protrusive Dental Pearl for today is to do a values discovery process. This is important not just for you as a dentist, as a professional. But this is important for your life. If you're not in tune with your values,