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Without a system in place and the
discipline to stick to it, nothing will
change-least of all, your results.
BY FLINT GEIER
B
urnout is a cancer that seems to
be aff ecting almost every independent
practice owner. At best,
you've heard and read a lot
about it. At worst, you're deep in the
burnout trap and feel there's no way
out. Most of you are somewhere along
the spectrum-experiencing some
level of burnout, yet not understanding
why or what to do about it.
As the saying goes, misery loves
company. Industry publications, websites,
social media, message boards,
online communities, emails, you name
it, have become a feeding frenzy of
negativity-essentially, platforms for
complaining to the masses. And everyone's
listening! A recent Dentaltown
message board post garnered almost
500 responses about people feeling
burned out, worn down or never
having enough time-the
most responses I've
ever seen to a single
post in such a short
time. Doctors report
their anxiety levels are
triple what they were
before COVID-19. Search
" burnout in dentistry "
and you'll see an
onslaught of articles written over the
past three years about how the profession
has changed, how diffi cult running
a profi table practice has become,
how bad teams have gotten and why
good people are impossible to fi nd.
Following those conversations pulls
you deeper into the burnout trap.
Instead of further fueling the frenzy,
I want to change the narrative by
talking about what you as an individual
practice owner can do to combat
your own risk of burnout and get you
out of the trap you may already be in.
Recognizing burnout
Before treatment must come diagnosis.
For private dental practice
owners, there are three unmistakable
signs of burnout, or indicators that
you could be headed down that path
in the near future:
" I'm so tired. " How many times
a week do you say, think or feel that
way? Th e words may vary- " I'm tired, "
" I'm beat, " " I'm exhausted " -but the
symptoms are the same. You're going
through the motions of your daily
existence-going into the offi ce,
treating patients, interacting with
your team-but with little energy or
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enthusiasm. You're just trying to get
through the day.
Lack of engagement. Th is is a
more palatable way of saying you just
don't really care as much anymore.
Th at's not to say you don't care about
your patients, but you've become
somewhat apathetic about running
the business; you'd rather let the
practice run on autopilot than take
an active role in steering it the way
you used to. When asked what makes
your practice better than others, you
may say all the right words, but you
won't be able to hide the nuance that
you no longer really believe what
you're saying.
Decreased sense of accomplishment.
If you were surprised at April
tax time to learn you had a great
year in 2022, you obviously never
celebrated the accomplishment with
yourself and your team. Maybe you
weren't tracking results, so you didn't
recognize the progress you were making
throughout the year. Or maybe
even big successes no longer seem
worth the eff ort that went into achieving
them. Even if you're tired and
less engaged lately, tracking progress
toward goals should be satisfying and
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