Orthotown May 2019 - 8
embrace progress
Congratulations-
Now Get to Work!
by Dan Grob, DDS, MS, editorial director, Orthotown magazine
I've received many positive comments about relating
my family experiences with my kids to the practice of
orthodontics and running a business. It's not difficult
to see how most aspects of life are interrelated and how
business is business, no matter if it's in the health care
industry, the tech industry, the hospitality industry or
the legal profession. (I believe this lesson was
taught to me during Michael Gerber's
keynote lecture at the AAO winter
conference several years ago.)
While neither of the two
children I've previously
mentioned has entered
the field of orthodontics,
both have lived lives
wit h ma ny sha red
experiences that we
can relate to.
The daughter I'll
discuss this month,
however, probably has
the most direct correlation
to what many of us have experienced as it relates to dreaming,
applying, educating and practicing
our chosen profession.
First, outstanding achievements
Stephanie, being the middle child, was often found
in her room studying, cramming, achieving and finding
herself at the top of her class. My oldest was always being
shuttled to baseball games, hitting coaches and the like,
while the youngest ... well, she was the baby. Stephanie,
meanwhile, was the one who addressed the parents of her
senior classmates regarding the European Graduation
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tour with polish and detail. In other words, she always
found a way to get it done well.
Like my others, she benefited from a great school
system in our hometown and took advantage of all of
the opportunities that were available. She was able to
travel to China for the Olympics with her high school
band-by now, she has more stamps in her
passport than her mother and I do! So
it was somewhat scary when, at the
start of the Great Recession, she
asked if she could attend a
prestigious private college
on the West Coast.
At the time, she had
an offer on the table for
free tuition at Arizona
State University's Barrett
Honors College and was
debating whether to take
it.
Seeing our college fund
cut almost in half during the
market crash made her mother
and me nervous, and as parents we
were conflicted because we had both
attended public universities (with the exception
of my professional schooling) and we believed that they
served us well. Being rational and practical parents-and,
dare I say, somewhat selfish- we persuaded her to take
the free ride, and promised to pay for advanced degrees
at a later date if and when she decided on a final career
track, because at the time she was still undecided.
ASU was a great choice! Stephanie excelled, experienced many college activities, and ended up choosing a
career and writing a thesis based on millennial luxury
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