12 Rules for Dentistry – IC002

Published: Dec. 27, 2019, 9 a.m.

Welcome to my 2nd Interference Cast – based on Jordan Peterson’s book 12 Rules for Life. David Bretton and I came up with our very own 12 Rules for Dentistry! I had David come on for this because he IS Mr. Positivity in UK Dentistry. We hope you find these relevant, engaging and ‘real’. This is the audio version of my Video Podcast recorded earlier this month – if you prefer to watch the video (which I prefer, you get to see our silly facial expressions!) then you can watch it on YouTube or my Facebook page Facebook.com/protrusive or my IGTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qvDBz06WC4 Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Rule 1 – See Everyone (and it's not quite what you think this means!) Rule 2 – Create a Positive Environment Rule 3 – The patient in front of you is the most important person Rule 4 – Don’t own the patient’s problem Rule 5 – Do not care about your patients’ teeth more than they do Rule 6 – Trust your gut Rule 7 – Take time to take care of yourself Rule 8 – Focus on your own journey Rule 9 – Have mentors (it has never been easier!) Rule 10 – There is no shame in admitting you do not know something Rule 11 – If you’re not enjoying things, something needs to change Rule 12 – Enjoy the present moment and the journey Click below for full episode transcript: Main Interview: CLICK HERE... [Jaz]David Bretton. Mr. Positivity? [David]Jaz, Good to be here. [Jaz]Absolutely. And I when I thought, right, I want to do something like 12 rules for dentistry because, obviously the book by Jordan Peterson, and a lot of other industries and professions have sort of made their own 12 rules if you'd like. And I thought, right, if I do something like this, there's only one person in the world I can think of who would match it so and who will do it justice. And that's, you [David]I appreciate that. I didn't know it's your may have connected me since on the sorts of topics I think, really, we've always talked about things beyond the clinical side of things of dentistry. [Jaz]That's right. Remember the first time we met and we discovered our mutual interest for self development and positivity and that sort of stuff? Do you ever do remember? [David]It was [inaudible] award? [Jaz]It was. It was British and ronix. And it was actually you introduced me to Tony Robbins. Yeah. That's quite life changing. If you're the one who introduces someone to Tony Robbins, you've changed someone's life for the better. [David]You've definitely helped people to that, I'd say we've definitely people. [Jaz]Awesome. So let's just dive right in. [David]Dive right in, so about 12, our big rules to go for I think so. Yeah, let's get on a chat about that really. [Jaz]Absolutely and for those tuning in, and thanks for joining us, you know, these 12 rules are what we make it, have your own 12 rules. It's you know, you might enjoy some of them. You might hate some of them. That's completely cool. Okay? Weird is this something that me and David sort of looked at and agreed on that? You know, actually, and there might be some things that we haven't actually rehearsed this. So there might be some things and I said today Look, it's completely cool if we disagree on something. So let's go. So rule number one for rules in a 12 rules for dentistry or 12 rule for dentists or everyone involved in dentistry is see everyone. So David, I came up, well I didn't come up with this rule. I pinched this rule from a book that's called If I could just tell you one thing by Richard Reed, have you read that one? [David]I haven't. No. [Jaz]So Richard Reed, he he's basically meets all these powerful people in the world. And he just answered one piece of advice. And what Bill Clinton said was See everyone. And what that means is basically that Bill Clinton, he has a very special talent, or a gift is that he makes everyone feel important from the person wh...