801: Your Practice, Your Life: Unlock Freedom – Miranda Beeson

Dentistry can give you the life you want. So, why do you dread going into the office? Kirk Behrendt brings back Miranda Beeson, ACT’s director of education, to tell you it’s not the dentistry giving you the Sunday scaries — it’s how you're doing it. To help you overcome burnout and take control over your practice and life, they provide a framework for planning the life you want in and outside of your practice. It’s your life and your practice! To learn how to make it the best it can be, listen to Episode 801 of The Best Practices Show!

Learn More About Miranda:

• Send Miranda an email: miranda@actdental.com 
• Follow Miranda on ACT’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actdental
• Send Kirk an email: kirk@actdental.com 
• Send Gina an email: gina@actdental.com 
• Register for ACT’s To The Top Study Club (October 25, 2024): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/members-only-climb-with-us-register-for-october-25-2024-ttt-study-club-tickets-753430148857

More Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:

• Subscribe to The Best Practices Show: https://the-best-practices-show.captivate.fm/listen
• Join The Best Practices Association: https://www.actdental.com/bpa
• Join ACT’s To The Top Study Club: https://www.actdental.com/ttt
• See the ACT Dental/BPA Live Event Schedule: https://www.actdental.com/event
• Get The Best Practices Magazine for free: https://www.actdental.com/magazine
• Please leave us a review on the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-practices-show-with-kirk-behrendt/id1223838218

Episode Resources:

• Watch the video version of Episode 801: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos
• Download ACT’s guide to Creating Your Vision: https://23476641.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/23476641/Creating%20Your%20Vision%20with%20Worksheet.pdf
• Download ACT’s OGT Tool: https://23476641.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/23476641/ACT%20Dental%20OGT%20Tool%20Outcomes%20Goals%20Targets.pdf
• Discover your gifts with Working Genius: https://www.workinggenius.com
• Get to know your personality with DiSC: https://www.thediscpersonalitytest.com
• Uncover your instinctive strengths with Kolbe: https://www.kolbe.com

Main Takeaways:

• Take the time to know yourself and what you want out of life.
• Form a clear vision of the life you want in and outside of your practice.
• Don't do what other people think you should do. Do what you want to do!
• Focus on the vision for your practice, your patients, your team, and yourself.
• Create a strategy and defined plan to help you focus on your long-term goals.
• Share your vision with your team and allow them to contribute toward the vision.
• Carve out solid time — not just 30 minutes — to think about what you want out of life.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

1:39 Why this is an important topic.

5:42 Get clarity around your vision.

12:40 Four areas to focus on when building your vision.

14:36 Know yourself and what you want.

21:29 Analyze your gaps with ACT’s OGT Tool.

30:06 Share and build the vision with your team.

33:19 Create consistency and predictability for your practice.

39:58 Carve out time to think about what you want.

43:53 Final thoughts.

Miranda Beeson, MS, BSDH Bio:

Miranda Beeson has over 25 years of clinical dental hygiene, front office, practice administration, and speaking experience. She is enthusiastic about communication and loves helping others find the power that words can bring to their patient interactions and practice dynamics. As a Lead Practice Coach, she is driven to create opportunities to find value in experiences and cultivate new approaches.

Miranda graduated from Old Dominion University, and enjoys spending time with her husband, Chuck, and her children, Trent, Mallory, and Cassidy. Family time is the best time, and is often spent on a golf course, a volleyball court, or spending the day boating at the beach.