707: Why the Road Ahead for Dentists is Amazing – Dr. Barrett Straub

The Best Practices Show with Kirk Behrendt

707: Why the Road Ahead for Dentists is Amazing – Dr. Barrett Straub

If you want a great life as a dentist, you need a great dental practice. To help you take your first steps toward a better life, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Barrett Straub, ACT’s CEO, to showcase their new membership program, the Best Practices Association. Join today and transform your practice! To earn more, stress less, and start enjoying your days at work, listen to Episode 707 of The Best Practices Show!

Learn More About Dr. Straub:

• Send Dr. Straub an email: [e-mail]
• Join Dr. Straub on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barrett.d.straub
• Follow Dr. Straub on ACT’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actdental

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

Main Takeaways:

• Learn the key principles of a better practice, better life.
• Understand the importance of creating margin.
• Your team — not your patients — come first.
• Time is the new rich. Stop being so busy.
• Join ACT’s BPA today!

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

1:26 About ACT’s Best Practices Association.

5:04 Why dentistry is a noble profession.

9:22 The Better Practice, Better Life movement, explained.

15:06 Foster great community with BPA.

18:33 Why dentists are working more and making less.

23:49 Important statistics to know.

26:04 You don't need to be everyone’s dentist.

27:50 Set up the right systems with help from BPA.

29:15 Why you should “own your job”.

32:49 Margin, explained.

35:03 Time is the new rich.

37:27 Improve your life first to impact others’ lives.

42:16 What to expect being a BPA member.

Dr. Barrett Straub Bio:

Dr. Barrett Straub practices general and sedation dentistry in Port Washington, Wisconsin. He has worked hard to develop his practice into a top-performing, fee-for-service practice that focuses on improving the lives of patients through dentistry.

A graduate of Marquette Dental School, Dr. Straub’s advanced training and CE includes work at the Spear Institute, LVI, DOCS, and as a member of the Milwaukee Study Club. He is a past member of the Wisconsin Dental Association Board of Trustees and was awarded the Marquette Dental School 2017 Young Alumnus of the Year. As a former ACT coaching client that experienced first-hand the transformation that coaching can provide, he is passionate about helping other dentists create the practice they’ve always wanted.

Dr. Straub loves to hunt, golf, and spend winter on the ice, curling. He is married to Katie, with two daughters, Abby and Elizabeth.