#932: The Magic of Excitement

Dental A Team Podcast

Merry Christmas Eve! Kiera talks about how dental teams can apply the excitement and anticipation associated with holidays to their practices and work spaces.

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Kiera Dent (00:00.856)

Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera and Merry Christmas Eve. If you celebrate that, otherwise, happy December 24th. It's so fun to podcast with you on holidays. I love the magic. I love the anticipation. I love Christmas Eve. In my family, it's always been these fun traditions that we have. We do a big breakfast in the morning and then we all go shopping for cereal. It's been the tradition since I was little and we would always, always, always go get a...

cereal and being in a family of nine people our own box of cereal that we got to choose was like the greatest gift my parents could ever give us so and also kudos to my mom that meant Christmas morning it's cereal for breakfast like talk about a smart mom I've got so we'd always go to the store we pick out our cereal and then we would do like sometimes we'd go shopping for last-minute Christmas gifts and then we'd usually go home and it feels like an eternity of countdown of time from that like 11 a.m.

to 5 p.m. And I remember as a kid, it would snow and my dad was very proactive of giving back to the community, which I really love and respected my dad. And we would go and we'd shovel snow at all of our neighbor's houses. And I remember my brother and I were two years apart. We were super tiny. So we were probably like, I was probably eight and he was probably six. And we were shoveling all these yards. And I remember we were laying behind our house after we were done making snow angels.

and we're both in our little snow suits and we look to each other and we're like, it's gonna be forever before tonight happens. I think that that's the reality of how we feel. And then for my family, what we'd always do is for Christmas Eve, we would make waffles, Belgian waffles. My parents again got smart. So it was like, they could feed a lot of boys very quickly. And then we go into like a Christmas program, which over the years, my siblings have definitely like made.

crazy. It's now turned into a talent show and I absolutely hate that part. And if any of them listen to the podcast, I just want to put it out there. I think we should not do this is my trust conversation with my family. I hate the talent show, but they love it. So Jason and are not as talented. So last year we talked about how we do Disney because I love Disney. But like really, it's just this funny thing. But we all get together. All my family spread out with seven siblings. We none of us ended up close to each other. My older brother's in Alaska. I'm in Nevada.

Kiera Dent (02:21.038)

The brother below me is in Ohio, brother below him is in Texas, brother below him is in Utah, sister below him is in Missouri, Kansas City, and then the youngest sister is in Utah, and my parents live in California. So literally, I feel like we just spread all over the nation, but just a fun time of year. And I hope today I wanted to just pop on real quick and give you guys like a quick little noodle thought for you as you're probably getting ready for the festivities or time away from the practice.

But during this time, and I've got something fun for you guys for tomorrow for Christmas as well, but during this time, I think about the anticipation that we have for Christmas and the excitement that little kids have. And my question is, how can we bring that excitement and anticipation to our practices? Maybe not the same, but are we actively anticipating? Are we having countdowns to something so magical and special? And how can we actually do that within our practices? And so a couple of ideas are...

What do we do monthly? And do we celebrate when we are hitting our monthly goals? Or are we just like nonchalant, like it's fine. And there's no magic. Like think about children with Christmas and how like blissfully magical it is to watch a little kid so excited and telling Santa what they want and circling in the magazines what they're hoping and wishing for. And then the like utter anticipation of sleeping through the night and waiting for the next day.

Like how can we create that as adults for us within our practices, within our businesses, within our lives? Like what are you anxiously anticipating waiting? Because I feel like the holidays and the magic that we have right now is what we can actually produce within our practices. So whether that's through bonuses or whether that's through a community outreach or it's adding in new services. I know an office like literally are counting down the days to add in sleep apnea to their practice and make a sleep center within their practice.

But like, are we allowing ourselves to get excited about our practices and get excited about the magic of what we're able to do for patients? Or is it just another day every day? And I think the true secret to a lot of success is creating magic within the day in day out. How can we get the countdown chains out for something within our practice? What do you get excited about? Do you have something that you set for a goal for yourself for next year that utterly makes you giddy? Or is it for me, I love to travel and so within work.

Kiera Dent (04:40.584)

Dental A Team and what I do, I have so much passion and excitement and this year I'm so freaking excited. If you have not joined us in platinum, get ready to have your life changed forever. We, have a, it's, it's similar to what our platinum has been, but it is slightly different and more advanced. And I cannot wait because we are bringing offices together in person. And if you are not a part of it, please email me right now. [e-mail] and come be a part of it. I only, we've limited our space for our first year to make sure that we can.

execute at the highest level. But like, that is the countdown. I am counting down the hours, the minutes to March. If you can't join us in March, don't even stress it's virtual as well. And then we have another one in September. And I am just so excited. It's like counting down to Christmas to be able to put on something so magical for clients and change their lives and do life and dentistry. I realized life is my passion dentistry is my platform. And I'm so geeky about dentistry. And I love it. But I love giving you your dream life more. And so for me,

That's something I'm so lit up about within the company, like literally a countdown chain to March. Our team is so excited. I'm so excited about it. We're so excited to have offices be a part of this, like giddy to meet people in person. So if you've been a podcast listener and want to meet me in person, well, it's time. It's time to come and join us. But really like, what are you so giddy about for next year? Are giddy about the goals? Are you giddy about the CE? Are you giddy about the team?

What is the magic where you literally are sitting there like, can't come soon enough, I cannot wait for it? Or do you add in the sprinkles like my husband and I always plan fun trips, so I'm looking forward to something because so often we just need something to look forward to. And I think that that's actually what creates so much magic for us. So as you're filling the magic of this year, which I hope you're feeling, and if this year and this time of year is hard for you, I'm just giving you a giant hug because this time of year has been hard for me too.

And I think when I realized that there's so much magic that can be here even through hard times I feel like Christmas changed for me and the end of the year changed for me and I can see it now with sparkle and glitter and gold Whereas before it used to just be sadness And so I'm here and I'm happy to be a friend to you through it I also am here to let you know that like it's okay to feel sad at this time of year It's also okay to feel happy It's okay to have hard times and to to come out the other side of it and to be happy again

Kiera Dent (07:02.496)

I think the greatest gift that we can give ourselves is the gift of being happy and having something that we're so giddy about. So tonight, maybe as you're sitting there dreaming, getting excited, think about what would get you so giddy and excited in your practice as well. And if I can be a part of it, like I said, I am so giddy. I'm so giddy to help offices literally get their dream lives and their dream practices and to do it with doctors and office managers and have leadership retreats in person and then to have

quarterly check-ins, whereas like kind of like a boardroom assessment where you're looking at your practice and we're really assessing and then do the team integration where we're helping your team. Just really being able to like do a huge lift for these offices. I can't tell you how giddy I am about this. So I hope that you have something you're that excited about. Maybe it's a CE that you're excited about. Maybe it's joining consulting that you're so giddy about of having a different life. Maybe you've already started. Maybe you haven't. Maybe you're excited about.

I don't know, but I just hope that you build some type of excitement and anticipation within your practice that you and your team can literally get fired up, lit up, so excited about because finding ways to make magic within our businesses in the day in, day out is how we keep our stamina. It's how we feel alive. This is where is the power of fun of creating magic.

So go create some magic. you need some brainstorming ideas, email me, [e-mail] If you want to pop on a call, click a strategy call with us. I'm happy to chat with it, but truly let's stream up some magic. I don't want to take too long with you guys today. I hope you go with your families. You go do something of service. You enjoy your cereal. You eat your waffles. You do whatever your traditions are for your family. I love to hear traditions. So also if you're bored, email me, [e-mail] I know this is oftentimes weird for business owners because we have so much time.

We don't know what to do with ourselves. So I love to dream of my business. I love to get excited. I love to sit there and think of all of my great ideas. So if you need a pen pal, you want to send me some of your fun ideas, I'm happy to pen pal with you. [e-mail] But I really, really, really, really hope that you give yourself something that you are just magically so excited about for this next year, where you count down with utter anticipation, waiting for the moments. And like I said, sometimes it is joining consulting. Sometimes it is doing a CE. Sometimes it is

Kiera Dent (09:21.86)

expanding your practice. Sometimes it's bringing on another doctor. Sometimes it's on status quo where we're so giddy that we're taking vacations. I don't care what it is. Sometimes it's even offices taking trips together. But let's find a way to create the utter excitement and magic within our practices. And I'm here to help you every step of that journey. And as always, thanks for listening. Go enjoy the holidays. And as always, thanks for listening. I'll catch you next time on the Dental A Team Podcast.