Top 5 Topics:
- Escaping Rent Forever: Buying Your Dental Office Suite
- The Truth About Finding the PERFECT Associate
- WHAT You Learn From Your FIRST JOB Is Most Important - Here’s Why:
- Quality Over Quantity: The Real Way to Master Surgery & Avoid Bad Habits
- How To Sniff Out A Toxic Job And Bad Mentorship:
Quotes & Wisdom:
"Your first job is your most important job. A genuine mentorship where you can actually learn from people with some experience that have been successful in that setting." — Alex Nguyen
"I would rather keep you as a friend than have a potential fallout as a business partner." — Alex Nguyen (on mixing friends & business)
"Quality vs. Quantity in learning. You can have bad reps and it takes you a while to learn that the reps are bad." — Alex Nguyen
"The surgery itself is easy. It’s how to think beforehand, how to work it up, and also how to take care of it afterwards." — Alex Nguyen
"If you ever think that you’ve hit the top, you’re done... Your patients will always deserve better than what you’re giving them now." — Alex Nguyen
"I prefer hard work over natural giftedness all day. I prefer their attitude over their experience." — Alex Nguyen
Questions:
09:22 - Brendan: "How many operatories did you have?”
“What's your timeline on hiring an associate?"
13:17 - Brendan: "Of the guys and girls that you did residency with, would anyone stand out that you would have wanted to work with in practice?"
17:03 - Brendan: "What are some key tips you'd give to chief residents right now looking for a job? What are some red flags?"
21:53 - Brendan: "What's the first thing you do not want to happen to your associate, that happened to you?"
1:01:09 - Brendan: "Would you ever accept that an associate you hired could potentially be better than you?"
Now available on:
- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel
- Dose of Dental Podcast #237
My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono
- 1.2026
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