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Today, I sit down with longtime friend, leadership strategist, and Army veteran Dr. Will Moreland. Growing up in Compton during the height of gang violence but being raised by a grandmother with strong faith and community leadership is why Will teaches that environment does not determine destiny—choices do.

Will's story is a masterclass in gratitude, generational impact, and designing a life around what truly matters. This episode will challenge you to rethink hustle culture and build a life centered on family, purpose, and optionality.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #576 - Disability Insurance: What It Actually Covers And Where It Fails – Ben Glass
2. Ep #365 - Where There is a "Will," There is a Way – Will Moreland

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Are You Exit-Ready?

Complete this 2-min scorecard to reveal where you stand across the four pillars that determine if you control your exit—or are just waiting for one. You'll get a personalized plan to start building optionality immediately.

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Dentists assume they're protected—until they actually need to file a claim.

Today, I sit down with disability attorney Ben Glass to unpack hidden traps inside professional disability policies. Misleading definitions, claims denied and progressive conditions vs catastrophic injuries prove preparation before filing is essential.

If you're a dentist or healthcare professional who depends on your hands, vision, and stamina to earn a living, this episode is a critical reminder: Bulletproofing your income requires more than paying premiums—it requires understanding what you actually bought.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #575 - Burn the Boats: How To Retire Without Slowing Down – Jim Palmer
2. Ep #508 - Time Management Principles and Strategies For Success and Enjoyment – Ben Glass

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Are You Exit-Ready?

Complete this 2-min scorecard to reveal where you stand across the four pillars that determine if you control your exit—or are just waiting for one. You'll get a personalized plan to start building optionality immediately.

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Successful but no longer fulfilled? Have you considered burning the boats?

Today, I sit down with longtime friend, coach, and full-throttle entrepreneur Jim Palmer.

Jim shares how to redefine work on your own terms and how to confront your fear, identity, and the temptation to stay busy instead of making progress.

This conversation offers a powerful framework for anyone approaching a transition—and wondering what's next.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #574 - From Grief to $23M: Building a Dental Legacy Without Selling Out – Dr. Kelly Brown
2. Ep #531 - Proactive Financial Planning and Embracing Life Transitions – Dr. Bill Jordan

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

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This is real freedom after decades of building, grinding, and scaling.

Today, I sit down with dentist and entrepreneurial leader Dr. Kelly Brown, whose journey spans nearly five decades—from hanging a shingle in a small Oklahoma town to building a multi-state dental organization rooted in mentorship, partnership, and purpose.

Kelly shares the painful early lessons that forced him to stop blaming circumstances and start taking ownership, ultimately reshaping not just his business, but his entire life.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #573 - The Fourth Turning Is Here: Navigating Crisis With Community And Capital – Neil Howe
2. Ep #510 - Planning for Your Practice Exit – What You Need to Know – Brannon Moncrief

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

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We are living through a historic turning point.

I sit down with generational historian and economist Neil Howe, co-author of The Fourth Turning, to unpack what's actually happening beneath the surface of today's economic, political, and cultural instability.

Rather than forecasting fear, Neil provides context—explaining why long periods of stability breed complacency, why trust in institutions breaks down, and why agency and community suddenly matter again during crisis eras.

From inflation as a policy tool to the return of community, authority, and shared purpose, this conversation challenges listeners to stop outsourcing responsibility and start preparing intentionally.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #572 - An Argument For DSOs – Compliance, Consolidation & the Future of Dental Practice – Brian Colao
2. Ep #567 - Rewriting The American Dream in a Stagflation World – Dr. David Phelps

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

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Selling your practice can look like a financial win—and still feel like a personal loss if you choose the wrong partner.

In this episode, Brian Colao, one of the earliest architects of the DSO legal framework, unpacks what most dentists misunderstand about consolidation, private equity, and the true risks hiding behind "fair value" offers.

With nearly three decades advising DSOs and representing more than 780 dental organizations, Brian brings rare clarity to a space filled with noise, fear, and half-truths.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #571 - When The Practice Doesn't Need You Anymore – Dr. Dylan & Kelsey Everett
2. Ep #550 - Every Dentist Must Master Leadership, Exit Strategies and Burnout – Dr. John Meis

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

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Success can quietly hollow out what matters most. In this episode, Dr. Dylan Everett and his wife, Kelsey, share how seven-day workweeks and relentless pressure forced them to reset their definition of success. Instead of a quick fix, they deliberately rebuilt: merging practices, restructuring leadership, removing misaligned team members, and reclaiming time swallowed by obligation. Their story shows how stepping back from the chair and building a team that doesn't rely on the owner's constant presence enables growth without sacrificing family, margin, or life itself.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #570 - Don't Quit. Lessons in Resilience, Reinvention, and Relentless Action – Tony Rubleski
2. Ep #563 - Realigning Priorities is Non-Negotiable – Faith, Family, and Practice – Dr. Michael and Jennifer Kelly

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

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The entrepreneurial journey can be one of the most rewarding paths—or the loneliest—depending on how you walk it. In this episode, David Phelps sits down with longtime friend, keynote speaker, and author Tony Rubleski to explore what it really takes to keep going when motivation fades and progress feels slow. Centered around Tony's new book, Don't Quit: 50 Lessons From the Pages and Stages of Life, this conversation unpacks why discipline, not inspiration, is what carries people through the hardest seasons.

Together, David and Tony talk candidly about reinvention, forgiveness, gratitude, and the unseen struggles behind long-term success. From entrepreneurship myths and burnout to asking for more, following up, and managing regret, this episode is a powerful reminder that freedom is forged by showing up—especially on the days you don't feel like it.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #569 - Reinventing Dental College Education: The High Point University Model – Dr Kevin Cain & Dr Muhammad Ali Shazib
2. Ep #544 - Leadership Reimagined: Why Human Connection Still Wins – Tony Rubleski

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

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Dental education is overdue for disruption, and this episode shows how that disruption is happening and can benefit you.

Dr. Kevin Cain and Dr. Muhammad Ali Shazib reveal how the Workman School of Dental Medicine is training dentists inside real practices, integrating business and clinical judgment from day one, and preparing graduates for ownership and leadership in a rapidly changing profession.

This is a candid look at why the old model is failing and what the future of dentistry demands now.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #566 - Partnerships, Practice Deals, and Pursuing Adventure – Freedom Through Relationships – Dr. Jose Vicens
2. Ep #564 - The DSO Reckoning – What Every Doctor Needs to Know Before Selling Their Practice – Brannon Moncrief

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

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They didn't chase an exit. They designed alignment.

Drs. Ed and Lisa Wentz built successful practices: Ed a 10-practice orthodontic group, and Lisa a highly intentional solo practice. But their transition out of practice required something different. A shared filter grounded in faith, family, and stewardship.

What they reveal isn't a strategy. It's a mindset that protects marriages, teams, and purpose long after the deal closes. This conversation walks through how they navigated selling, honored their teams, and resisted the pressure to follow someone else's timeline.

If you're wondering how to transition without drifting, burning out, or losing alignment, this episode is a guide.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you'll enjoy:

1. Ep #566 - Partnerships, Practice Deals, and Pursuing Adventure – Freedom Through Relationships – Dr. Jose Vicens
2. Ep #564 - The DSO Reckoning – What Every Doctor Needs to Know Before Selling Their Practice – Brannon Moncrief

Check out the show notes for more information!

P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think):

1. Schedule a Call with My Team:

If you're tired of running on the hamster wheel, and are looking for a proven blueprint to create more freedom and reduce dependency on your practice income, schedule a call with my team to learn more.

2. Get Your Dentist Retirement Survival Guide:

The winds of economic change are here, and now is the time to move to higher ground. This guide gives you the steps to protect your retirement, your family, and your peace of mind. Get the 25-point checklist here.

3. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard:

Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.