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Are you constantly frustrated with your team? Do you feel like no one does things quite the way you want — even when you’ve told them before? If so, you’re not alone… and you're probably running your practice from an invisible “manual.”

In today’s episode, Dr. Yazdan breaks down the hidden expectations that might be sabotaging your growth, draining your energy, and keeping you stuck in micromanagement mode. She shares how to identify your “manual,” why it’s not working, and the step-by-step process to replace it with systems that actually scale.

This episode is packed with real-world examples from dental practices just like yours — and practical tools you can start using today to stop spinning your wheels and start leading with strategy.

🔑 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• ✅ What “the manual” really is (hint: it’s not a policy binder!)

• ✅ How invisible expectations lead to frustration and burnout

• ✅ Why micromanagement isn’t a people problem — it’s a systems problem

• ✅ The 6 steps to replace your manual with real, repeatable systems

• ✅ How to separate thoughts from facts so you can lead with clarity

• ✅ The secret to handling hard conversations without emotions

• ✅ A simple homework assignment to start cleaning up your systems now

🧠 Key Takeaways:

• Everyone has a manual. It’s the unspoken expectations in your head that your team can’t read — but you still hold them accountable to.

• Manuals lead to miscommunication, micromanagement, and mental fatigue.

• Systems create freedom. When you turn your expectations into documented, trainable processes, you can lead with facts instead of feelings.

• Training is not a one-time event. Systems only work if you continuously train and reinforce them.

• Accountability matters. Tie every expectation to a measurable KPI to remove drama and keep performance clear.

✏️ Action Step This Week:

Pick one area of your practice that’s causing frustration and ask yourself:

• Do I have an invisible manual here?

• Have I documented the process?

• Have I trained the team thoroughly?

• Is there a way to measure and track it?

If not, that’s your next step.

🔧 Want Help Creating These Systems?

This is exactly what we do inside the Systems for a Million Dollar Dental Practice program. We turn your hidden expectations into systems your team can follow — without you having to micromanage.

👉 Book a free consultation with Dr. Yazdan at dryazdancoaching.com/consult

Let’s talk about where your practice is now, where you want it to be, and how we can get you there — without sacrificing your personal life.

📌 Resources & Links:

• 💻 Work with Dr. Yazdan: dryazdancoaching.com/consult

• 📥 Get free systems templates inside the coaching program

• 🎧 Subscribe for more weekly practice growth tips

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In this episode, Dr. Yazdan breaks down why simplicity is the secret weapon in increasing case acceptance. If your patients often say, “Let me think about it,” it may not be a rejection—it might be confusion. And as Dr. Yazdan says: “If you confuse, you lose.”

Learn how to streamline treatment plans, simplify payment options, and present with confidence—so patients say YES more often. Whether you’re trying to increase Invisalign cases or improve your team’s communication skills, this episode is packed with actionable advice to help you grow a practice that runs smoother and converts better.

🔑 What You’ll Learn:

• Why decision paralysis kills treatment acceptance—and how to prevent it

• How to simplify your treatment recommendations (without dumbing anything down)

• The power of confident direction: patients want to be guided, not overwhelmed

• Simple scripts for presenting treatment and payment options

• The importance of visual aids in helping patients understand and trust you

• A real case study showing how simplifying boosted one practice’s acceptance rate from 42% to 72%

• The story of how a dentist inside Dr. Yazdan’s coaching program increased Invisalign cases 4x by simplifying her system

• 3 actionable steps you can take this week to streamline communication and grow your practice

📌 Episode Highlights:

• “Patients don’t want more options—they want more clarity.”

• “Diagnose completely. Present simply.”

• “Your treatment presentation should sound like a conversation, not a brochure.”

• “You’re not just simplifying for your patients. You’re simplifying for your team—and that builds consistency and trust.”

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

• 💻 Book a Free Consult with Dr. Yazdan

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• If this episode helped you, please consider leaving a review and sharing the podcast with your office manager or a fellow dentist. Your feedback fuels this work!

• 🎧 Listen now and start simplifying your way to more YESes, more profit, and a practice you truly love.

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Let’s talk about freedom.

Not just more money or more patients—but actual freedom in your dental practice.

In today’s episode, Dr. Yazdan breaks down why lack of systems is the biggest bottleneck keeping dental practice owners overwhelmed, overworked, and underpaid.

This episode is for the dentist who's already doing well—but knows there’s another level of growth and ease that feels totally out of reach. The answer isn't better staff. It's not more technology. It's building the right systems.

💡 In this episode, you’ll learn:

🛠️ Why no system = you becoming the system

📉 How chaos shows up daily when protocols are missing

✅ What makes a protocol effective, scalable, and actually used

👥 Why your team keeps coming to you for direction (and how to stop it)

📈 How systems unlock true growth—even when you’re not in the office

🧠 Why burnout, drama, and bottlenecks vanish with predictability

✨ Big Takeaways:

• Protocols don’t eliminate problems—they reduce and predict them.

• If your team can’t operate without you, you don’t have systems—you have assistants.

• You don’t need to start over—just capture what’s working and simplify.

• Growth without burnout requires predictability—and that comes from systems.

📝 Examples of High-Impact Systems:

• Emergency appointment protocol

• Pre-screening process for all new patients

• Scheduling templates that protect production

• Financial presentation scripts for case acceptance

• Cancellation “rescue” systems that fill last-minute gaps fast

🧪 Real Results From SMDP:

One doctor inside Systems for a Million Dollar Dental Practice cut their cancellation rate by over 10% in just 30 days with a simple schedule rescue system.

✅ Standardized confirmations

✅ ASAP patient lists

✅ Clear front desk templates

✅ Team incentives aligned to fill gaps quickly

They stopped reacting—and started growing.

💬 Ask Yourself:

• Where is chaos still showing up in your practice?

• Is there a system for that?

• Is it written down?

• Is your team actually following it?

If the answer is “no” to any of these… it’s time to fix that.

🎯 Ready to Build Real Systems That Set You Free?

Inside SMDP, you’ll get the shortcuts, templates, and coaching to:

🔹 Build protocols that stick

🔹 Train your team to operate without micromanaging

🔹 Reduce burnout, drama, and decision fatigue

🔹 Scale your practice while working less

📅 Book your free consult to get started:

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🌟 Leave a 5-star review to help other dentists discover the podcast

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today’s episode is a powerful one.

We’re digging into what really holds you back from reaching your next level of success. Spoiler alert: it’s not your systems, your team, or your marketing.

It’s YOU.

Specifically—your mindset, your need for approval, and the mental drama you didn’t even realize you were stuck in.

This episode came straight from a real-life conversation Dr. Yazdan had with a group of dentists, and it's full of the exact coaching she gives inside SMDP that leads to massive growth.

💡 In this episode, you’ll uncover:

🧠 Why strategy alone won’t get you results (and what will)

🔥 How your brain’s motivational triad keeps you small

🙅‍♀️ Why people-pleasing is destroying your authenticity

🗣️ The danger of drama bonding (especially in dental FB groups)

⚖️ The key difference between caring and over-carrying

💬 What to do when you’re worried about what others will say

💥 How to build emotional strength by embracing discomfort

✅ Key Mindset Shifts:

• Success begins in your brain—not your systems.

• Your results are a product of your decisions—and your thinking.

• Approval-seeking is a silent dream-killer.

• Drama is dopamine in disguise—and it’s draining your potential.

• You don’t need to defend yourself. You need to decide who you’re becoming.

✨ Favorite Quotes from This Episode:

“If you accept responsibility for everything, you have the power to change everything.”

“Drama weakens you. Negativity bonding won’t grow your business—it just makes you feel ‘right’ while staying stuck.”

“You can be a badass and still fail. In fact, it’s impossible not to.”

🎯 Ready to Create Real Change in Your Practice?

You don’t need more how-to’s. You need tools to rewire your mindset, lead with clarity, and scale your practice without burning out.

Inside SMDP, Dr. Yazdan helps high-performing dentists:

• Dismantle the hidden mindset blocks slowing them down

• Develop systems that run without micromanaging

• Create emotional strength and a team culture that drives profit

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If your schedule is packed, but your profits aren’t growing…

If you're exhausted by high-maintenance, price-sensitive patients…

If your marketing budget feels like it’s vanishing into a black hole...

Then today’s episode is for you.

In this episode, Dr. Yazdan shares the most common mistakes dentists make in their marketing—and exactly how to start attracting the right patients who value your expertise, respect your time, and drive revenue.

You’ll learn:

📌 Why “we put patients first” is not a marketing strategy

📌 The 3 marketing metrics that actually matter (hint: it’s not clicks or reach)

📌 How to finally define your ideal patient—and speak directly to them

📌 What your calendar says about your messaging

📌 The biggest mistake dentists make with marketing agencies (and how to fix it fast)

📌 The internal marketing goldmine you’re probably ignoring

💡 Key Takeaways:

✅ Marketing isn’t about being available to everyone—it’s about attracting the people you’re best at serving.

✅ You get what you market for—so check your content, your ads, and even your Instagram captions.

✅ If your budget isn’t being tracked, it’s being wasted. Full stop.

✅ You don’t need to spend more—just market smarter.

🧪 Marketing Metrics that Matter:

1. Cost Per Lead (CPL): How much are you paying for each inquiry?

2. Lead-to-Patient Conversion Rate: Are those leads turning into booked (and kept) appointments?

3. Patient Lifetime Value (LTV): What is each patient worth to your practice over time?

When you know these numbers, you’ll stop throwing money at random ads and start building real, sustainable growth.

💰 BONUS: Internal Marketing Strategies That Cost $0 (But Work Like Crazy)

📈 Review Collection Systems

📈 Referral Request Systems (with before & after books!)

📈 Reactivation Campaigns via email or text

These three strategies alone can drive massive growth—without touching your ad budget.

💬 Favorite Quotes from the Episode:

“You get what you market. Plain and simple.”

“If you’re not tracking your campaigns, your budget is going into a black hole.”

“Internal marketing is a goldmine—most dentists aren’t doing enough of it.”

🔥 Ready to Create a Practice That Attracts Ideal Patients on Autopilot?

Dr. Yazdan is now offering consults for her program:

SMDP – Systems for a Million Dollar Dental Practice.

This is where she helps practice owners:

• Build airtight systems that bring in the right patients

• Eliminate marketing guesswork

• Turn their practices into million-dollar machines without more hustle

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👉 dryazdancoaching.com/consult

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Hey, doctors—let’s talk about the one thing that silently controls your growth more than any system, strategy, or schedule…

Your money mindset.

If you’ve ever felt guilty for being profitable…

If you’ve resisted raising your fees (even though your costs are rising)…

If you feel like no matter how hard you work, there’s never quite enough leftover for you—

Then you’re not broken.

You’re just running an outdated money story.

And in this episode, Dr. Yazdan is here to help you rewrite it.

Inside this power-packed episode, you’ll learn:

💸 Why most dentists subconsciously sabotage their own profits

🧠 How childhood beliefs about money still run your practice today

🔁 The 3 most common limiting beliefs that hold dentists back—and how to rewire them

📈 Why profit isn’t selfish—it’s the fuel for better care, better teams, and better outcomes

⏳ The truth about earning more while working less (and why it feels so uncomfortable at first)

🔥 Plus, a BIG Announcement:

Dr. Yazdan just finished recording a brand new, course-style update inside her flagship program:

SMDP – Systems for a Million Dollar Dental Practice (formerly MDM).

This update goes deeper than ever before—with step-by-step training, repeatable templates, and next-level coaching to help you hit your first million and scale to 2, 3, or even 5 million without working more.

If you’ve been thinking about joining…

👉 Now is the best time.

Because with this upgrade, you get more clarity, more structure, and even more coaching support to create a wildly profitable, systems-driven practice that no longer depends on you for everything.

💬 Favorite Quotes from the Episode:

“You can’t build an abundant practice on a foundation of scarcity.”

“Profit doesn’t make you greedy—it makes you generous and sustainable.”

“If you built a team that earns while you rest, you’ve earned the right to rest.”

“You are not your parents’ money story. You are the CEO now.”

✍️ Try This Today:

Dr. Yazdan gives you a simple mindset exercise in this episode:

1. Write down the top 3 money thoughts that run through your mind.

2. Rewrite each one with a new, empowering belief rooted in leadership and abundance.

You can’t scale your practice from a scarcity mindset.

But once you change your thoughts—your systems, your team, and your numbers will follow.

🚨 Ready to Lead Your Practice Like a CEO?

If this episode spoke to you—and you're ready to get out of the weeds and into real growth—

then book a consult for SMDP and let's talk about what’s possible for you.

📞 Book a consult at:

👉 dryazdancoaching.com/consult

We’ll look at:

• Where you’re stuck (and why)

• What systems will set you free

• How you can scale with more peace, not more pressure

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What got you to six or even seven figures… won’t get you to the next level.

That’s the raw truth. And if you’ve been feeling stuck, maxed out, or like you’re carrying your whole practice on your back—this episode is your wake-up call.

In this no-fluff, mindset-shifting episode, Dr. Yazdan shares the real reason most dental practice owners hit a growth ceiling… and stay there.

The culprit?

Not your marketing.

Not your team.

Not even your systems (yet).

It’s the identity you’re holding onto—the one that built your business, but now secretly holds it back.

Inside this episode, you’ll discover:

🔓 Why your identity as “the do-it-all dentist” becomes your biggest bottleneck

🧠 The mindset shift that takes you from overworked operator to visionary CEO

🚫 How perfectionism is costing you time, energy, and profit—and how to rewire it

📦 Why delegation isn’t giving up control—it’s upgrading to influence

🚀 How to scale with systems without sacrificing standards or burning out

💬 Favorite Quotes from the Episode:

“You’re not the engine anymore. You’re the GPS.”

“Perfectionism is not excellence—it’s a control mechanism. And it’s expensive.”

“You don’t scale as the technician. You scale as the leader.”

“Delegation isn’t about giving up—it’s about growing up as a CEO.”

If you’ve built a solid practice, but deep down you know you’re the one keeping it from scaling…

this episode will challenge you, inspire you, and give you a clear path forward.

Whether you're stuck at 6 figures or already hitting 7 but doing it all yourself—you’ll walk away with a new perspective on:

• Building a team that steps up (so you don’t have to step in)

• Creating repeatable systems that support growth without more of your time

• Letting go of outdated beliefs so you can step into your next-level role

🔧 Want to Turn This Insight Into Real Results?

That’s exactly what we do inside SMDP—Systems for a Million Dollar Dental Practice.

It’s not just about mindset shifts.

It’s about systematizing your practice so it runs without you constantly running it.

📞 Book a consult with Dr. Yazdan:

👉 dryazdancoaching.com/consult

We’ll talk about where you are, where you want to be—and how to finally build the business that matches the vision in your head.

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You don’t need more team members.

You need the right ones—the ones who walk in and immediately shift the energy of your entire practice.

In today’s episode, Dr. Yazdan pulls back the curtain on something every dental practice owner thinks they understand—but most get completely wrong: hiring.

Here’s the truth:

👉 Hiring for skill alone is a fast track to mediocrity.

👉 Hiring for energy, ownership, and alignment is how you scale with ease.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ Why some highly-skilled hires quietly kill your momentum

✅ The 3 traits Dr. Yazdan looks for in every potential team member

✅ Real stories from inside her coaching program (like how one front office hire helped generate $400K in added revenue for a mid-sized Arizona practice)

✅ What trialing, vibe-checking, and interviewing for energy really look like in action

✅ And the powerful shift that happens when you stop hiring “helpers” and start building a team of leaders

💥 If you’re overwhelmed, stuck, or still babysitting your front office… this is the episode you can’t afford to skip.

You’ll walk away knowing how to:

• Filter out the wrong candidates before they cost you time and team morale

• Ask the kind of interview questions that reveal someone's true character

• Implement small, systemized shifts that help you build a culture that runs without your constant oversight

💬 From the Episode:

“Skills can be taught. Energy and ownership? Not so much.”

“You’re not hiring a worker. You’re hiring a vibe.”

“Every team member is a culture carrier—make sure it’s a culture you actually want.”

🎯 Ready to Hire Differently—and Finally Build Your Dream Team?

If you're tired of hiring on hope and ready to create a team that thinks like owners, it’s time for the next step.

📞 Book a consult with Dr. Yazdan:

👉 dryazdancoaching.com/consult

Inside SMDP (The Social Dentist’s Mastermind for Dental Practice Owners), you’ll learn:

• Dr. Yazdan’s exact hiring process

• The interview questions, scorecards, and onboarding tools her clients use to find A-players

• And how to build a high-performance culture without micromanaging

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“Why do I feel off… even when everything seems fine?”

If you’ve ever asked yourself that question, this episode is exactly what you need.

In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Dr. Yazdan dives into the three invisible forces that leave so many dentists feeling stuck in their practice—even when business looks good on paper. Whether you’re:

• Feeling drained and exhausted by 10am (💥 hello, burnout),

• Watching the clock even on "easy" days (😐 cue the boredom),

• Or questioning why your growth has stalled despite working harder than ever (📉 stuck much?)…

👉 This episode will help you name it—so you can finally change it.

Dr. Yazdan shares what no one talks about in dental circles: how the emotional weight of ownership can quietly rob you of joy, clarity, and motivation—even if your practice is profitable. You’ll hear:

✅ How burnout shows up in subtle ways—and how to start healing

✅ The surprising truth about boredom (hint: it’s not about your profession—it’s about your approach)

✅ What feeling “stuck” really means, and how it might be a signal that you’ve outgrown your current role

✅ Simple mindset shifts and actionable tools you can start using today to get your energy and purpose back

💡 Plus, Dr. Yazdan opens up about her own journey—from loving dentistry to dreading every day—and how she got to the other side. If you’ve ever questioned whether it’s still possible to love your practice, this episode will reignite your hope (and your fire 🔥).

🎯 Ready for Real Change?

If you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels and finally design a practice you love to lead, it’s time to take the next step.

📞 Book your free consult with Dr. Yazdan:

👉 dryazdancoaching.com/consult

We’ll talk about where you are now, where you want to go, and how to actually get there—with strategy, systems, and mindset support inside SMDP (The Social Dentist’s Mastermind for Dental Practice Owners).

✨ Don’t settle for “fine.” Your next chapter can feel exciting again.

In this episode of The Social Dentist, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is giving you a front-row seat to the not-so-glamorous, but oh-so-relatable, world of dental practice “silent killers.” Dr. Yazdan is here to spill the tea on those sneaky habits and mindsets that can quietly put the brakes on your growth—even if your practice is already bringing in $1–3 million.

Ever find yourself hovering over your team’s shoulders, convinced that only you can refill the glove dispenser just right? Or maybe you’re so bogged down by endless decisions—should the waiting room chairs face the window or the door?—that you’re ready to swap your dental drill for a magic eight ball. Dr. Yazdan gets it. She’s breaking down why micromanagement, decision fatigue, and fuzzy leadership roles are the real cavity-causers in your business.

But don’t worry, you’re not getting a lecture—you’re getting a toolkit. Dr. Yazdan shares practical, bite-sized strategies to help you delegate like a pro, empower your team , and finally reclaim your evenings for something other than paperwork. You’ll laugh, you’ll nod in agreement, and you might just realize that working less and earning more isn’t a dental fairy tale after all. So grab your coffee, settle in, and get ready to rediscover the joy in your practice—one silent killer at a time.

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