2593: The Leadership Habits That Make Work and Life More Sustainable

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[upbeat music] Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of The Dentalpreneur Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Mark Costas. Hey, friends. How are ya? Hope you're doing awesome out there today. This is an excerpt from a talk that I gave in Charlotte, North Carolina not long ago, uh, exclusive to our DSI Mastermind group. Um, oh man, I talk about a lot of things. I talk about, um, the