2597: Building Community in a Profession That Can Feel Isolating

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The Dentalpreneur Podcast. Okay, doctor, it's time to put down that handpiece. You're listening to the show dedicated to helping dentists get their lives back. It's time to decrease your stress, increase your profitability, and regain your passion. Now introducing your host, Dr. Mark Costas.

Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Mark Costas. What's up, friends? How are you? I hope you're doing great out there today. Just coming off the road, trying to build the strength of my voice back up. I was in Fiji, then went straight to Lake Havasu with some family members for the Labor Day weekend. And here I am back in Studio 3B talking to one of my great friends, Dr. Paul Nacho Goodman today. We do a periodic kind of episode just to catch up state of dentistry and state of what's going on in his life and mine. So I'm really, really stoked to have him on here. He's the founder of... Dental Nachos and Dentist Job Connect, among other things, including a multiple practice owner with his brother, Jeff. And here he is. Paul, how are you doing today, my friend?

Awesome to be talking. You made me think. These podcasts, they become the modern day hangouts. I'm doing a Ramblings with Jason Tenori. Every other week, we do 30 minutes on