How does happiness in practice connect to doing more procedures I love? The two feed each other, and most dentists badly underestimate it. When you do more of the procedures that put you into a state of flow, the deep focus where the work absorbs you and time disappears, you come home different. Doctors who make this shift report real changes in their happiness, in the operatory and at home. It is not a soft side benefit. It is a direct result of changing your behaviors and your environment so your days fill with work that engages you instead of work [...]