Why Brilliant Dentists Fail and Average Ones Win
james2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00Why do brilliant dentists fail while average ones get rich? I've watched it happen for years and it stops surprising people once they understand it. There are enormously intelligent, highly capable clinicians who rack up failure after failure, and dentists with merely decent skills who become immensely successful. Clinical brilliance and business success are two different games. The successful ones aren't smarter, they've built the learned skills the school never taught: managing themselves, choosing what to pursue, building habits, turning ideas into action. None of that is innate. It's developed, the same way you developed your hands. So if you're the [...]