Maybe I Will Get Your Mojo Flowing Again

"I had lost my internal motivation and leadership skills; I was stressed and spinning my wheels. That's why I like to say this helped me get my mojo dorsum," says Dr. Sarina Tinnel. A recent graduate of PDA's Business concern Impact: Foundations class, Dr. Sarina found her normally optimistic outlook pushed to the breaking betoken. At a friend's recommendation, she signed up for Foundations. Dr. Tinnel joins us for an energizing chat about how she reclaimed her confidence through the power of:

• A prophylactic space with trusted experts and supportive peers
• Accountability to goals
• Reducing the chaos and rediscovering her passion for dentistry

You TOO, Tin GET YOUR MOJO Back! Reserve your seat at PDA'due south Business Impact: Foundations. Class begins January 14, 2020. Sign up before December 1, 2020 to get VIP Early on Bird bonus material.

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Dr. Sarina Tinnel

Dr. Sarina graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Dental Schoolhouse in 2005. Her undergraduate caste was completed one year early on and she was granted early on comprisal to dental school due to her hard work. While in loftier schoolhouse, higher and dental school she worked as a dental banana. She has been in dentistry since 1998. Dr. Sarina has had much experience in helping patients evolve their dental health into excellence. She has certifications in CEREC CAD-CAM dentistry and served on the mentor panel at CEREC Doctors on the Spear Campus. She has certifications in Invisalign, Fast Braces, Sleep Appliances and is currently working to bring awareness to Sleep Disordered Breathing.

Dr. Sarina specializes in caring for each patient equally she would a family member and strives to brand each visit their best. Her chairside discussions and calming manner make patients experience comfortable and at ease. Dr. Sarina is very passionate about her continuing education journey. She regularly attends her education classes on general dentistry in addition to whole body wellness equally it relates to slumber matted animate. She is likewise involved in local and national study clubs that help her focus on individualized patient care while using the latest engineering to assist. In her gratis fourth dimension she enjoys spending time with her husband Nick and 4 children, Jake, Zach and twins, Emery and Kate. Gracie, their dachshund, is the oldest sibling and for sure the most diva of all! The Tinnel'south savour traveling in their costless time and spending weekends enjoying sporting events for the kids.

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Chad: I am excited on a rainy cruddy solar day to talk to UMKC graduate of the same twelvemonth as me. Sarina, how are yous doing today?

01:08

SARINA: I am not bad. Republic of chad, thank you so much. And thank you for having me.

01:12

Chad: Yeah, you've got to kind of have a practiced story. I won't call information technology a fun story, but fun for us to learn from your you know, like your growth design and stuff like that. And so this last year, has been sucky for a lot of people.

01:26

SARINA: Correct? It'south been a total suck year.

01:28

REGAN: Yeah. Then Chad used to only say Sucktember, simply that was that was a lot of sucky months there.

01:37

CHAD: You know, I had never heard information technology before until this year that people were like, Sucktober so they even simply changed information technology into yous know, I've not heard anyone yet say Suckvember, simply similar I don't know when it'south gonna cease you. And then Sarina how did you lot get plugged in with the Foundation's course.

01:56

SARINA: Actually one of my great friends here in the area Overland Park Shawnee area was an function managing director her great friend is Joanne Miles. And she hooked me up with Joanne. Joanne and I get friends and she was the 1 that probably 10 times told me Sarina, you have to get hooked upwardly with PDA you lot take to get so after listen to a few of Dr. Baird'due south podcasts, I jumped on board.

02:24

CHAD: You're just wrapping upwards with the September form and whatnot. Right?

02:28

SARINA: Yep. So we did that eight week, business grade starting, I recall it was starting at the end of summer, August, September. It was, it was great. It was just how to go a business organization plan going a ii yr business program. And at first I idea there's no way I will e'er be able to practice this on my own. And no kidding, just attention the courses on Fridays for a few hours only jumped right on board. And it was really simple.

02:52

CHAD: Then what spoke to you virtually getting signed up for that? Was there something that said that is what I need.

03:00

SARINA: I feel like I had kind of lost everything. I mean, of course, my practise my patients, my team, I adore them. And everybody came through this pandemic, at this betoken, 100%, we didn't lose any team members, everything'due south groovy. But like, I had lost my internal motivation. I was only spinning my wheels, trying to go upwardly every day and get to work and manage the stress and the emotions and the heaviness of the pandemic. So I had lost my leadership skills. So I tell everybody, that PDA gave me my mojo back. So that'south what led me in that direction is, I felt the need to lead again,

03:37

Chad: At least you recognized it right. I reckon. I hateful, I, you know, like a lot of people that come to you, Reagan, you know, they don't Well, they might not know it, they might not even call you guys because they don't recognize that, y'all know, they need leadership help.

03:49

REGAN: Right? Absolutely. Well, I recall I think and specially I think COVID heightened peradventure for myself and a lot of business organization owners across the board. You know, it kind of compounded a lot of things together. So I recall I retrieve you know, like for yous Sarina, it sounds like you know, motivation, you realize you lot were just in the tank and you lot're normally upbeat personality listeners who tin't see she has this very bright glowing face up and just kind of this energy pops off of y'all. Then I can run across that would be an indicator for y'all like something'southward not right here. And did did you do a planning process? Have you lot ever washed a business planning procedure? pre COVID?

04:27

SARINA: Proficient question. I had actually hooked up with some other group, merely to help lead by Team more than. Information technology wasn't an actual focus business organisation leadership grade on my ain. It was more marketing and planning for the squad. And then this was new and foundational for my leadership skills.

04:43

REGAN: Were yous apprehensive nigh going into such a big planning process and you'd never washed

04:48

SARINA: Well, okay, this is then typical Sarina, I experience it I know this is the correct direction to go. I'm making my way to the class or yous know, this Was all zoom meetings. And I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I thought, Oh, this is corking. This is a podcast, I can listen to your zoom meeting I tin can listen to while I do my other things. As a mom of four kids, Fridays are key, for me getting things done. And so that was difficult to ready the time aside, once I realized, hey, three hours out of your day on a Friday is fine. Once I realized what information technology took, I was able to jump correct in and become.

REGAN: So did you. So did you really try initially to kind of multitask and exercise it? So?

SARINA: No, it was funny, considering I know my, okay, women, we color our hair, we got to wait good. I was at my hair appointments, yous know, maybe every couple months, or I think there was maybe two appointments in that location. And my hairdresser knew that if I had to zone out and listen to my earbuds while she did my hair. That was why and then multitasking can work a piddling flake. Merely when we did the grouping out group breakout sessions, I had to focus.

05:57

REGAN: So is that what kind of shifted it for you? Did yous feel like the breakout sessions with your peers–

05:59

SARINA: Accountability, baby, they really helped me too, and a lot of bang-up friendship and leadership from them every bit well, good feedback.

06:11

Chad: Well, if I've done the class, twice, now, the Foundation's course and I merely feel like it'southward a expert rubber space, you know, like that, that the people at that place are not looking to knock y'all or whatsoever. And there's different groups that are encouraging that way. Just this is one of those where the people that are in that location are not there to say, Oh, well, you practice it the dumb style. And, oh, you had a bad year? Well, it's because y'all're a poor businessman, you lot know, like, you lot know, anybody at that place was kind of just like, Oh, yes, no, I mean, I've had, I've had a rough year too. And let's talk nigh information technology.

06:41

SARINA: Yep. And actually, that's when I finally got the job, because you don't know what kind of group you're gonna get know, with, when you join these. Y'all don't desire the pretentious, you lot don't want the cavalier, yous want people to listen to uplift and empower you. And absolutely every step of the manner that was this group. And the neat thing about the PDA grouping is that I never felt like it was condescending or pretentious group feels like oftentimes in some of these social media circles that nosotros follow every bit dentists and when the shutdown happened, that's where I'm drawn, you lot know, I've got to get information. And some of them, they hide backside that platform, or they're on a telephone, they're not face up to face up. And then they can open up to exist a jerk or cavalier or merely, you know, not empowering not–,

07:25

Republic of chad: Not even effective. Not I mean, yous know, sometimes information technology's just a passive listener group. And that is that that's not constructive, either.

07:33

SARINA: Yeah, or trolling or, even worse, right? And then I'm grateful for the group considering we were so face to face up. And that accountability was there, and that that loving group was just all about information technology.

07:46

REGAN: So Serena, what was the walk united states through from a first person perspective, especially for anyone who hasn't washed a strategic business program? And that term merely sounds so big? What was the procedure actually like, for you?

SARINA: It was time intensive. Merely information technology was easy. Does that brand sense? You know, you guys once again, guided me through it walked me through it. And I was then blest to exist able to piece of work with you lot guys. In some instances, ane on i. So you guys could pull out of me, kind of what was needed and what got me started. So once you guys sparked that, or lit that fire, I was able just to roll with it. And the fact that you guys broke it down then easily, you know, and to yous know, we think of the two yr goal, and then 1 year, then six months, then you just take information technology like the wedges of the apple, and go a little flake by little chip makes it easy.

08:33

Republic of chad: Yeah, I liked how Victoria broke that upward and but said, Okay, we're gonna digest the whole Apple, merely let's cut it in half, then we'll cutting it in half again, then we'll cut those halves and halves in half. And and so all of a sudden, y'all know, eating an eight at a fourth dimension only seems a lot more enjoyable, doable, delicious. All that.

08:51

SARINA: Admittedly. Yes. And information technology does take time, y'all've got to piece of work on it to get y'all know, that unabridged business plan knocked out. But as long as you lot showtime, y'all're good to become. It simply flows.

09:04

Republic of chad: Have you accept you lot taken other online courses? I know for me personally, I've take I'chiliad, I guess a dental CE junkie. And so I tend to be enrolled in some thing, merely I don't frequently accept the i on one interaction, which I know tin affect me. Take yous taken other courses where you haven't had the one on one interaction? Is at that place a difference from your perspective?

09:25

SARINA: Yes. Done a ton. Are you lot kidding me? Especially during this fourth dimension? Yep. Correct. All the time. And then yep, I've done a lot just not a lot of 1 on one. I mean, y'all're i of 50 doctors and it's just yous don't take those ideal key breakout sessions. And and then the fact that you guys are willing to spend 1 on 1 time is huge. Never seen that before.

09:47

REGAN: Yeah. What almost your squad? Did yous let them know that you lot were going to become through this procedure? How did that piece of work?

09:51

SARINA: Yes, they did. They knew I was involved in something because I would spend some actress time you know at my desk, working on things or at luncheon. Time or spending some admin time, or they saw me strategically planning my schedule out to where I would block some admin time during the week if needed. They were proud of me. And then I was able, I oasis't even touched base of operations on this. Only I was able to have a leadership meeting in Oct.

It was about iii weeks agone, we met, I shared with them what I had learned on my journey, what my business organization roadmap is, nosotros set up a vision for the do. We've got goals set for 2020. We're working on the goals still for 2021. We're not there. 100%. Simply yeah, so I think they were excited equally I was.

ten:37

REGAN: Wow, that's incredible. Aye.

10:xl

SARINA: It's more than work for them. Because I hateful, there were sure tasks that I had to assign. And then they're decorated working on that, really. I'm very proud of them right now. They are in the middle of a staff meeting right at present without me. They're leading. They are seeking it on their own. And that is huge.

10:55

REGAN: Yep. Now you've known me, you know that you've grown? Yep, when that happens, that'due south awesome.

11:00

SARINA: Yep. Left, the reins, go and become kids.

11:03

CHAD: So I know on the crook sheet that I take that yous take for kids and the husband and your and your dog and whatnot. And y'all guys like So? Are you practicing four days a week?

eleven:15

SARINA: I am. Yep. Okay.

xi:18

CHAD: Yeah. And you do four clinical days a calendar week.

11:21

SARINA: You got it.

xi:22

CHAD: Okay. Well, so what are y'all looking forrad to nigh virtually your practice now, at present that you have the vision now that yous've bandage with your squad, similar, here's what we're going to exist doing and you're going to be irresolute information technology more oft than just the traditional annual plan as Victoria kind of explains. So what are you looking forward to most about your exercise now?

11:43

SARINA: So I guess looking forward to the cheesy, I mean, the real honest respond is helping patients and, and moving forward with that board momentum, helping the families, that sort of thing. I'm also excited to come across other like-minded professionals, right? So I have to become this interdisciplinary team backside or behind me or as a group together. So that's what I'm most excited about is getting to know the pediatric EMT, the adult EMT, we've got the physical therapists, the chiropractors, orthodontists getting that interdisciplinary team going as well.

12:xx

REGAN: It is a lot. And it's and information technology'south and it's exciting, because I tin can meet your passion just bursting out. I hateful, this is your life work. Yous're very passionate about this. Where do you think you would be today if yous had not gone through the past 8 calendar week program?

12:37

SARINA: It'due south a great question. Um, for me, I feel like I would however be spinning my wheels, I, you know, there'south a certain level of exhaustion that comes when you don't really know where you're going. Yous don't have vision, you don't accept forward momentum. And so I would probably only be spinning my wheels frustrated, burned out, etc. Doing the same sometime, same erstwhile.

12:58

REGAN: What, if you could get back in time, so because there are probably doctors out there that may feel that manner. Right now, today? If yous could go back to Sarina, that's, you know, right in the midst of COVID? What would yous tell yourself?

13:14

SARINA: That's kind of provoking an emotional response for me, the large thing I would tell myself is don't worry as much. There's a lot of fright and a lot of worry that I had back in March and April. And knowing that I was able to get, well, we're non done, just get to this point. And keep that forward momentum. I would take told myself, don't worry, information technology's all going to be it's all gonna be okay. Keep trucking.

13:42

REGAN: That's wonderful. What advice would yous accept to doctors that may exist feeling that mode right now,

13:47

SARINA: Keep on with your passion. You know, yous honey dentistry for a reason. We merely have to not exist and so afraid. And proceed to brand steps. It may be, you know, i pace frontwards and to step back, but go on that forrad momentum going, continue to learn, proceed, go along to love what nosotros do. And we'll get through this together and stay together.

14:07

Chad: You know, I have a lot of respect for the dentists that are moms, and that are, you know, spouses and stuff like that, considering that's non all of them. But you know, the ones that are, they've got a lot vying for their attention. Yes, a male dentist has enough and, you know, a lot of male dentists, you know, strive to be skilful fathers. It's not that, but I hate to exist sexist about it, just we're probably non cooking dinner, you know, similar, yous know, there are those little factors that add up that, you know, that the organisation that you accept to have must be immaculate, and it does stir your brain towards entropy to anarchy, you know, like that, that you've got to bring that focus back more just the average person is all I'm saying.

14:52

SARINA: Actually, I've never recognized that but yous speak very truthfully, Chad. You're an amazing doctor to exist cognizant of male versus female difference. I mean, suppose y'all're amazing for recognizing that because I think equally challenging, correct, the begetter office has equal challenges with certain activities. Simply yous're right, that entropy and that cluttered state that nosotros stay in, it is hard to reel that in. And maybe that'due south what I felt during the pandemic or during the shutdown is simply and so much anarchy in my life. And information technology was nice to get it written down on a clear vision.

15:28

CHAD: Have you ever had and so many stressors? All at once?

fifteen:32

SARINA: Nope.

Chad: Well, I remember, in Feb, no, early on March, possibly I'm lying in bed and feeling a weight on my chest. And I've heard that described earlier, just I was just like, Homo, I'chiliad finding it hard to breathe. I'm simply similar, what's, what is this about? Encounter, but I'm a guy. And I'm like, I don't know what's going on. I'm like, What? What, yous know, trying to think, is this physiologic? And? No, because nosotros at that point, nosotros were, I was wondering, are we going to have to close? Y'all know, it was still the question of like, are we freaking gonna seriously have to shut over this garbage? And, you know, only existence well worried about that, you know, like, do I then fire people like, similar, do nosotros, where am I gonna take to close? How am I going to have enough money? I hateful, y'all know, none of this.

Basically, the details came out little past little that. Oh, yeah. The government's gonna have trillions of dollars for you. Oh, okay. Well, that'll help. Just notice, you didn't know this in early March. Little, piddling did I know, as well, that, you know, nosotros'd be worried six months later, without a regime support, like a no crutch in in September, October, November, for when y'all're six months after closing? March, April, May. And for some people like Oregon, June, I lie, you know, and so it has been rough, and it was unprecedented. And I feelings that I had really never felt earlier that. I was just like, Why? Why does it feel like there's a lack of oxygen in this room?

I'm like, it'due south like, oh, it'south only a small panic attack near you know, stuff that y'all're not, you know, like, I didn't feel exacerbated or, or tired about it, where like, I was, you know, like, virtually to cry or anything like it. Not to say that that was wrong, merely I didn't feel that way. But similar, it's just similar, why am I having trouble breathing? Information technology's similar, Well, my own biology was telling me that it'southward just like, dude, like, you are weighing a lot on you lot right now. And it doesn't know how to tell me that it doesn't know what to practice other than merely saying, you know, similar, y'all're not, you're not even breathing. Right. Y'all know, it was rough.

17:39

SARINA: That is insane. I think a lot of u.s.a. tin echo the same affair. Of course, the panic hack, the fright the unknown. Information technology's impressive that you recognize it as a panic attack.

17:fifty

CHAD: At first I didn't, I was like, what's going on? But, yep, well see, the problem is, you know, if the average person has $50,000 worth of business concern for their salary or something like that, you know, ours, like 50,000, it'due south like, Oh, you mean a week or a year? Similar, what are you lot talking nearly? You know, so like, the stakes are bigger, and we have more people that have mouths to feed that we're feeding them, and we care about our team? And therefore, the lies on our shoulder? I mean, you know, kind of the buck stops hither, right?

18:22

SARINA: Absolutely. Yes. And that human relationship that you lot have with the team goes farther, like you said, mouths to feed. You know, every single ane of your squad members, yous know, their spouse, y'all know, their children, you know, what grades they're in, you know, what activities they do you know so much about them. And then they you love them, right here for them? Aye. Did you accept to become through team turnover through all of this? Or were you able to kind of skate by I was so blessed, you know what they they came through 100% of them came dorsum, they rallied, just it wasn't easy.

I'yard sure you guys all had the same issue. We had went through a team transition November of final year, my office director retired she had been with me for 13 years. And then she had retired. And I hired a new function manager. And so, you know, we just nosotros had grown so much. And then there were two new front desk. And so we've grown so much this year that we had another hygienist even she started four downwardly, and I ended up employing her part fourth dimension then. And then we pulled her into full time correct away considering we knew nosotros would have some catching upward to do so. I was lucky that I connected with everybody.

Only I remember in May and there were a lot of tears. Yous know, the day we had to get-go support. I had one pulled me aside. She said she'due south not prepare and she almost had a panic attack. Yep. I person asked if she could work from home and I'm like, uh, works but yep. Allow'due south try this. I my whole motto through it all was lead with love. Yous know, be as supportive equally yous tin exist. You have no answers. They accept no answers. You're trying your best as a leader but even our leaders have no answers. So I told my forepart desk and similar, sure, if you lot desire to work from home, let'due south effort it while she called the next day and said, I'll be back.

xx:07

CHAD: Well, at that place was a betoken when, you lot know, we didn't know if it was strictly airborne, or if it was, yous know, on surfaces or if it was, you know, like droplet or, or what, you know, so the question was like, if am I, you know, practise people subconsciously first wondering, merely similar with AIDS, if I look at them, am I gonna become it, you know, and people's eyes even start darting down and yous don't want to contact humans and, and the stuff that does to your mind, information technology's very impressive that you kept your squad considering I'll admit, I remember half my squad said, see ya, they found another job somewhere else for a buck more than an hr, they institute, you know, that they wanted to, you know, so there was lots of stuff going on, we had a high turnover, and I thought my people were happy. So shoot, you know, what'due south information technology like, at a place that, you know, like, is bad word?

20:55

SARINA: Exactly. But information technology was prime time for stuff like that, that that turmoil that everybody's feelings? I'm sorry, it was opportunity. Oh, listen, I'grand over it. Similar, we information technology's all for the improve. And I'm fifty-fifty excited for the people that you know, institute a chore closer to their firm, and they got paid better. You know, what, if I'1000 happy for them, and doing it out of dear is just like, movement on it? Yous know, like, absurd with me, you know, like, I don't want to run across you get, but at the same time, we're only allotted a certain amount of time to work with anybody. Right. So, correct.

21:31

SARINA: And, you lot know, sometimes the matter that we fearfulness the nearly, you know, losing that employee, or volition I be able to get through is oftentimes not as bad, you lot know, in reality, so it's fine. Only allow it go and move on.

21:44

CHAD: Yep, I mean, information technology sounds very stoic. But I even just say, Listen, if, you know, a few years agone, when I had my burn down accident and stuff, I was just like, if I would have died, the office would have gone on, y'all know, like, life goes on, people die. And I mean, I'm not trying to be grave about information technology. But at the aforementioned time, information technology's like information technology, only it's a reality. Like, information technology's just like, brand an impact while yous're here. Because when y'all're not here, you know, you'll have an occasional memory with the special people. And that matters. It does. But onward we move we're humans, and we have to.

22:15

REGAN: Admittedly.

22:16

CHAD: So I mean, I'm merely going to work with my hygienist. I don't fifty-fifty care if it's for the side by side 40 years. 30 years, 20 years, 10 years. I mean, at that place, in that location comes a point where information technology'southward but xl more years. It's gonna be over like that.

22:29

SARINA: I'chiliad impressed. This has been and then fun chatting with y'all well-nigh this, considering this has highlighted some of the things that are still some of my fears. You lot know, what if I do have some turnover, you know, if there is another, you know, they e'er speculate that there'south more than shutdowns coming or tightening of the noose like, what if I have to go through this once again? And knowing that I'll be okay, is the majority of my response these days?

22:53

REGAN: Yep. Wow, Serena, you lot are an absolute inspiration. I call back fearfulness is fueled past the unknown. And you making the commitment because it is a commitment to learning see is one thing, but implementing information technology is an entirely dissimilar affair. And I think that steps missed a lot. And so your dedication and commitment to facing the unknown, and not letting fear gobble you upwardly actually inspires all of us on this telephone call. And I'm certain our listeners every bit well. So parting notes for you. What are y'all well-nigh excited nigh going forward?

23:28

SARINA: I am excited to get my airway practice started upwards and and become that moving forward. Of class, I've got this huge journey ahead with the modules that I'm learning from and just the experts that accept paved the style for me. So I don't want to reinvent the wheel again. I want to continue to acquire from these people and proceed on and modify the lives of many of the families that I treat. Unbelievable.

23:53

REGAN: Give thanks you so much for joining us, Dr. Sarina. It has been a pleasure.

23:58

SARINA: Well, cheers guys. And it was so wonderful to run across you, Chad.

24:02

CHAD: Yeah, you as well. I'g really looking forward to seeing you lot on Thursday. Let's wrap this upwardly on video.

24:06

REGAN: Okay, sounds skilful.

24:07

Republic of chad: All right. Accept a adept rest of the 24-hour interval. And thank you for our listeners for listening to our early November session of everyday practices.

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