The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes 2454: MAX OUT 2026: Discovering Purpose-driven Goals
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Feb 26, 2026 Dr. Matt Slivka, a dental coach and DSI Black Belt who helps dentists set purpose-driven goals and lead with intention. He challenges rote production targets, asks where you are underperforming and what you truly want. Conversation covers designing daily life, choosing meaningful trade-offs, building tiny disciplines, and shaping goals to serve a purposeful, sustainable future.
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Identify Where You're Living Below Your Privileges
- Ask yourself where you're living below your privileges to reveal neglected areas like health, family, or efficiency.
- Matt Slivka used his own examples: distracted parenting, unfocused workouts, and sporadic sibling contact as areas with untapped potential.
Cruise Story About Missing What You Paid For
- Story of a man who saved for a cruise but lived only on canned food and missed included experiences.
- Slivka used it to illustrate living beneath privileges and missing life experiences due to unnecessary frugality.
Start With What You Actually Want
- Reframe goals as answers to What do I want rather than tasks you ought to do.
- Slivka recommends listing detailed daily/weekly wants (energy after work, fun workplace) before listing actions to get them.
