Designing a Practice You Love: Vision, Mentorship, and a Joy-Filled Career – Dr. Robert Hamilton: Ep #543

Does your dental practice or business bring you joy? Dr. Robert “Cree” Hamilton is an orthodontist whose journey spans a small-town upbringing, a career in the Air Force, and a dental practice in Las Vegas. His story embodies the principles of intentional design and purpose-driven leadership.

Cree shares his insights on bringing an associate into the dental practice, and the need for transparency and alignment of vision— including two powerful daily questions to clear the air and avoid hidden resentment. We emphasize creating a practice aligned with personal joy rather than solely maximizing sale value, and how doctors need to constantly evaluate what brings them energy and remove what does not. Cree shares his advice to younger dentists on knowing oneself deeply, being clear about one’s true goals, and courageously taking the less-traveled path!

Minute Markers:

01:22 – Intro to the conversation with Dr. Cree Hamilton.
03:32 – Cree’s journey into dentistry and practicing with the Air Force out in Las Vegas.
09:55 – Common things that hold dentists back from achieving their vision.
11:00 – Why you have to decide what kind of practice you want before you sell.
12:23 – The power of loving what you do.
14:11 – How Cree grew in leadership through different mentors.
16:55 – Why guidance helps us go down paths of more resistance, but greater reward.
17:54 – The Power of writing your vision vs current reality.
19:19 – How alternative investments brought him to Freedom Founders.
21:45 – What bringing on an associate looked like for Cree and his dental practice.
24:44 – Coaching laid the groundwork and managed expectations.
27:50 – Advice Cree would give to younger dentists, and his challenge to embrace curiosity,
31:18 – David’s thoughts on selling your dental practice.

If you like this episode, here are more episodes we think you’ll enjoy:

Ep #539 – Dr. Matt VanderMolen: – Building People First: Creating a High-Performance Dental Practice and Business
Ep #538 – Jake Conway – Scaling Smart: Navigating Growth, Profitability, and Dental Exit Strategies

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Power Concepts:

“What doesn’t bring joy to my life when I come to work? And I just… got rid of it, eliminated or replaced it. And within a short amount of time, I realized it’s pretty hard to have a bad day..” – Dr. Robert Hamilton

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