{"id":3347,"date":"2026-01-08T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:38:59","slug":"defy-gravity-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/defy-gravity-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Defy Gravity In 2026: A New Year Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1151604132?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"2026 New Year Message\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>New years do not create breakthroughs. Your decision to stop settling does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this special New Year message to our Dental Success Universe, I sit down to talk with you about one thing:&nbsp;<strong>success does not settle<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201canother year of the same.\u201d It does not wait on better patients or a friendlier economy. It sets its own rules, its own game, and its own future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video is my ritual with you, my way of helping you launch 2026 as the year you take back control of your&nbsp;<strong>life and practice<\/strong>. Not by piling on more days, more insurance plans, and more chaos, instead by doing what I call&nbsp;<strong>more, better, different<\/strong>&nbsp;on your terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I challenge you to look at your practice and your life through a completely different lens&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I talk about what you will&nbsp;<em>defy<\/em>&nbsp;this year, in your mindset and in your model, so you stop playing by everyone else\u2019s rules and start playing your own game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I push you to decide how you will&nbsp;<em>measure<\/em>&nbsp;this year, not only in production and profit, also in health, energy, and the way your days actually feel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I show you the wave that is already here (patients hungry for longevity, prevention, and quality-of-life dentistry).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I also pull back the curtain on why our universe of Huddles, Weekly Reports, Masterminds, and Retreats exists in the first place, the&nbsp;<strong>success structure<\/strong>&nbsp;around you so you can actually live the life your practice was supposed to make possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are tired of feeling like your practice runs you instead of you running it\u2026<br>If you are ready to&nbsp;<strong>do less to have more<\/strong>\u2026<br>If you know there is \u201cno greener grass\u201d out there, only a smarter way to grow what you already own\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then this New Year video is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give me a few focused minutes. 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