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24. Fomo - published 11.07.2013

This was first published on the 11th July 2013 and Fomo stands for Fear of Missing Out which was a concept that was introduced to me by Seth Godin and is something that has stayed with me ever since and something that i try to restrict in my own life to keep myself away from the damaging effects of this.

The happiest people that i seem to come across are the people that are least effected by this concept. 

I first saw it on Seth Godins blog but I am sure someone else invented it. This is a condition which is rife throughout dentistry and can be seen by people who are desperate to be millionaires, copying any seemingly good idea they see which might get them ‘the next big thing’

It is quite a staggering thing to watch as you observe people in dentistry who will buy really expensive capital equipment or instigate procedures into their practice that they may not be properly trained to perform because they feel as if they are missing out if they don’t. It is not a considered approach but it is certainly something that I have been really guilty of previously. Not just in dentistry but in other aspects of my life.

The real contented individual would be free from such influences and be able to consider a path towards excellence and mastery in one or a few small areas and proceed in a contented way towards that.

Fomo is destructive, it distracts and deflects from the true course and should be avoided at all times.

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