If I had graduated this year,(instead of 31 years ago), but with all the knowledge I've had over the last 31 years, there are some changes, some differences I might take to the way I navigate my life forward in the second half of the 1st year of graduation and so I thought I would pop these down now, most as a reflection to myself, but also as a point for your own discussion with yourself.
Number one,
As I returned to work in January, I would also work harder, not less hard.
Number two,
The harder work that I was carrying out would be smarter, and I would do it with a plan. I would plan to educate myself as well as possible, to upskill as much as feasible, and to create a situation where I was able to save some money from the money that I was earning at the moment.
Number three,
I would take some time away to think and to speak to people who are clever about what the world might look like 5 years from now in dentistry and in the career that I've chosen, and I would modify my plan towards that 5 years, not away from it.
Number four,
I would resolve to find time in the busy schedule that I will undoubtedly now have for health and for investment in my ‘ intangible assets’.
Intangible assets are the things you collect, which are of no obvious financial value, such as education and experience, health, motivation, and joy.
The things I would not do when I reached January of 2026, having been qualified for six months, are the following.
Number one,
Look forward towards getting the biggest NHS contract as an associate that I could, because that would lead to potentially the end of all the wonderful things in my life that it would be possible to have.
Number two,
I would not cut down my working time; I would increase it. But perhaps not increase it entirely on the clinical aspect, but on other aspects to make my dentistry better.
And Number three,
I would build a network, as many people as I could, who I wanted to be like, people who inspired me, and I would keep in contact with them for the rest of my life.
Blog Post Number - 4396
Colin Campbell, Chris Barrow, and an intrepid group of dentists will be cycling across the plains of Tanzania from Kilimanjaro in early February 2026. If you would like to support the charity, Bridge to Aid, and this extraordinary challenge, please click here.Thank you for your generosity.
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