Ha! No one has asked me that, and it’s a great question. I did have a lot of people shadow me, and I lied… sort of. I never encouraged them to switch paths, and always pretended that it was good. I sometimes wondered if my “good” was so lukewarm that my true feelings were obvious. I never said it was great, awesome, the best experience of my life, etc… I just couldn’t bring myself to say any of those things. But I did always tell people how hard the work is and not to expect it to be an easy ride.

In your time as a dentist did you ever have pre-dental college students ask to shadow you? What did you tell them when they asked how you liked your career?

I know! I actually thought about the affair analogy also. My affair behind dentistry’s back was the best thing ever. Not an ounce of guilt! When I entered my first travel contest I would sit in my office working on it and hiding it from everyone around me. It gave me so much hope and made being at work a little bit better. Then when I started my weight loss business, I was able to work both that and dentistry at the same time. Whatever, dentistry deserved it. I wasn’t getting enough love. 😉