Dental Nachos Presents: "Managing Overwhelm as a Dentist" with Dr. Mark Costes

This course explores the true root causes of overwhelm in modern dental practice and challenges the common belief that it is a time management issue. Instead, overwhelm is reframed as a result of excessive cognitive load, decision fatigue, and lack of structured systems. Participants will learn the physiological and psychological drivers of overwhelm and gain practical frameworks to reduce mental noise, improve clarity, and operate more effectively as leaders. Through a combination of research-backed insights and actionable strategies, this course equips dentists to move from reactive execution to intentional, high-level leadership.

Dr. Mark Costes is committed to helping dentists achieve their full potential and has founded both the Dental Success Institute* and the Dental Success Network* to help dentists excel within the profession of dentistry. *Sponsors of Dental Nachos

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Define overwhelm as a function of cognitive, emotional, and decision overload rather than workload alone
Identify key contributors to overwhelm including decision fatigue, multitasking, cognitive saturation, and environmental inputs
Apply systemization and prioritization strategies to reduce cognitive load and improve operational efficiency
Implement practical tools such as delegation, constraint, and structured workflows to regain control and clarity
Recognize the role of recovery, environment, and stimulation (sleep, movement, caffeine, information intake) in maintaining high cognitive performance
Develop a sustainable framework for transitioning from reactive decision-making to proactive leadership

Dr. Paul Goodman

Dr. Paul Goodman is a dentist, multiple-practice owner, and founder of both Dental Nachos and Dentist Job Connect.

Many people know him as Dr. Nacho. His online and virtual community of over 70,000 dentisting humans strive to help each other increase happiness, decrease stress and reduce the number of times dentists feel like crying inside a day.

Dentist Job Connect is proud to help practice owners connect with associate dentists to share in the joy of dentisting, which Dr. Nacho describes as full contact arts and crafts.

Dr. Mark Costes

Dr. Mark Costes is far from a typical dentist and dental coach. During his career, he has been able to start or acquire over a dozen successful dental practices during some of the profession’s most challenging times. Dr. Costes’s journey has not come without its setbacks. In fact, he credits much of his success to the fact that he made more mistakes in his first year of private practice ownership than most dentists make in an entire career. What separated him from the masses, however, was the fact that he viewed each failure and roadblock as a learning experience and an opportunity to improve his business and life. This philosophy, as well as his decision to model the world’s most successful business owners, has led him to where he is today.

Dr. Costes is founder of the Dental Success Institute, a company committed to helping dentists achieve their full potential, while recapturing their passion for dentistry. He is also the founder of the Horizon Schools of Dental Assisting which has experienced explosive growth and has expanded to over one hundred and eighty locations throughout the United States. He is the co-founder and CEO of the Dental Success Network. Dr. Costes is the International and #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of the book Pillars of Dental Success. His podcast, The Dentalpreneur Podcast now has listenership from over 130 countries worldwide.