Private practice owner - Cold start in 2011. Bringing you the content I wanted but couldn't find in a weekly podcast, nuggets, + videos. Let's talk Optometry!
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The successful owners I admire are still taking notes and looking for 1% improvement. I’m learning to appreciate what I’ve built while staying curious.
Listen to my whole thought process on The Ultimate O.D.: open.spotify.com/episode/5Wj…
Early in my optometry practice, I worried about getting anyone on the schedule. Today I’m asking how to develop associates and leaders. Those questions are hard, but I had to build something before I could have them.
Developing an associate is a challenge I couldn’t have handled before hiring one. I can appreciate that opportunity and still admit I need to learn how to do it better.
Is today’s problem an old pattern or a new responsibility? Check out the latest podcast episode as you decide what your practice needs next: open.spotify.com/episode/5Wj…
I still need to develop strategic thinking, communication, and the ability to read business metrics. My role is to guide the organization and help its people find answers together.
Where does your practice need expertise beyond yours? I discuss that shift in how I see the CEO role on the latest podcast episode.
Listen here as you think about the team you want to build: open.spotify.com/episode/4CE…
I want doctors who excel at their clinical work, managers who lead well, and marketing and financial people who know their fields better than I do. Their expertise is part of what I’m trying to build.
A bigger optometry practice can look overwhelming if you assume you need to be its best doctor, manager, marketer, and financial expert. I’m learning to picture a team with expertise beyond my own.
Ask the owner ahead of you what broke, what they missed, and what they’d do differently.
Their answers can improve your decisions without becoming your blueprint. I share how I have learned to do this on the latest episode; listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4CE…
The version of me who opened my optometry practice in 2011 couldn’t run the business I have today. My appointment system was notebook paper. I hadn’t hired an associate or developed a manager.
I don’t know how to run my future practice today. I can name plenty of skills I need to develop. The useful question is whether I can learn them, not whether I already have them all.
What’s routine now that once felt impossible? I share the early attempts behind my confidence on The Ultimate O.D.; listen here as you consider what you could learn next: open.spotify.com/episode/4CE…
If your 5-year practice plan were guaranteed to work, would you still want the calendar and responsibility it creates? That question changed how I look at growth.
Listen to the full episode here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/5en…
There’s always another optometry practice with more revenue or more locations. If comparison is what sets your goals, the finish line keeps moving.
Your answer may be a great single location and four clinical days. It may be a larger organization. Name the life you want first, then decide which avenue of growth helps you build it.
Before setting your next practice goal, ask: what will reaching it make possible?
I dig into that question in the latest episode of The Ultimate O.D.; listen here while you set your own direction 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/5en…
Ask the owner you admire: How much time are you in clinic? What surprised you? What would you change?
Their answers show you a possible life, not a rule to follow.
I share my questions on The Ultimate O.D.; listen here 👉 spotifycreators-web.app.link…