Picture this:
You’ve just finished a grueling work day. You saw six clients back to back. You are more than ready to call it a day. You have steaming bowl of Phở and a warm bath waiting for you at home.
You’ve not driven far before your car starts sputtering and eventually rolls to a stop.
You have no idea where to start with this whole vehicle-stalling thing. Your brain is totally fried from a long day and home feels so far away.
Like any normal person, you assess your options. I mean, your back seat would make a pretty decent bed. You realize you could maybe fit a nice cooler in your trunk and fill it with ice purchased from the gas station across the street. You figure, there must be a library nearby, so you could get a new book first thing in the morning. Who needs that dirty ole bath anyways? Your car would make a perfectly reasonable home.
Wait? WHAT?!
No, no, no. You wouldn’t do that.
- You’d call AAA!
- If that didn’t work, you’d head over to that gas station and asked the attendant for help.
- If that didn’t work, you’d call your mom, your best friend, your neighbor.
- If all else failed, you’d leave your car there and catch a taxi, a bus or just walk.
By hook or by crook you’d make it home, no matter what it took.
Accident in the road? Find a new route.
Traffic at a stand still? Flip on the radio and do some deep breathing.
Tire goes flat? YouTube that shit. Nothing would stop you from getting to your destination.
Yet, when it comes to creating a thriving private practice, we so often get discouraged, confused, frustrated, impatient and simply give up – deciding to settle for…”meh, whatever.”
Rather than pushing forward no matter what, we begin assessing our trunk to see if it could fit an ice chest and testing the cushions on our back seat. We decide to settle for the business we’re stuck with, as opposed to getting “home” to the business that we initially set out to reach.
The #1 factor in creating a truly successful private practice? Perseverance.
Think back to the car analogy. When you hit an obstacle on your way home, it doesn’t even cross your mind to give up and live out of your car. Why? You have such a clear and unshakeable vision of what it means to be home that abandoning that destination isn’t even an option.
It is easy to persevere – come what may – when you have a visceral experience of where you are going.
In order to reach your private practice destination, it is essential to have this very same clear, solid, unshakeable vision. Without this visceral clarity, you will be easily knocked off your path. Maybe you’ll successfully navigate the first hurdle, possibly the second, maybe even the 3rd, but without a consistent experience that your destination is inevitable, the 47th or 147th obstacle will prove your business’s downfall.
If your “WHY” is rickety, vague or ill-defined, your practice will crumble. Fortunately, your business gives you observable clues that can help you discern if your foundation is firm or riddled with holes.
Over the next three weeks, I will address three fundamental concepts that you must consider when creating the ‘Inevitable Experience of Home’ in regards to your private practice destination.
The three key factors in creating a successful private practice foundation include:
- Time
- Money
- Intention
I will lead you through a set of exercises that will help you get crystal clear on your fundamental Why as it relates to these three concepts. This will help you move from settling for a private practice that is “meh” to creating an internal compass that will lead you to your desired destination – no matter what obstacles arise along your journey home.
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