“The thing that got you where you are today is not going to be the thing that gets you to the next place.”
When you share your answer (below)…I will tell you how this dramatically affects your future success.
Don’t be shy, go ahead and share.
When you share your answer (below)…I will tell you how this dramatically affects your future success.
Don’t be shy, go ahead and share.
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12 responses to “What Do These Words of Wisdom Mean To You?”
We have the same story james. I was actually kick out of the program and beg to be back in. There was one person that believe in me. There were a lot times I didn’t believe in me. Faith and believing in god is my motivation today. I’m also very blessed to have a very loyal and dedicated staff. I love going to the gym and riding my motorcycle . I dedicate my clinic of giving good quality of care and I do a lot of pro bono. The difference between your practice and mine is that my population are all seniors. back in the days I followed you everywhere. Went to all your seminar and even did Hawaii. What I like about you is you speak from the heart. There’s times when things are not going well and it’s out of your hands . All you can do is pray .
Innovate or Die.
I have to innovate; pay attention to the changing world around me and create what people don’t even know they want or need. What I’ve already done won’t work because that was the new thing at the time, but now it is old. I have to keep creating.
What worked last year or last month may not work today. Principles may stay the same , but the techniques and strategies constantly change. So, we must constantly change the way we approach to reach higher levels of progression.
Throughout my life my mom has always had the best advice, always had my back. Now my mom is slowing down ( her words), it’s harder for her to have the best answer, advice for me in this uncertain world/ Business. And it’s scary to me to be more on my own,to look elsewhere for wisdom & clarity. Now it’s my turn to help her, to be there for her.
I know the world is changing in terms of eccomerce & we as a private practice must move w/it, but it’s learning to move more confidently on my own that more closely affects my destination.
After over 35 yrs a private practice owner here are some observations about change through the yrs:
In the beginning it was me and the local hospital. Just making people aware of an alternative, having an Ortho group supporting my small office was a big help.
Taking advantage of opportunities in sports medicine/AT services, industrial health, advanced training in Orthopedic Nd manual therapy have me some distinguishing niche markets.
Altering my growth from one partner to 3 as we grew led to expansion still a little under the radar so to speak until we bought and/or built our our facilities in 2 markets. Then we got attention and hospitals realized we were cutting in on their turf.
Ortho’s now wanted a piece of the pie in a major way, hospitals wanted to enfold us into their plans. We we both honored by the recognition and fearful we would get swallowed up. So we developed a strategy to coop w a hospital system, fight the POPTS and that allowed for further growth. But at a cost of lost of identity to a hospital system that had bigger fish to fry than just Rehab. We got them into new markets but at a cost of eventual splitting up and being now behind ever growing and emboldened POPTS and out patient facilities from hospitals, corporate PT and other PT competitors. We were not aligned in offensive strategies to move ourselves back to the original growth concepts because we we reactive not so much re building w new strategies.
So in a reactive mode we are now 3 sites not 6, reducing owners from 4 to 2 by end of this yr.
But, we are refocusing on what we do right, getting ourselves out from under defensiveness to enabling ourselves to do well what distinguishes is from anyone else. And more importantly not put someone down to bring us up. We have to better than petty PT mindset that says there are a finite number of patients in a given market. They some other PT practice is not as good as us.
The best thing about today is that PT is now a viable recognized first option for Neuro-Musculoskeletal Health. Forget the DC, MT, AcuP, bodyworker competitive markets. We need to use the APTA, the advanced and continued learning and build what we want. Not what others see as “success”.
People like you, James Ko, help us realize that the PT profession needs to wake up, get out from under the control of non PT’s, take the challenges that face the is as we address the health needs of communities as uniquely trained to be the go to medical professional to restore N-MS health.
Would I do things differently from when I started till now.? You bet!
But now the question is now how will I apply my vision for a healthy practice to my staff, my community.
The only constant in life is change. Change should be embraced, but many people shy away from it. Many companies on the DOW today were not even a business 20 years ago and there are companies that were on the DOW 20 years ago that are no longer in business. Those that are no longer in business became complacent and did not embrace and accept the changes in our ecomony. It’s important to always be doing your best to get better-master your craft.
Grow to Go! That means mentally, emotionally, spiritually in order to see where you really are and where you want to be. New strategy for a new day! Always a fresh beginning! The only thing that is the same…don’t give up!
Don’t rest on your laurels, keep moving to find ways to grow, to thrive in this ever-changing environment we are in.
I am licensed in PT, Acupuncture, & Herbal Medicine … for past 15 yrs — PT for 25 yrs as a Manual Therapist. I am good at all of these practices.
The downfall has always been:
Marketing and Business acumen — overshadowed by entities and individuals who are allowed to compete without proper training/licensure (read, MD’s, Chiro’s, a few MS Therapists, and PT’s trying to integrate some of what I do without being very effective … and, therefore, giving integrative practice a “bad name”).
So as I continue to grow, learn, and capitalize on my strengths — I am trying to learn the field of Marketing … and use of Social Media for that purpose. However, adapting to this is time-consuming and beset with charlatans claiming expertise for surprisingly high cost and seemingly low effectiveness.
It takes a particular skillset to be a therapist. It takes a different one to be an “owner.” It takes a different to grow bigger into multiple locations, etc. If you don’t continue to grow, you will remain where you are at.
To me, this means that we are constantly learning and changing. Even though we had skills and knowledge that got us to today, we will learn new skills and information that will get us to our next point in life. I love this quote because I am all about growth and learning new information! We are constantly adapting to our ever changing environment.