The Scope of Practice Podcast: Recent Episodes
Brent Lacey and Doctor Podcast Network
Dr. Brent W. Lacey, M.D. teaches healthcare professionals how to manage their businesses successfully and master their personal finances. Most physicians and dentists enter their profession with large amounts of personal debt, and beyond that - they begin working with no knowledge of how to actually run a clinical practice. You should be able to help your patients and do what you love without being stressed by all the other obligations that come with managing your medical practice. Dr. Lacey interviews physicians and other industry experts on topics such as physician burnout, financial independence, business management, leadership, personal growth, marriage, parenting, side hustles, marketing and branding, and medical education. You shouldn’t have to feel overwhelmed by the pressures of running your practice or by your own personal finances. Restore the joy you receive from helping your patients, knowing you have the knowledge and skills to handle all the other responsibilities that come with that. Hit “subscribe” and get ready to change your life.
Episode 100 - This is a bittersweet episode for me, since it’s going to be my final podcast. The last 2 years has been a phenomenal journey for all of us. I’ve gotten emails from so many of you telling me how valuable this content has been, and I’m so grateful to have been part of your journey. I set out to create a platform to empower physicians to take control of their careers, their families, and their personal finances. My hope was to embolden you with knowledge and encouragement so you can live your best life on your terms. Now, after over 75,000 downloads, 100 weekly episodes, and 19 Sunday Specials, I hope I’ve given you some of those tools that you need.
That’s why I’m so excited about today’s discussion. As physicians, I think we know better than anyone else what we need to take care of our patients. The government isn’t coming to help us. The government is full of people who don’t know or can’t understand how to care for patients because they’ve never had to do it. You’re a physician. You should be the one in charge of making decisions for your patients. If we’re going to make that a reality, we have to start by taking charge of ourselves.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
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Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Episode 99 - What would it be like to work in a place where everyone genuinely enjoyed working there? Wouldn't you love to have a healthy workplace environment, low staff turnover, and high productivity? According to today's guest, William Vanderbloemen, your company's success lives and dies with how effectively you develop a healthy, vibrant team culture.
A good team culture doesn't develop by accident. It's something you create over time through nurture and deliberate planning. Cultivating a good team culture will lead to lower staff turnover, increased profitability, better team morale, and a more positive work experience.
I hope you enjoy this week's episode as William Vanderbloemen shares the key features that you need in order to ensure that your team culture is healthy. Whether you're joining an established company or starting your own, there are great tips in here that you need! Sit back and listen to a great conversation about how you as a leader can build the company of your dreams with the team you already have in place.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
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Meet William Vanderbloemen
William Vanderbloemen has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of professional executive search.
William is regularly invited to speak across the country in both church services and as a resource to churches and conferences on leadership. His latest book is Culture Wins: The Roadmap To An Irresistible Workplace.
- COVID-19 - https://www.vanderbloemen.com/covid19
- Next: Pastoral Succession That Works: https://www.vanderbloemen.com/next-pastoral-succession-that-works-book
Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Episode 98 -When did the phrase, “I’m busy” become a badge of honor? I’ve been wrestling with this lately. When did we get to a point when someone asks “How’s it going?” and we reply “It’s busy” like it’s something we’re proud of? I think part of it comes from the mistaken impression the busy-ness equals accomplishment. It’s all too easy for us to get caught up in the idea that being busy means we’re getting stuff done, or that we’re accomplishing everything we want to do. Sometimes being busy just means running around putting out fires and never getting to the things that actually matter to you. Today’s guest is going to teach us how to get “un-busy” so we can reclaim our time and our sanity and make room for the things that are truly important to us. It's time to get Unbusy.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
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Free Resource: 5 Critical Tools for Physician Leaders
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Episode 97 - Up to 80% of physicians report experiencing symptoms of burnout. >60% of all people nationally feel some degree of dissatisfaction at work. If you're one of those people, maybe it's because you feel stuck in neutral. Maybe you're just not getting what you need from the people that work with you. As Ken Coleman discusses in this episode, there's a simple fix.
Ken Coleman is a nationally syndicated radio host and hosts The Ken Coleman Show podcast. That podcast is consistently ranked in the top 3 of all career-related podcasts. Ken is experienced and knowledgeable, and he's going to help us figure out how to jumpstart our career growth using the Proximity Principle. Don't wait for something good to come along - make it happen!!!
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
FREE disability quotes from Pearson Ravitz: www.pearsonravitz.com
Pearson Ravitz has an amazing platform for helping doctors easily navigate the world of disability insurance. They can find you true "own-occupation" disability insurance in minutes, and it's completely free to get the quotes!
Free Resource: 5 Critical Tools for Physician Leaders
Meet Ken Coleman
Ken is the #1 national bestselling author of The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to the Career You Love. He is also the author of One Question: Life-Changing Answers from Today’s Leading Voices. At Ramsey Solutions, he hosts The Ken Coleman Show, a nationally syndicated radio show — part of the Ramsey Network — that airs in more than 35 cities across the U.S every weekday.
Buy the book!
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Episode 96 - Public speaking is the #1 fear for a huge percentage of people. Many people report that they fear public speaking more than death. But, what if you had a formula for crafting and delivering the perfect presentation? Wouldn't that make public speaking less scary? In this week's episode, Nancy Duarte breaks down the formula for the perfect speech, backed by hard science, and gives us a step-by-step plan for creating the perfect presentation.
You can use these techniques for a big formal conference presentation, or something simple like a presentation to your team about your newest upcoming project. Nancy's TEDx Talk on how to create the perfect speech has millions of views, and she goes into even greater detail in this episode.
Bookmark this episode and come back to it anytime that you are getting ready to deliver a presentation. This discussion will help you build an amazing speech and give you the confidence you need to step out onto that stage without anxiety and fear.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Free Resource: 5 Critical Tools for Physician Leaders
Meet Nancy Duarte
Nancy Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, Time Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Cosmopolitan, LA Times, and on CNN. Her firm, Duarte, Inc., is the global leader behind some of the most influential visual messages in business and culture. As a persuasion expert, she cracked the code for effectively incorporating story patterns into business communications. She’s written five best-selling books, four of which have won awards.
Connect with Nancy's team: Duarte.com
Nancy's TEDx Talk on giving the perfect speech
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Episode 95 - My guest today is Clay Scroggins. Clay is the author of the best-selling books How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge and How to Lead in a World of Distraction. This month, Clay is releasing his 3rd book titled The Aspiring Leader’s Guide to the Future: 9 Surprising Ways Leadership is Changing. No one denies the changing landscape of leadership, but Clay explains how to become the kind of leader the future is demanding. For the past 20 years, Clay Scroggins has served in many pastoral roles at North Point Ministries, a multisite church started in Alpharetta, Georgia led by Andy Stanley. Most recently, Clay served as the lead pastor of Buckhead Church, one of North Point’s largest campuses. He’s an expert on leadership and I’m excited for him to share his insights with you.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
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Free Resource: 5 Critical Tools for Physician Leaders
Connect to Clay Scroggins
- Clay Scroggin's website
Episode 94 - Dr Sharon McLaughlin is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of the Female Physician Entrepreneurs Facebook Group, which is a supportive group that brings women physicians together to network and grow. She has built multiple streams of income through courses, affiliate marketing and most recently, passive real estate syndication investing. Dr McLaughlin offers consulting to amplify physician voices. She believes physicians are business savvy and are amazing thought leaders. Dr McLaughlin’s latest interests involve medical policy creation to benefit physicians and digital health startups. She has helped hundreds of physicians around the country pursue their passion, start a business, or develop their entrepreneurial idea. She’s got amazing ideas, and I’m just so excited to have her on the show to share those ideas with you.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Free Resource: Creating a One-Liner that Will Kickstart Your Business' Growth
The one-liner is the key to getting started with clarifying your marketing message. Here’s my one-liner: "Most physicians and dentists come out of training with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually start a clinical practice. The Scope of Practice is the place where you can go to get the resources you need to help you learn to manage your business more successfully and master your personal finances so you can have the successful career and financial independence you deserve."
This is a 3 step guide to creating a powerful one-liner for physicians that attracts and retains more customers. You can download it for free by clicking here.
Meet Dr. Sharon McLaughlin
Dr McLaughlin is the founder of the Female Physician Entrepreneurs Facebook Group, which is a supportive group that brings women physicians together to network and grow. She has built multiple streams of income through courses, affiliate marketing and most recently, passive real estate syndication investing.
Dr McLaughlin offers consulting to amplify physician voices. She believes physicians are business savvy and are amazing thought leaders. Dr McLaughlin’s latest interests involve medical policy creation to benefit physicians and digital health startups.
Connect to Dr. Sharon McLaughlin
- Dr. Sharon McLaughlin's Website
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Episode 93 - Today’s guest is Shawn Miele. Shawn founded Advice Media (now called MyAdvice) in 2008 to help businesses connect with consumers via digital channels. Since then, his company has brought growth and prosperity to thousands of businesses by connecting them with millions of consumers. He and his team have gravitated towards helping physicians and health care practices market their practices more effectively so they can grow their business and be able to take care of more patients. Shawn firmly believes that MyAdvice's success is a direct result of helping their clients to succeed. He’s going to discuss the top marketing mishaps medical practices should avoid, and he can also offer proven digital marketing strategies that healthcare leaders can employ to help their business
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
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Free Resource: Conference Attendance Checklist
For today’s free resource, I’ve got a great new guide called the Conference Attendance Checklist. As 2022 starts up, a lot of the national medical societies are getting back to live, in-person conferences. If you haven’t been to a live conference in a while, you need this guide.
Meet Shawn Miele
Shawn Miele founded MyAdvice in 2008 to help businesses connect with consumers via digital channels. Since then, the company has brought growth and prosperity to thousands of businesses by connecting them with millions of consumers. Shawn firmly believes that MyAdvice's success is a direct result of helping their clients to succeed. It is their clients’ success that has led MyAdvice to be repeatedly named to the Inc. 500/5000 list.
Connect to Shawn Miele
- MyAdvice.com Website
Episode 92 - Is it time for a change? Considering your next career in pharma? Today’s guest is Dr. Nerissa Kreher. Dr. Kreher is the Chief Medical Officer of a biotech company and a pediatric endocrinologist. She transitioned into the biotech/pharma industry early in her career and brings 15 years of experience working in biotech/pharma. Her career in pharma/biotech started in Medical Affairs as a Medical Director. She then strategically moved to another company to gain Clinical Development experience and expertise. She has worked in small to large biotech/pharma organizations including both private and public companies. She is passionate about her work and wants to help other physicians understand the possibilities for physicians in industry.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Free Resource: Writing Your Professional Résumé
Most people write their résumé wrong, and they end up not getting the job they want. Learn the best way to write your CV that gets you interviews and job offers so that you can have the career of your dreams!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
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- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Meet Dr. Nerissa KreherNerissa is the Chief Medical Officer of a biotech company and a pediatric endocrinologist. She transitioned into the biotech/pharma industry early in her career and brings 15 years of experience working in biotech/pharma. Her career in pharma/biotech started in Medical Affairs as a Medical Director. She also holds an MBA from Northeastern University. She wants to help other physicians understand the possibilities for physicians in industry.
Connect to Dr. Nerissa Kreher
- Dr. Kreher's Website
- Her online course, The Physician's Pharmaceutical Career Academy
- On Facebook
Episode 91 -Have you ever wanted to be a DIY investor but you just didn't know where to start? It's not that hard. All you need is a plan! The tax-efficient waterfall investing strategy is a great roadmap that can turn any financial novice into a DIY investor in 8 easy steps. This is a super-simple but incredibly powerful investing strategy. Any would-be DIY investor should have no trouble getting great returns using these few very simple steps. Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez is an author, blogger, and owner of Aptus Financial. She has a great head for strategy and a heart for service. If you think becoming a DIY investor is beyond your reach, think again!! Let Sarah-Catherine show you how it's done!!
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Free Resource: 3 Critical Tools to Level Up Your Family's Finances
Buying a house can and should be fun, but you’ve got to put in the work to do it right. That’s why this week’s free resource is so valuable. It’s a pdf download called “3 Critical Tools to Level Up Your Family’s Finances.” It’ll help you create an easy budget that actually works, set some reachable financial goals, and communicate with your spouse about money without ending up in another money fight. That way, you can save up for your house, or any other big purchase and get there with your sanity and your wallet intact. You can download it for free by clicking here.
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 90 - I’m excited to bring you this special throwback episode. We’re reaching all the way back to episode 2 of the podcast. If you haven’t heard this episode, then buckle up. This episode was one of my favorites of the last 2 years. My guest is a retired U.S. Navy surgeon general, Vice Admiral Forrest Faison. He spent his 30 year career in the Navy first as a pediatric neurodevelopmental specialist before moving into executive medicine and eventually leading all of the Navy Medical Corps as the 38th surgeon general. He has had an amazing career, leading the men and women of the Navy and Marine Corps through incredible hardships such as wartime combat hospital operations, as well as six pandemics. This is a phenomenal conversation you’re about to hear. If you ever wanted a free master class in physician leadership, you’re about to hear it. So, it is now my honor to present to you my conversation with retired Vice Admiral Forrest Faison.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Celebrate Your Team Members
To help you improve your employee experience, as well as your customer experience, I have a great free resource for you this week. It’s a free pdf download called “32 Easy Ways to Celebrate Your Team Members.” This free resource offers a lot of ideas for finding fun and creative ways to recognize your team members for the work they do. There are a lot of free or very inexpensive ideas in here. Take a moment each week to recognize your team members for doing a great job or for upholding your company’s values in a meaningful way, or for finding ways to improve the customer experience.
Just click here to download your free copy today.
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Episode 89 - Our guest today has been a serial entrepreneur for decades and has built many businesses from the ground up, including a series of urgent care centers that he started before urgent care centers were even considered a valid concept. He has written a great book on the subject of entrepreneurship, incorporating all the many lessons learned during his time as an entrepreneur, and I’m excited to share his tips with you so you can grow your own business over the next year. Hopefully, with these suggestions, 2022 will be your best year ever.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
Free Resource: The Scope of Practice Reading List
If you want to be a leader, you’ve got to be a reader! This reading list will help you select books that will help you learn to manage your business effectively and master your personal finances.
When was the last time you read a book that would help you in your business or financial life? If you’re like most physicians, it has probably been a long time.
Are you overwhelmed with the number of books you think you need to read and don’t know where to start?
That’s why this free guide is so great! With this reading list, we’ve taken the work out of the equation.
Peruse these 35 titles and pick a few that will help you in the areas you’re most interested in.
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
Meet Dr. John Shufeldt
John Shufeldt has nearly three decades of experience leading high performing teams and being a thought leader and agent of change in the delivery of healthcare, entrepreneurism and leadership.
John received his BA from Drake University in 1982 and his MD from the University of Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School in 1986. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in 1989 where he spent his final year as Chief Resident. John received his MBA in 1995, and his Juris Doctorate in 2005, both from Arizona State University. He is admitted to the State Bar in Arizona, the Federal District Court and Supreme Court of the United States. His certifications include Fellow, American Board of Emergency Medicine, College of Legal Medicine and American College of Emergency Physicians. In 2015, he completed his Six Sigma Black Belt from the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. In 2019 he completed a certificate program in Artificial Intelligence at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. In 2021 he started his Certified Alternative Investment Certificate from CAIA and a certificate in Entrepreneurism and Innovation from Harvard Business School.
Connect to Dr. John Shufeldt
- Dr. Shufeldt's website and blog - johnshufeldtmd.com
- Pick up his book Entrepreneur Rx on Amazon
Episode 88 - Dr. Melva Pinn-Bingham is a board certified radiation oncologist, serial entrepreneur, and investor. She understands that the financial opportunities of high income earners are different from those in lower income brackets. Through her podcast, she provides strategies for top income earners to create multiple streams of income to support the career they want to love again. So, if you’re looking for ways to diversify your income streams so you have greater financial security and career satisfaction, tune in, because she's going to teach us how to do diversification the 1% way.
Click here **to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage**!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I've launched called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Free Resource: Setting Reachable Financial Goals
Where are you on your journey to financial independence? Do you wish you had more saved for retirement? You could take advantage of new investing opportunities? Debt-freedom was a reality for you, not just a dream?
This free guide will walk you step by step through the process of creating a realistic financial plan that you can take action on to achieve your dreams of financial independence and be able to take care of your family and stop worrying about how finances will impact your career decisions.
Meet Dr. Melva Pinn-Bingham
Dr. Melva Pinn-Bingham, MD, is a board certified radiation oncologist, serial entrepreneur, and investor. Through her online private community, The 1% Code Collective, she provides strategies for top income earners to create multiple streams of income to support the career they want to love again. She is also the host of the newly launched podcast, The 1% Code Podcast
Connect to Dr. Melva Pinn-Bingham
- Dr. Melva on Facebook
- The One Percent Code Podcast on Apple
- And on Spotify
- The 1% Code Collective Facebook Group
Sunday Special 19 - My guest today is Hannah Pye. Hannah is an emergency department nurse married to a military pediatrician. She and her husband have been married for 11 years and have moved 7 times. So, they’ve had a decent amount of experience in managing expectations during the medical journey. She is the creator of our new online course, “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” As a follow up to our recent Marriage and Money, M.D. summit, I thought it would be good to hear the perspective of a physician spouse on how to make a marriage work throughout the course of a medical career with all its pressures and challenges. Hannah is amazing, and I think you’ll really enjoy hearing her discussion today.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Email Dr. Brent Lacey for help with career or personal finance coaching or to contribute to The Body of Christ devotional series.
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day. It's a great series, and you can download it for free below.
Also, we are expanding The Body of Christ to a full 90-day series, and we are now accepting submissions from guest authors for the devotional series. If you want to contribute to the series and write some of the devotionals, please let me know!
Guest authors get full attribution and promotion for their business, blog, or podcast. You can email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com.
Meet Hannah Pye
Hannah is an emergency department nurse married to a military pediatrician. She's also the creator of our new online course, "Residency-Proof Your Marriage." She is passionate about helping physicians and their spouses develop thriving relationships that can withstand the pressure of a medical career.
She first wrote her blog "Residency-Proof Your Marriage" many years ago, and it has grown into a full-fledged online curriculum. She had her husband live in Georgia with their children and practice the same great techniques for marriage that she outlines in the "Residency-Proof Your Marriage" course.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Episode 87 - Today I’m going to do something a little different. I’m bringing you two of my most popular talks from the recent Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit. We had over 1300 people register for the conference, and the speakers did an absolutely phenomenal job! Today we ask, "Can you really have it all?"
This first conversation is with Drs. Nii and Renée Darko. They met in medical school and married after a 10-year courtship. When they realized they were drowning in almost $700,000 of student loan debt and living paycheck to paycheck without much in savings and zero investments, they made a pact to pay off their student loan debt in 15 years. In only 3 short years, not only were they free of student loan debt, but during their debt payoff, they cash flowed several rounds of infertility treatments and quit their jobs to become entrepreneurs, starting 3 businesses.
Our next speaker is Dr. Kate Mangona. She and her husband Victor, are active and passive real estate investors in over 3 thousand multifamily units and single-family rentals and they lead a Multifamily Masterclass course where they teach others how to passively invest in real estate to grow their wealth as they sleep. Kate hosts the Medicine, Marriage & Money podcast and leads the Medicine, Marriage, & Money Coaching Program where she helps married women physicians with children spend less time arguing with their spouse, and more time reigniting the sparks once felt during their honeymoon.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
The course is also eligible for CME credits, so you can use your employer's CME funds to sign up.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Free Resource: 3 Critical Tools to Level Up Your Family's Finances
Buying a house can and should be fun, but you’ve got to put in the work to do it right. That’s why this week’s free resource is so valuable. It’s a pdf download called “3 Critical Tools to Level Up Your Family’s Finances.” It’ll help you create an easy budget that actually works, set some reachable financial goals, and communicate with your spouse about money without ending up in another money fight. That way, you can save up for your house, or any other big purchase and get there with your sanity and your wallet intact. You can download it for free by clicking here.
Episode 86 - Trisha Talbot is a real estate advisor who specializes in healthcare real estate investments, advising her clients throughout the sales process with comprehensive strategies on pricing, market fluctuations, and solutions to close the transaction. She helps healthcare providers in making the right real estate decisions for your practice. Together with her team, landlords benefit through stabilizing their property with leasing and then monetizing their asset. As a leader in the Arizona healthcare brokerage community, Trisha and her team have represented a majority of medical office buildings in the Phoenix Metro area and are recognized for their production and performance annually. This is a must-listen who has any future plans to own real estate as part of your medical business.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
It's time to Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Registration for the course is open NOW!
Free Resource: Conference Attendance Checklist
For today’s free resource, I’ve got a great new guide called the Conference Attendance Checklist. As 2021 winds to a close, a lot of the national medical societies are getting back to live, in-person conferences. If you haven’t been to a live conference in a while, you need this guide. Even if you’re going to a virtual conference at some point, download this free resource.
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Meet Trisha Talbot
Trisha Talbot advises physician owners and investors with opportunities in the healthcare real estate asset class. Her track record in investment sales, landlord representation, corporate representation and tenant representation offers clients trusted experience with comprehensive strategies with pricing, market fluctuations and problem solving solutions that result in successfully close transactions.
Connect to Trisha Talbot
- Website: www.docproperties.com
- or email her at ttalbot@docproperties.com
Episode 85 - Dr. Alexandra Stockwell is a physician and an Intimate Marriage Expert, known as “The Intimacy Doctor,” who specializes in coaching couples to build beautiful, long-lasting, passionate relationships. She is the bestselling author of “Uncompromising Intimacy” and host of The Intimate Marriage Podcast. A wife of 25 years and a mother of 4, Alexandra believes the key to passion and fulfillment, intimacy and success, isn’t compromise--it’s actions that don't compromise on your marriage. As we get ready for the Marriage and Money, M.D. summit this week, I’m excited to bring you this discussion on how we can honor and serve our spouses better and how that translates to our overall happiness and lifelong success.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Meet Alexandra Stockwell, M.D.
Alexandra Stockwell, MD, is a physician and an Intimate Marriage Expert, known as “The Intimacy Doctor,” who specializes in coaching couples to build beautiful, long-lasting, passionate relationships.
She is the bestselling author of “Uncompromising Intimacy” and host of The Intimate Marriage Podcast. A wife of 25 years and a mother of 4, Alexandra believes the key to passion and fulfillment, intimacy and success, isn’t compromise--it’s being unwilling to compromise. Because when both people feel free to be themselves, the relationship becomes juicy, nourishing, and deeply satisfying.
Connect to Dr. Alexandra Stockwell
- Website: alexandrastockwell.com
- Her Book - Uncompromising Intimacy
- The Intimate Marriage Podcast on Apple or Spotify
- Dr. Stockwell on Instagram
- Dr. Stockwell on Facebook or her Facebook Group
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Episode 83 - This week's guest is Dr. Jimmy Turner. Dr. Turner is a practicing anesthesiologist. But you might know him better by his online personality, The Physician Philosopher. Dr. Turner has been one of the most popular physician bloggers for several years and has helped thousands of physicians to turn their financial dream into plan. Dr. Turner was in an ocean of debt just a few years ago, but he climbed out of that hole and is helping others do the same. If this situation sounds familiar to you, it's not a show you will want to miss.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Meet Jimmy Turner, M.D.
On the outside, Dr. Turner looked like he had it all together. From his days as the student body president of his medical school to the teaching awards and randomized control trial publications as an attending physician. He even had a successful online business as a podcaster and course creator.
But, on the inside, he was miserable. He constantly felt stuck. Burned out and overwhelmed, he kept looking for the next accomplishment or achievement to make him happy.
Dr. Turner didn’t realize until much later that there is a name for this. It is called an Arrival Fallacy – The idea that the “next thing” would be what finally makes him happy. He felt trapped in a life he didn't want.
It was through mastering his mindset and his financial situation that he was finally able to live his life on his terms. Now, through coaching for physicians, Dr. Turner helps other doctors find the freedom he has found by helping them master their mindset, their money, and their balance.
Connect to Dr. Jimmy Tuner
- Website: www.thephysicianphilosopher.com
- Alpha Coaching Experience: https://thephysicianphilosopher.com/coaching/
Sunday Special 18 - My guest today is Dr. Chiagozie Fawole. You know, medicine is undergoing some changes. There are a lot of physicians feeling burned out, unappreciated, and not in control. You may feel like you’re coming from a place of desperation. Desperate to be heard. Desperate to have autonomy, desperate to practice medicine on your own terms, desperate to be in a position of financial security, desperate to have the family life that you want. A lot of physicians don't realize that their experiences, strengths and even network, can be the answer to their own prayers and those of others. That’s why I’m so excited to have Dr. Fawole on the podcast today. She’s going to talk to us about her personal experiences and how what she’s learned can help you be the physician God has called you to be as well as some tips for how to become financially empowered and defeat burnout.
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Email Dr. Brent Lacey for help with career or personal finance coaching or to contribute to The Body of Christ devotional series.
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day. It's a great series, and you can download it for free below.
Also, we are expanding The Body of Christ to a full 90-day series, and we are now accepting submissions from guest authors for the devotional series. If you want to contribute to the series and write some of the devotionals, please let me know!
Guest authors get full attribution and promotion for their business, blog, or podcast. Email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com.
Meet Dr. Chiagozie Fawole
When she’s not putting babies to sleep at home and at work, Dr. Chiagozie Fawole is a Real Estate entrepreneur. She got her first two deals done during residency, including a syndication of a 12-unit apartment complex deal. Having built a portfolio of traditional rental units in a few years, she now amplifies cash flow by turning properties she does not own into short term rentals.
On her SavvyDocs in Real Estate platform, she helps physicians get started generating meaningful income from Real Estate. As a believer, she is passionate about seeing physicians operate in their full potential, like people empowered by the King of Kings! She is based in the suburbs of Syracuse, NY, where she lives with her husband and three girls.
Connect to Dr. Chiagozie Fawole
- You can join her Free facebook group, and get the recent Short Term Revolution Conference Recordings here: www.savvydoctors.co
Episode 83 - This week's guest is Dr. Sunil Saxena. He's a physician turned real estate mogul, and he's going to show us how to make money on real estate without losing everything. With a modest investment, you too can diversify your wealth strategy with a tool that spans the width of the risk spectrum. Dr. Saxena's going to spend the next episode demystifying real estate investments and you're not going to want to skip this one!
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Meet Sunil Saxena, M.D.
Dr. Sunil Saxena is a life-long entrepreneur. He has started six successful companies mostly focused on real estate and real estate development. Dr. Saxena has been active in the DC real estate market since moving to the area in 2001. He has been involved in construction, remodeling, development and sales. He has completed over 100 projects including small rehabs to larger multi-unit projects.
In early 2021, Dr. Saxena launched his online brand, @thesunilsaxena. In the past 5 months, he's grown from zero to over 600 thousand followers on TikTok, over 120 thousand followers on Instagram, and over 6 thousand subscribers on YouTube. Dr. Saxena is also a best-selling published author and speaker. Dr. Saxena graduated from medical school and practiced Emergency Medicine for 8 years, retiring from medicine in 2009.
He is grew up in the Columbus, Ohio area and has four wonderful children. His hobbies include tennis, golf and comedy.
Connect to Dr. Sunil Saxena
- Hyperfast Development's Home Page
- On Instagram
- On YouTube
- Upcoming Webinar on Investing
- Real Estate Investment Group on Facebook
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Episode 82 - No matter what stage of your financial journey you are at, you should be thinking about asset protection. Yes, even if you are just starting out. Brian T. Bradley is a lawyer who specializes in just that, making sure your gains are protected against litigation. He's going to explain just how to use increasing levels of protection to ensure you have the right and most cost-effective mitigation strategy for wherever you are on your wealth journey. After hearing this show, you're going to take a hard look at where you are, and where you should be heading.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Brian T. Bradley, Esq. is a nationally recognized Asset Protection Attorney. He has been interviewed and a featured guest on many top shows such as: Flipping America Podcast with Roger Blankenship the “Flipping America Guy” and member of the Forbes Magazine Real Estate Council. SharkPrenuer hosted by Kevin Harrington (the original Shark on the hit TV show ‘Shark Tank’ and inventor of the infomercial), Simple Passive Cash Flow with host mastermind investor Lane Kawaoka, White Coat Investors, Best Advice Ever with super host Joe Fairless (the host of the longest running REI show).
Brian was selected to the Best Attorney’s of America’s List 2020, Lawyers of Distinction List three years in a row (2018, 2019, 2020,) Super Lawyers Rising Star List 2015, nominated to Americas Top 100 High Stake Litigators List, nominated to the 2017 Law Firm 500 Award. Brian also writes on high-end asset protection.
No more than 2.5% percent of lawyers are selected by Super Lawyers Rising Star. Super Lawyers, is a Thomas Reuters business, and is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Connect to Brian Bradley
- Bradley Legal Protection Corporation Website
- Email Brian at Brian@btblegal.com
Episode 81 - Dr. Brook Choulet is one of the only concierge psychiatrists in the US and is currently in the process of expanding her private practice to a large wellness center that offers several different wellness services. She built this practice from the ground up in less than 1 year and started it as a resident! She’s got an incredible story and I’m excited for her to share some tips from her experience that I think will help you as you’re building or growing your own business. After hearing this episode, you are going to wonder what's stopping you.
Dr. Brook Choulet is a concierge psychiatrist and the founder of Choulet Wellness in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Choulet was raised in San Diego, California, and graduated from La Jolla Country Day School. She completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and her medical degree at the University of Missouri Kansas City’s rigorous six year BA/MD program. She obtained her medical degree at the age of 24 and pursued training in General Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix.
Click here to download your free CME credits for listening to the show!
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Register for the A.I. and Automation Summit for Free!
Managing a Physician Practice is hard. Running a private medical practice involves so much more than medicine. To succeed, you need robust billing systems, a cohesive company culture, tried-and-true hiring and training practices, and effective ways to manage physician burnout. And that’s to say nothing of finding time to manage the day-to-day operations between seeing patients. How can you make it all work seamlessly? With a little help from AI and automation.
At the Physician Practice Automation Summit:
You'll learn how the most successful doctors incorporate artificial intelligence and smart systems into their business model to scale and grow.
Discover innovative ways to cut costs, save time, boost productivity, reduce employee turnover, generate more revenue, improve communication, and more.
This week-long free event will help you create a practice you love (and one you can walk away from whenever you wish). And it’s all yours with your FREE Ticket to Physician Practice Automation Summit
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 80 - David Salyers was one of the original two marketing executives at Chick-fil-A. He spent 37 years in the Chick-fil-A Marketing Department and most recently served as a Vice President before his recent retirement. Having worked at Chick-fil-A his entire career, he saw the principles of servant leadership and compassion play out in the growth of more than 2,300 Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country. Chick-fil-A, one of America’s most successful, powerful and beloved brands, is a multi-billion dollar company built almost entirely on culture. Chick-fil-A has experienced over 50 consecutive years of sales growth and is at, or near, the top rankings of U.S. brands across all sectors. David has invested his entire career working in and helping to build a culture only to be described as remarkable. His 2016 book, Remarkable, imparts leadership lessons that can transform one’s workplace culture.
Click here to download your CME credits for free!
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealthJoin us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Register for the Physician Practice Automation Summit for Free!
Running a private medical practice involves so much more than medicine. To succeed, you need robust billing systems, a cohesive company culture, tried-and-true hiring and training practices, and effective ways to manage physician burnout. How can you make it all work seamlessly? With a little help from AI and automation. This week-long free event will help you create a practice you love (and one you can walk away from whenever you wish). And it’s all yours with your FREE Ticket to Physician Practice Automation Summit
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
David Salyers was one of the original two marketing executives at Chick-fil-A. He went on to spend 37 years in the Chick-fil-A Marketing Department, most recently as a Vice President, before his retirement. Having worked at Chick-fil-A his entire career, he saw the principles of servant leadership and creating remarkable customer experiences play out in the growth of more than 2,300 Chick-fil-A restaurants around the country.
Episode 79 - Dr. Cheng Ruan went from a solo practice to one of the biggest lifestyle medicine multi practice specialty centers anywhere. He’s also amassed over 600,000 followers on social media that follow his great advice on medical management of common syndromes. He’s taken his practice to incredible levels and the most amazing thing is that he did it all organically, bit by bit, and learned it all along the way. He’s going to talk to us about entrepreneurship, business leadership, and how physician leaders will save healthcare. He’s also hosting a free online summit In October that you can attend if you sign up at www.thescopeofpractice.com/AIsummit.
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Meet Dr. Cheng Ruan!
Dr. Ruan is the founder of Texas Center for Lifestyle Medicine in Houston, TX. He is also an Author, a global speaker, and an advocate for the practice of integrative medicine in the elderly and underserved population. He started private practice in 2017 and has been involved in the expansion of health coaching on a national platform.
Connect to Dr. Cheng Ruan!
- Connect on Instagram
- Follow him on Facebook
- Get in touch on LinkedIn
- Learn more about the Texas Center for Lifestyle Medicine
Automation Summit: sign up for this incredible summit for free!
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Sunday Special 17 - My guest today is Dr. Deepa Sukumar. She has a unique story. She grew up in India as a Hindu, but she turned from her religion to follow Jesus and the one true God. If you know anything about Indian culture, you’ll know that her decision was incredibly risky and incredibly courageous. By rejecting the gods of her culture, she was risking her relationship with her entire family. But she stuck with it and she is on fire for God. You can imagine how that would be an anxiety-inducing choice, and she has learned to not be anxious in anything but to rest comfortably in the knowledge and love of her Savior. You’re going to have goosebumps listening to this story, so don’t miss out.
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Email Dr. Brent Lacey for help with career or personal finance coaching or to contribute to The Body of Christ devotional series.
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day. It's a great series, and you can download it for free below.
Also, we are expanding The Body of Christ to a full 90-day series, and we are now accepting submissions from guest authors for the devotional series. If you want to contribute to the series and write some of the devotionals, please let me know!
Guest authors get full attribution and promotion for their business, blog, or podcast. You can email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com.
Meet Dr. Deepa Sukumar
Dr.Deepa Sukumar considers herself foremost a beloved child of the most High God. She is a wife, a mother and a physician. She is the founder and director of Gracemdconnect, a telemedicine company serving children in the states of Florida and North Carolina. The mission of GraceMDConnect is to enhance access to the highest quality of care exclusively for children of all ages from the comfort of their home (or from anywhere). She loves to encourage people all around the world with the hope she has found in Christ and loves to see people encouraged and lives changed when people come to the saving knowledge of Christ and grow in the knowledge of His love for them.
Connect to Dr. Deepa Sukumar
- Check out her telemedicine website: www.gracemdconnect.com
Buy a copy of Do Not Be Anxious, a devotional series by Dr. Deepa Sukumar
Episode 78 - Have you wanted to bootstrap your entrepreneurial dream or start your own business, but haven't had the time? Mike Woo-Ming MD MPH is a physician entrepreneur, multiple practice owner, investor, and marketing strategist, responsible for the development and success of several seven figure online and traditional "brick and mortar" companies. He co-founded, and later sold, two lead generation software companies which did nearly $8 million in sales in just a few years, and owns or co-owns medical practices that do in excess of $10 million in cash pay services annually. He is the founder of BootstrapMD, a consulting firm that provides resources and mentorship to entrepreneurial physicians to help turn their ideas into reality.
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online event that will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
Click here to learn more and sign up for free today!
Free Resource: Medical School Mess to Residency Success
If you’re looking to make a change, you may be worried about the actual transition process. Are you worried that you don’t have the skills to make a successful career change? If so, you’ll want to download this free resource. It’s a free pdf guide called “Medical School Mess to Residency Success.”
It’s a free pdf guide that will help you write a better CV, pick up some interviewing skills that’ll blow your interviewers away, start paying off student loans, and get on a serious plan to eliminate debt so you have freedom and flexibility to go after the career that you deserve.
It’s not just for medical students and residents. This guide is for anyone looking to level up their interviewing and CV skills, pay off debt, and get ready for a career transition.
Just click on the link to download the guide for free.
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Meet Dr. Mike Woo-Ming!
Dr. Woo-Ming graduated from the Mayo Clinic in 1999 ready to conquer the world. Working as a family physician in Southern California, he truly enjoyed medicine but wanted something else in life. Work was becoming more of filling out paperwork as opposed to truly helping people, and he was looking for a way to add different streams of income. In 2003, an event occurred that really spurned his life and drastically changed his direction.
What if you had an organization that was full of people who were laser focused on providing excellent customer service, so focused that it became part of the organizational DNA? Jake Poore knows that it’s definitely possible, and he’s going to talk all about how to bring some of that Disney magic to healthcare leadership. What does that mean? It means he and Integrated Loyalty Systems help you transform your culture and bridge the gap between what you deliver (clinical and healing expertise) and how you deliver it (human kindness).
Register for the Marriage and Money, M.D. Summit for free!
For physicians who want a stronger marriage and better path to building wealth
Join us for this incredible free online event November 15-17, 2021!
Medical careers drain time and energy from physicians and their spouses, not to mention the crushing debt most doctors are faced with when they first come out of training. The Marriage and Money, M.D. summit is a free 3-day online eventthat will give physician families the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to strengthen their marriage and build wealth so they can have the happy family and financial independence they deserve!
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Free Resource: Medical School Mess to Residency Success
If you’re looking to make a change, you may be worried about the actual transition process. Are you worried that you don’t have the skills to make a successful career change? If so, you’ll want to download this free resource. It’s a free pdf guide called “Medical School Mess to Residency Success.”
It’s a free pdf guide that will help you write a better CV, pick up some interviewing skills that’ll blow your interviewers away, start paying off student loans, and get on a serious plan to eliminate debt so you have freedom and flexibility to go after the career that you deserve.
It’s not just for medical students and residents. This guide is for anyone looking to level up their interviewing and CV skills, pay off debt, and get ready for a career transition.
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Episode 76 - My guest today is Dr. Ernesto Gutierrez. Dr. E is a physician from Spain, and he is a lifelong entrepreneur. He believes that physician entrepreneurship is the way out of our ill-managed healthcare system and so his mission, is to equip doctors and other healthcare professionals with the skills and strategies they need to succeed as healthcare entrepreneurs.
Today, we’re going to talk about to do when the love fades. What do you do when your love for a medical career isn’t as solid as it once was? Does it mean it’s time to leave medicine? Does it mean you need to stay and just change what you’re doing day to day? Well, we’re going to go through all of that in today’s conversation.
It’s an encouraging and empowering conversation. Even if you’re totally on fire for your career and are excited to get to work every single day, I still encourage you to listen. I guarantee that some of your colleagues, your partners, and your staff are feeling this burn, and the conversation may give you some tools that you need to help them address that. Dr. E has a big heart for doctors, and I’m excited to share this interview with you.
Free Resource: Medical School Mess to Residency Success
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Meet Dr. Ernesto Gutierrez!
Dr. Ernesto Gutierrez is a former practicing physician and a lifelong entrepreneur. He believes that physician entrepreneurship is the way out of our ill-managed healthcare system. Therefore, his mission is to equip doctors and other healthcare professionals with the skills and strategies they need to succeed as healthcare entrepreneurs.
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Episode 75 - Evidence-based medicine has been a big focus in the medical field. If you can’t back up a plan with some kind of study or data point, we’re going to question whether it’s the right plan. We don’t apply that same level of scientific inquiry to all situations though. Take our businesses for example. Are you committing yourself to data-backed decision making on a regular basis when it comes to hiring and firing, or taxes, business growth strategies, I think we tend to go with our gut or just try things and see what happens. There’s a place for that, but I think we ignore data a lot of times in our businesses and just act on instinct. That's why I'm so excited to introduce this week's podcast guest, Dr. Fisayo, Ositelu.
Dr. Ositelu is the cofounder and CEO of Gentem Health, a Silicon Valley-based technology company on a mission to help private medical practices stay independent by simplifying, accelerating, and maximizing reimbursements through its platform and service. Dr. Ositelu received his MD and MBA degrees from Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to founding Gentem, he worked in healthcare private equity and at the now well-known startup company, NerdWallet. He’s going to talk to us today about how to take our evidence-based strategies that we use in medicine and apply those to our business. This may sound like a statistics class, but I promise it’s not, so don’t tune out. These techniques we’re going to talk about today could save you tens of thousands of dollars just by learning what you need to pay attention to in your business.
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Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
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- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Sunday Special 16 - My guest today is Dr. Tolu Olabintan. She’s a family medicine physician and HIV specialist who left her steady job in the middle of the COVID crisis to start her own private practice. She started out with telemedicine and then launched her in-person private practice this summer. I’m not sure if there has been a more difficult time to launch a medical practice than the middle of the COVID shutdown, but there can’t have been many. She’s dedicated to helping patient both spiritually and physically, and she’s bold about speaking the name of Jesus on her website, with her staff, and to her patients. She’s got a unique background and I think her story will really inspire you.
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This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Email Dr. Brent Lacey for help with career or personal finance coaching or to contribute to The Body of Christ devotional series.
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day. It's a great series, and you can download it for free below.
Also, we are expanding The Body of Christ to a full 90-day series, and we are now accepting submissions from guest authors for the devotional series. If you want to contribute to the series and write some of the devotionals, please let me know!
Guest authors get full attribution and promotion for their business, blog, or podcast. You can email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com.
Episode 74 - My guest today is Dr. David Geier. Dr. Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist who helps athletes and active people feel and perform their best regardless of age or injuries. In addition to helping patients in his practice, Dr. Geier has learned to help people around the country and world through TV, radio, podcast, newspaper, magazine and online media interviews. Now he helps physicians and other experts with a message to share grow their practices and businesses by serving as an expert in the media. It is death to your practice to have no media strategy or a lousy media strategy. And the truth is, this stuff just isn’t that hard. Like anything, there’s a skill set to pick up, and Dr. Geier is going to help us put that together.
It’s ok if you have no interest in getting interviewed on CNN or even on your local ABC affiliate. If you never go on a podcast, that’s just fine. But, as Dr. Geier says, your ability to show up strong in the media can be really helpful to your business and in turn will translate to opportunities to help more patients that find you just because you were on an interview. If you’re thinking of branching out into the media, I’d encourage you to start small. Start with your local newspaper or other small-time publication. It’s low-risk, low-cost or no-cost, and it’ll help you get over the apprehension of doing it for the first time. As you get more interviews and start to build some confidence, start branching out and doing more interviews. Pretty soon, you’ll be a veteran. It just takes that very first time to get started.
Free Resource: Creating a One-Liner that Will Kickstart Your Business' Growth
For today’s free resource, I’m giving you a free guide to help you create one small change that will yield big results. It’s called, “Creating a One-Liner that Will Kickstart Your Business’ Growth.” This is a 3 step guide to creating a powerful one-liner for physicians that attracts and retains more customers. You can download it for free by clicking here.
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Even if you don’t end up using Gentem for revenue cycle management, the benchmark assessment that they’re giving away free is worth thousands of dollars, so don’t miss out.
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Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Episode 73 - You know, I tried to do accounting in college, and I absolutely hated it. It’s just not fun for me. Taxes are in that same category. I just despise dealing with taxes. It’s frustrating and it’s complicated, and it changes all the time. But, taxes are a certainty in life and in business, so I’ve had to figure out a way to be able to get good at it. Still, it’s a major blind spot for me. Business can be like that, with blind spots. Things that we’re just not good at. Blind spots are inevitable. Knowing that, we’ve got to figure out how to identify those blind spots and figure out ways to work through those. Otherwise, we run the risk of having weaknesses in our business that can eventually unravel everything we’ve been working for. My guest today is Courtney DeRonde. She’s a CPA and the founder of TPT Advisors. I’m excited to have Courtney here to talk about taxes and other blind spots in our business and how to overcome them. This is an important topic for any business leader.
Free Resource: The Scope of Practice Reading List
This week's free resource is a pdf download called “The Scope of Practice Reading List”. This list is the top 35 booksthat I recommend for physicians who want to have a more successful career and stronger personal finances. If you can read just one book from each of the seven recommended categories, you’ll be in the top 5% of physicians in terms of knowledge about this stuff.
Just click to download the guide for free.
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Episode 72 - What's the difference in leading a few people vs a global company that does business on six continents? Nothing except size! But, as Master Yoda wisely quipped, "Size matters not." That's certainly true for today's podcast guest, Giovanni di Napoli. He's the head of G.I. for Medtronic, but he started very small, as a medical device sales rep. Over time, his demonstrated commitment to excellence and leadership earned him promotions that have since led him to his current position.
Gio has phenomenal experience leading complex and diverse organizations. Today, he brings that experience to coach us on how to lead our teams more effectively. Most of us will probably never run an organization as big as his, but the principles he talks about absolutely are bedrock foundational principles for all leaders in every industry. This episode will inspire you to dream big dreams, take real action towards becoming a better leader, and take your team to the next level.
Free Resource: Creating a Personal Mission Statement
I’m excited to offer you this week’s free resource. It’s a free pdf download called “Creating a Personal Mission Statement.” You can download it for free by clicking here.
This free pdf will take you step by step through the process of crafting a mission statement for yourself. This is a statement of your values, your aspirations, and your life’s purpose. It’s a great way to get clarify your mission. What are your guiding principles? What are you most eager to accomplish in life and in your career? Check out this free resource and you can get started on it today.
Just click on the link to download the guide for free.
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Connect to Giovanni di Napoli and the Medtronic team!
- Connect with Giovanni on LinkedIn
- Medtronic LinkedIn page
- Email: Giovanni.di.Napoli@medtronic.com
- Learn more about GI Genius - Medtronic's latest innovation.
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Episode 71 - My guest today is Dr. Randy Cook. Dr. Cook spent 44 years practicing surgery, so he has seen a lot of changes in healthcare over the last half century. After he retired, he became the host of the Rx for Success podcast where he interviews physicians who are making a difference in medicine.
He’s dedicated to helping physicians achieve success for themselves and their patients, and I couldn’t be more excited for you to hear his unique perspective. If you’re ready to take healthcare back from the administrators and bureaucrats who have never practiced medicine, then this episode is for you.
Special offer from Gentem.com, just for my podcast listeners!
Gentem is giving away a free benchmark assessment for anyone listening to this podcast. That’s a minimum $5,000 value, and it could be worth 20 times that in reclaimed revenue!
Even if you don’t end up using Gentem for revenue cycle management, the benchmark assessment that they’re giving away free is worth thousands of dollars, so don’t miss out.
Click here to claim your free benchmark assessment and see where your company is losing revenue.
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Episode 70 - My guest today is Brandon Hakim, founder of Insider School. He’s got a pretty incredible story. When he was in college, he walked into the dean’s office of his University, and said “I feel like we’re getting an outdated education.”She says…we're working on it.”
So he started reading books.
One book turned into two. Then into four. Eventually into over 1,000.
Since then, he’s been on a mission to give you the education you'll never get in school, and has helped over 360,000 people learn faster, work more efficiently, and download the wisdom from thousands of pages of books into their brains in a fraction of the time it would take to sit down and read a book. He’s going to give us the strategy to become a master of learning so we can become experts in anything! This is a super useful episode for anyone who is a high achiever. Get excited! This is a great episode!
Special offer from Gentem.com, just for my podcast listeners!
Gentem is giving away a free benchmark assessment for anyone listening to this podcast. That’s a minimum $5,000 value, and it could be worth 20 times that in reclaimed revenue!
Click here to claim your free benchmark assessment and see where your company is losing revenue. This is an amazing offer, frankly, and I highly encourage you to take advantage of it.
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
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Join SoMeDocs membership program now!
The SoMeDocs venture evolved over a few years, seeking to bring back verified health experts to the center of online health conversations and searches. Dr. Corriel has provided a platform to do that and is now offering an incredible resource through the new SoMeDocs membership program.
Through this program, you’ll get access to a huge network of physicians and a massive social media following (over 20,000 followers across various platforms) to help you spread your message, get brand recognition, and increase your business.
For the next two weeks, you can join this membership program for just $299 per year. After that, the price goes up to over $900, so now is the time to get in. I love Dr. Corriel’s work and her mission, and she has helped launch hundreds of brands to success with her platform. She has an incredible network and is doing great work to amplify physician’s voices.
You can go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/somedocs to sign up today for just $299/year. As a founding member, you’ll be eligible for that low price forever. But hurry, because on August 15th, the founding member deal goes away and you’ll be paying full price.
It’s worth it, but you should get in now while you can still get that great discount. Again, go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/somedocs, and you can sign up today.
Sunday Special 15 - My guests today are Dr. Tim and Dr. May Hindmarsh. Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh are a dual physician Christian couple. Although their personal testimonies and faith journeys are vastly different, their commitment to their 29 years of marriage has stood the test of time, despite trials and bumps along the way. They have a blast doing life together, but stress the importance of independence and interdependence with Jesus as the center of the relationship.
They are both Board Certified Family Practice Physicians who were born, raised and trained in Canada and migrated to the wonderful world of the USA in 1994. Having practiced full rural family medicine, hospital medicine and urgent care- they are now enjoying podcasting on BS FREE MD and planning the next chapter of their careers. I’m excited to share their story with you. They’ll make you laugh, they’ll make you think, and they may even make you cry. It’s an incredible episode. You’re going to love it.
Register for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Email Dr. Brent Lacey for help with career or personal finance coaching or to contribute to The Body of Christ devotional series.
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day. It's a great series, and you can download it for free below.
Also, we are expanding The Body of Christ to a full 90-day series, and we are now accepting submissions from guest authors for the devotional series. If you want to contribute to the series and write some of the devotionals, please let me know!
Guest authors get full attribution and promotion for their business, blog, or podcast. You can email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com.
Episode 69 - Are you a Millennial? Do you work with or employ Millennials? If the answer to either question is yes, then you need to listen to this episode! The Millennial generation is unique relative to its Generation X and Baby Boomer forebears. They are more educated, more technologically-savvy, and more independent-minded than the generations that came before them. So, how do we start to figure out how to integrate them into our businesses? Thankfully, today's guest is Dr. Phillip Zimmerman, and he has the answers for us.
In his book, "Unleash the Millennials and Save the World," Dr. Zimmerman helps us clarify the desires of the Millennials. Today, he's going to help us unlock their talents and figure out what it takes to set them up for success. Millennials are the biggest percentage of the workforce today, and they're not going anywhere. So, we've got to figure out how to work with them. If you ARE a Millennial, this conversation will help you figure out how to get ahead in a company run by Boomers and Gen. X'ers. Whatever your stage of career, this conversation has something important for you.
Special offer from Gentem.com, just for my podcast listeners!: Click here to claim your free benchmark assessment and see where your company is losing revenue. This is an amazing offer, frankly, and I highly encourage you to take advantage of it.
Even if you don’t end up using Gentem for revenue cycle management, the benchmark assessment that they’re giving away free is worth thousands of dollars, so don’t miss out.
Click here to claim your free benchmark assessment and see where your company is losing revenue.
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
- This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Most physicians and dentists come out of training programs with a huge amount of personal debt and little to no idea of how to actually run a clinical practice. This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 68 - My guest on the podcast today is Dana Vogelmeier. Dana started Vogelmeier Consulting using a research-based, data-driven approach to help companies create a workplace where people love to work, where they feel fulfilled, and one that they can't imagine leaving!
Her 35 years of work experience included more than 25 years of leading diverse teams and working for many leaders. Over the years, she began to examine the differences in the teams she worked in and led. Some were great teams that ran like magic and other teams struggled to find harmony. I’m excited to have her bring her expertise to today’s discussion on workplace culture.
How do we create a workplace that people love and don’t want to leave? It’s a lot simpler than you think, and so I’m excited for you to hear Dana’s thoughts on the subject.
Special offer from Gentem.com, just for my podcast listeners!
Gentem is giving away a free benchmark assessment for anyone listening to this podcast. That’s a minimum $5,000 value, and it could be worth 20 times that in reclaimed revenue!
Even if you don’t end up using Gentem for revenue cycle management, the benchmark assessment that they’re giving away free is worth thousands of dollars, so don’t miss out.
Click here to claim your free benchmark assessment and see where your company is losing revenue.
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage! This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group! This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network! The Doctor Podcast Network is a group of physician and physician family podcasters with incredible messages to share with physicians. Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network. If you're thinking about starting a podcast, we'd love to have you join us! Help us reach out to physicians all over the world!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 67 - My guest on the podcast today is Phyllis Quinlan. Phyllis has been in healthcare for over 40 years in a variety of clinical, education, and administrative roles. She is the author of a book entitled; Bringing Shadow Behavior Into the Light of Day: Understanding & Effectively Managing Bullying & Incivility in Healthcare.
You know, if you don’t know whether your team has these kinds of struggles, it’s likely that they’re happening without you knowing it. It’s critically important as a leader that you work on recognizing and addressing these issues before they become a cancer that metastasizes throughout your entire organization.
That’s why I’m so glad to have Phyllis on the podcast today. She has really got a bead on recognizing, rooting out, and dealing with the types of destructive internal team dynamics that are so prevalent in most companies. It’s an incredibly practical discussion, and we’ll go through some really specific steps you can take to start addressing some of these issues. If you’ve got a cancer in your organization, you need to excise it. In this conversation, you’ll get the tools you need to do that.
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage! This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
- Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Celebrate Your Team Members: Just click here to download your free copy today.
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!: This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network! Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network. If you're thinking about starting a podcast, we'd love to have you join us! Help us reach out to physicians all over the world!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 66 - My guest on the podcast today is Joanne Stadnik. She’s the CEO of one of the largest healthcare organizations in Minnesota. In her 35 years of healthcare administration, she has built incredibly productive, cooperative teams to grow incredibly large businesses. Today, she’s going to talk about the science of fascination.
I first heard about this on a podcast in 2014, and I was enthralled. The research behind this is compelling, and I’ve used it in multiple hospitals to help my team members engage better with each other and create more dynamic, cooperative, and productive workplace cultures. This stuff is really interesting, and Joanne is a certified expert in this.
She’ll also tell us about a tool called the Fascination Advantage, which is such a great tool that I have bought it for my entire team in multiple businesses that I’ve worked in. This is a really practical discussion that you can take action on and have a major impact on your workplace culture and subsequently your business.
Take the Fascination Advantage assessment!
There are a lot of great personality tests out there, but this one is my favorite. I've never taken a test that so perfectly encapsulated my personality and explained how I communicate best with others. I liked it so much, I bought one for everyone on my whole team! You'll love learning how the world sees you and how you can leverage that to communicate more effectively.
Click Here to learn your "Fascination Advantage" today!
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Free Resource: A Physician's Prescription for Success in Business and Personal Finance: This free e-bookhas some great articles to get you started on some basics of business and personal finance that’ll give you practical tips to increase your business growth, eliminate debt, and start to build wealth.
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group! This Facebook community is for anyone who wants to learn more about how to manage their business more successfully and master their personal finances.
Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!: Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network. If you're thinking about starting a podcast, we'd love to have you join us! Help us reach out to physicians all over the world!
Sunday Special 14 - My guest today is Dr. Nneka Unachukwu, better known as Dr. Una. She is the founder of Ivy League Pediatrics, a multi-site pediatric practice in Georgia. While building this practice, she developed a love for entrepreneurship and has since built other thriving businesses as well. Dr. Una founded EntreMD to help physicians like her start and grow a business. She has a successful podcast, a great business mind, and a really interesting testimony. She grew up in Africa, immigrated to the States, and has proceeded to take the medical community by storm. She’s an incredible model of physician entrepreneurship, and I’m so excited to share her story with you!
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I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time. This course is just a fraction of that cost and you can complete it on your own time!
Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Click here to sign up today!
Email Dr. Brent Lacey to contribute to The Body of Christ devotional series.
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day. It's a great series, and you can download it for free below.
Also, we are expanding The Body of Christ to a full 90-day series, and we are now accepting submissions from guest authors for the devotional series. If you want to contribute to the series and write some of the devotionals, please let me know!
Guest authors get full attribution and promotion for their business, blog, or podcast. You can email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com.
Episode 65 - I’m going to mix it up a little bit today. I recently hosted a webinar where I gave a presentation called "Smart Strategies for Building a Successful Clinical Practice." (Click here to view the webinar) We had hundreds of attendees, and it was still just a fraction of this podcast audience. I got so much great feedback about the value of the content that I thought I would just share it here with you! The webinar host was Omar Khateeb of Gentem Health. You may remember his great talk on branding in episode 57, which you should definitely go listen to.
I’m interested in trying some new things with the podcast to give you even more value with every episode. I’d love to hear feedback from you about this podcast style. If this is something that really works for you, let me know, and I’ll do more. If not, well, we’ll file this under “been there, done that.” You can email me at podcast@thescopeofpractice.com and let me know what you thought.
In this episode, we explore strategies for building a successful clinical practice using a framework I call the "Honeycomb of Success." These six areas of your clinical practice will help you grow, refine, and scale your practice if you tend to them well. Enjoy!
- Special offer from Gentem.com, just for my podcast listeners! Gentem is giving away a free benchmark assessment for anyone listening to this podcast. That’s a minimum $5,000 value, and it could be worth 20 times that in reclaimed revenue!
- Click here to claim your free benchmark assessment and see where your company is losing revenue. And, as an added bonus, if you become a Gentem customer by June 30th, you’ll get your first month totally free! This is an amazing offer, frankly, and I highly encourage you to take advantage of it.
- Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage! This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage. Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
- Free Resource: A Physician's Prescription for Success in Business and Personal Finance
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
Episode 64 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Marla Ranieri. She’s a physical therapist and former competitive gymnast who started a telemedicine company a few years ago, and it just expoded during the pandemic. While the rest of us were scrambling to figure out how to do telemedicine and integrate it into our practice, she was already working on perfecting the system to make it safe, efficient, and a comfortable experience for providers and patients.
Telemedicine probably won’t be 100% of your clinical practice, but I really think telemedicine is here to stay. You need to know how to incorporate it into your practice. There are real advantages to you, but the truth is that consumer demands are going to increase the use of telemedicine in the years to come. It’s an evolving technology, and I’m glad we have an expert here to tell us about it.
Special offer from Gentem.com, just for my podcast listeners! Gentem is giving away a free benchmark assessment of your revenue cycle for anyone listening to this podcast. That’s a minimum $5,000 value, and it could be worth 20 times that in reclaimed revenue!
And, as an added bonus, if you become a Gentem customer by June 30th, you’ll get your first month totally free! This is an amazing offer, frankly, and I highly encourage you to take advantage of it.
- Click here to claim your free benchmark assessment and see where your company is losing revenue.
Click here to watch my recent webinar called, “Smart Strategies for Building a Successful Clinical Practice," for free!
Get on the waitlist for Residency-Proof Your Marriage! Registration for the beta course is closed, but get on the waitlist for the course launch this fall!
Free Resource: A Physician's Prescription for Success in Business and Personal Finance
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Check out the Doctor Podcast Network! Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network. If you're thinking about starting a podcast, we'd love to have you join us! Help us reach out to physicians all over the world!
Episode 63 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Errin Weisman. Dr. Weisman faced serious burnout after a very short time in her clinical career, but she pulled herself up and started a coaching business on the side. That business has become her primary business, making six figures a year, and yet she still practices part-time medicine! She’s a full-time wife and mom, living on a farm in rural Indiana, and she has proven herself to be a major thought leader in the physician self-development space. There’s a lot to learn from her about entrepreneurship, leadership, business savvy, and learning from your mistakes. Whether you’re looking for tips to grow your leadership skills, how to step away from full-time medicine, work-life balance, entrepreneurship, we cover it all in this interview. There’s definitely something here for everyone.
Register for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
I’m looking for 15 couples to sign up for the beta version of the course. You’ll get full access to the course at the lowest price it’ll ever be offered. We’ll also ask you for feedback periodically throughout the course to help us make the course even better.
The price is $69 for students and trainees, and only $99 for practicing physicians. This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time.
Registration closes on June 20th, so sign up today!
For this course, you’ll get all the great content in the course for a fraction of the price and you complete it on your own time as your schedule allows.
Go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/marriagecourse to sign up today.
We’re limiting the signups initially to 15 couples, so sign up today. Again, just go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/marriagecourse to sign up today.
Free Resource: 5 Financial Decisions Couples Should Make Together.
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 62 - My guest on the podcast today is Stacy Sherman. Stacy is an expert in the "customer experience." One of the first things we actually talk about in the conversation is the difference between customer service and the customer experience. The customer experience is a more all-encompassing idea that includes every touchpoint for the patient or customer from hearing about your practice or your business until they receive the service you provide, pay for it, and beyond.
As business owners and business leaders, we have to be aware that in a free market system, people have choices, and they will exercise those choices by going wherever they want to get the goods or services you desire. You can beat your competition simply by offering a better experience, and as Stacy will tell you, it’s not nearly as complicated or difficult as it might sound.
Register for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career.
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
I’m looking for 15 couples to sign up for the beta version of the course. You’ll get full access to the course at the lowest price it’ll ever be offered.
The price is $69 for students and trainees, and only $99 for practicing physicians, a fraction of the cost of a weekend marriage retreat.
Registration closes on June 14th, so sign up today!
For this course, you’ll get all the great content in the course for a fraction of the price and you complete it on your own time as your schedule allows. Click here to sign up today. We’re limiting the signups initially to 15 couples, so sign up today.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Free pdf guide: 32 Easy Ways to Celebrate Your Team Members
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!: Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Sunday Special 13 - My guest today is Dr. Candice Williams, also known as Keyboard Doc. She was a full-time anesthesiologist until she hear God calling her to leave her medical career and pursue a full-time career as a professional musician and music producer. Her career has been quite the whirlwind of change the last couple of years, but it has been a grand adventure and I can’t wait for her to share it with you. This episode is really uplifting and inspiring. You’re going to love it.
Register for Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
I’m looking for 15 couples to sign up for the beta version of the course. You’ll get full access to the course at the lowest price it’ll ever be offered. We’ll also ask you for feedback periodically throughout the course to help us make the course even better.
The price is $69 for students and trainees, and only $99 for practicing physicians. This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time.
For this course, you’ll get all the great content in the course for a fraction of the price and you complete it on your own time as your schedule allows. Click the link in the podcast description or go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/marriagecourse to sign up today. We’re limiting the signups initially to 15 couples, so sign up today. Again, just click the link in the podcast description or go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/marriagecourse to sign up today.
Additional Resources
- Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Episode 61 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Sogol Pahlavan. She’s a private practice pediatrician in Houston, TX. She has been in private practice for over a decade, growing the business steadily from 2 physicians to 8 physicians, dozens of staff, and over 10,000 patients. And, she did this all by bootstrapping it. She had no formal training in business, no MBA, but she did it anyway. As she’ll tell you, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There were some serious challenges along the way. She’s going to tell us all about it in this week’s episode. This is the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Private Practice, and it doesn’t get more real than this.
So, I just have to ask. If Dr. Pahlavan can build a thriving private practice in a big city dominated by a giant healthcare organization, and do it all with no formal training, why can’t you do it? I’m telling you, it is still possible to start and grow a private practice today. I hear stories about it from physicians all the time. There are hundreds of physicians starting, growing, or rehabilitating their practices all the time. As Dr. Pahlavan says, it is not only possible, it’s IMPERATIVE that we all as physicians take control of our businesses and our clinical practices to make them the best they can be. If we don’t, we're in danger of losing the opportunity to a big corporation that’ll come along and take over and leave us out of the loop.
- Sign up for the "Smart Strategies for Building a Successful Clinical Practice" Webinar: Click here!
- Register for the beta launch of Residency-Proof Your Marriage!
I'm excited to tell you about a new online course I'm launching called “Residency-Proof Your Marriage.” I’ve seen way too many couples get divorced or see their relationships go sour during their medical career. Medical training is an inherently divisive time, so you have to work to combat that!
This online video course will coach you through setting expectations, communicating effectively, getting on the same page with finances, and keeping your relationship thriving during a difficult time. Whether you’re in medical school, residency, or out in clinical practice, Residency-Proof Your Marriage is going to help you build a thriving medical marriage.
I’m looking for 15 couples to sign up for the beta version of the course. You’ll get full access to the course at the lowest price it’ll ever be offered. We’ll also ask you for feedback periodically throughout the course to help us make the course even better.
The price is $69 for students and trainees, and only $99 for practicing physicians. This is a very inexpensive investment in your marriage. A weekend marriage retreat will cost upwards of $1000 between food, registration, lodging, and vacation time.
For this course, you’ll get all the great content in the course for a fraction of the price and you complete it on your own time as your schedule allows. Click the link in the podcast description or go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/marriagecourse to sign up today. We’re limiting the signups initially to 15 couples, so sign up today. Again, just click the link in the podcast description or go to www.thescopeofpractice.com/marriagecourse to sign up today.
Episode 60 - My guest on the podcast today is Lance Black. He’s the outgoing Associate Director for Innovation of the Texas Medical Center, now Senior Medical Director for 3ive Labs. This conversation really took me by surprise. He’s a world-class expert on medical innovation, but what I found surprising was how many facets of medical innovation are open to the average physician, whether that’s through developing a medical device, coming up with a non-medical innovation that helps your administrative costs and clinical efficiency, or investing in medical innovation startups.
No kidding, I really think you’re going to enjoy this. I learned a ton, and the conversation really helped me see through some different aspects of medical innovation that I’m actually excited to get into. I hope this conversation inspires you to go out and set the world on fire (metaphorically speaking). What idea do you have that is just waiting to be unleashed?
Resources mentioned in the show
- Free Resource: Creating a One-Liner that Will Kickstart Your Business' Growth
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!: Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 59 - My guest on the podcast today is April Rhoads. April is a clinical efficiency expert and now the founder of a new non-profit organization called Stop the Burnout. I’m excited for her to come on the show to talk about how to maximize clinical efficiency.
It’s funny, I thought this episode was going to be be like in the movie Office Space when the two consultants come in and everyone's basically interviewing for their jobs, but we went in several different directions than I thought. My hands were cramping from all the notes I was writing on the great stuff we talked about. This was a truly fantastic conversation. You’ll probably want to bookmark this episode and come back to it later. I guarantee that you'll find things to make your business run better and more efficiently if you listen to this episode.
Resources mentioned in the show
- Free Resource: The 10 Day Simple Clinic Makeover
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!: Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 58 - My guest on the podcast today is Ryan Inman. Long-time listeners may remember him from episode 25 where we talked about how to have healthy money conversations with your spouse that don’t end in a fight. He’s a fee-only financial planner who works exclusively with physicians. His wife is a physician in the U.S. Navy, and he really understands the unique financial challenges that physicians face. You may know him from his incredibly well-read blog and popular podcast, both called Financial Residency.
On this episode, we talk all things mortgages. How much house can you afford, what’s the right time to buy a house, and what in the world is a physician mortgage loan? We’ll talk about all that and more. If you’re ever planning to buy or sell a house, this is a conversation for you.
Resources mentioned in the show:
- Free Resource: 3 Critical Tools to Level Up Your Family's Finances
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!: Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 57 - My guest on the podcast today is Omar Khateeb. He’s the Head of Growth for Gentem, which is a company dedicated to helping physician practices stay independent. He actually started out in medical school for a couple of years before branching out into healthcare marketing. This guy is brilliant when it comes to creating and sustaining brands that register as valuable companies in our customers’ minds.
You want to be known as the company that solves a problem for your customer. How do you cultivate that reputation? That’s what today’s conversation is all about. Whether you’re newly in private practice, or you work for a big healthcare organization, or you’re looking to rebrand your practice after 20 years in your community, there’s something in this podcast episode for you. Don't miss this great conversation with Omar!
Free resources mentioned in the show:
- Free Resource: Creating a One-liner That Will Kickstart Your Business' Growth
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
- Connect to Omar Khateeb and Gentem. Be sure to access that free resource Omar mentioned at thescopeofpractice.com/sop to find out where you’re losing your revenue in your company.
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Sunday Special 12 - My guest on The Sunday Special today is Dr. Mario Mendoza. Dr. Mendoza is an anesthesiologist with a unique personal journey, literally. He and his mother fled political persecution and threat of death from Central America and trekked hundreds of miles to the U.S. Border when he was a child. They entered, as Dr. Mendoza likes to say, as undocumented immigrants.
He grew up in New York, excelled in school, contributed to his community, and eventually earned his green card. Against all odds, he went to medical school and now is a successful U.S. physician. That’s amazing, but the thing that’s more amazing is how he came to faith as a follower of Jesus and the passion with which he now pursues that calling. He has an absolutely incredible testimony, and I’m just so excited to get to share this with you.
- Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Episode 56 - My guest on the podcast today is Steve Anderson. Steve is a general contractor who specializes in medical and dental offices. He has literally written the book on how to build the perfect clinical office to serve your patient’s needs. He has built over 2000 offices for dentists doctors, fertility centers, ambulatory surgical centers, and more. I was tremendously impressed with his approach to building medical spaces.
If you’re thinking about building or renovating your office, clinic space, or surgery center, you need to bookmark this episode so you can keep coming back to it as needed. I learned a ton from this conversation, and I really think it’s going to help you as well. If you’re in medical school or residency, pay attention to Steve’s tips. If you can learn this stuff now, you’ll be ready to build or renovate your own building a lot earlier in your career than your colleagues.
Resources mentioned in the show
- Free Resource: The 10 Day Simple Clinic Makeover
- Meet Steve Anderson, author of DentalEase and buy the book!
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network! Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 55 - My guest on the podcast today is Chad Beste. He’s a healthcare advisory partner with BDO Healthcare. He has helped hundreds of physician practices develop and maintain healthy financial habits that enable them to reliably grow their business and avoid financial disaster. As we’re starting to come out of the COVID pandemic, I know a lot of you are thinking, how can I make sure my business is strong so that I”m not at serious risk of losing my practice the next time a major economic crisis grips the country? I’m excited to get to share Chad’s thoughts about that with you. I think you’re going to learn a lot. This topic couldn’t be more relevant to you, and I hope you get a lot out it.
Resources from the show
- Free Resource: Creating a Personal Mission Statement
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!: Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network. If you're thinking about starting a podcast, we'd love to have you join us! Help us reach out to physicians all over the world!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 54 - My guest on the podcast today is Scott McCarthy. He’s a Canadian Army Officer and the Founder of Moving Forward Leadership. As a logistics officer, he knows how to take a large group of people and leave them to accomplish a highly complex mission. I think you’re going to get a lot out of our conversation today. We’re talking about critical qualities and actions that successful leaders can take. He’s incredibly good at taking leadership concepts from the military and translating them to the civilian world, including healthcare. You’re not going to want to miss this.
Free Resources mentioned in the show
- Free Guide: The Scope of Practice Reading List
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network! Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 53 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Nii Darko. Dr. Nii is a trauma surgeon and the host of the very popular podcast Docs Outside the Box. He and his wife have an incredible story about their journey to financial freedom. As the children of immigrants, the Darko family had some real struggles, but they made deliberate choices to rise above their circumstances.
I think what was most revealing about their story was how their character shaped their choices. If you want financial independence, and if you want to no longer have to make decisions based on how it will affect your ability to pay off your student loans, you need to listen to this inspiring conversation.
As Dr. Nii will tell you, it’s not about what you’re willing to do. It’s about what you’re willing to give up that will lead to your success or failure. I think this conversation will motivate you to make some tough decisions so you can achieve the financial success that you want and deserve.
Resources mentioned in the show
- Free Resource: How to Crush Your Student Loans
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!: Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Sunday Special 11 - My guest on The Sunday Special today is Dr. Elena Shea. She's a full-time pediatrician and a full-time physician mom. A lot of you know exactly what that’s like. I’m a full-time physician and a full-time dad, so I totally understand what it's like to be a working parent. It’s hard, right?
You’re constantly getting pulled in a lot of different directs and it’s normal to feel guilty about how much time you're spending either at work or at home. It’s easy to get trapped into feeling like you’re failing in one area or the other. Dr. Shea knows all about that, and she’s going to have a very candid conversation with us about being a working mom, and what it looks like to strive for excellence in all areas of life. This conversation is raw, it’s real, and it’s really going to encourage you.
- Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Episode 52 - I’m unusually excited about today’s guest. Scott Miller is the EVP for Thought Leadership at Franklin Covey. You’re probably familiar with the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Dr. Stephen Covey. He co-founded Franklin Covey to be one of the premiere leadership companies in the world. When I say that they are first class, it’s really not an exaggeration, and Scott Miller has been leading their thought leadership team for years now. His book, Management Mess to Leadership Success was a #1 new release on Amazon and has been transforming business cultures around the world.
He and his team only select a few podcasts a month to be on and I was ecstatic when he asked to be a guest on The Scope of Practice. He’s fun, witty, and highly knowledgeable about leadership topics. I expect this is going to end up being a top 10 episode this year. Trust me, you’re going to love it! Bookmark this episode because you’ll want to listen to it again. This would be beneficial to your entire leadership team too.
Free resources mentioned on the show
- Free Resource: The Scope of Practice Reading List. This list is the top 35 books that I recommend for physicians who want to have a more successful career and stronger personal finances. If you can read just one book from each of the seven recommended categories, you’ll be in the top 5% of physicians in terms of knowledge about this stuff. Just click on the link to download the guide for free.
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network! Click here and come check out the great podcasts that are a part of the network.
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 51 - My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Jeff Segal. Dr. Segal is a board-certified neurosurgeon who is also a practicing lawyer! He launched a company called Medical Justice in 2002. Medical Justice is a physician-based organization focused on keeping doctors from being sued for frivolous reasons. Dr. Segal also founded eMerit to help doctors protect and preserve their reputations – particularly online.
Dr. Segal has established himself as one of the country’s leading authorities on medical malpractice and online reputation. He also hosts the Medical Liability Minute Podcast where he shares wisdom to help coach physicians to avoid some legal land mines. I’m pumped that he’s here on the podcast today to share some of that wisdom with us. You’re going to learn a lot. I definitely learned some things I didn’t know. This is stuff that all physicians need to know, unfortunately. There’s just no getting away from legal entanglements in your career. But, thanks to people like Dr. Segal, we should be well equipped to handle them.
Free Resource: Writing Your Professional Résumé
Most people write their résumé wrong, and they end up not getting the job they want. Learn the best way to write your CV that gets you interviews and job offers so that you can have the career of your dreams!
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 50 - My guest today is Matt Seefeld. He’s the Executive Vice President of MedEvolve. Matt helps physician groups stay independent and profitable. He is an expert in design and implementation of AI-driven workflow solutions and business analytics that drive transparency, accountability and automation for healthcare organizations.
He works with physician groups around the country to optimize the way they manage their revenue cycles and medical billing teams so they can reduce their cost to collect money, and to increase efficiency. The quality of a practice’s accounts receivable management directly impacts the organization’s net revenue and the ability to maintain a healthy balance sheet.
Matt’s going to walk us through some key questions that we need to be able to answer in order to ensure we have a thriving business. I guarantee that you’ll hear at least a few questions you won’t be able to answer. As Matt will tell us, an inability to answer these questions could be costing us hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars per year. He’s going to help us maximize our revenue cycle, stop losing money we’ve rightfully earned, and have an efficient and profitable business so we can keep taking great care of our patients.
Resources from this episode
- Free Resource: 5 Critical Tools for Physician Leaders
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 49 - My guest this week is Dr. Brian Dooreck. He’s a gastroenterologist in Florida that has seen revolutionary growth in his practice despite being in an incredibly competitive large metropolitan market. He’s going to share his secret practice growth strategies today to help you level up your business.
I know that the COVID pandemic and resultant shutdown really messed up a lot of clinical practices. But, with the vaccine coming out and getting into mass distribution, we’re poised to take some incredible leaps this year as we get back to full speed in our business. I think these strategies that Dr. Dooreck discusses are really going to help you grow your business so you can increase your ability to care for your patients. This is highly practical and you should walk away with at least one or two very simple things that you can take action on starting this week to level up your business growth.
Check out this week's free resources!
- Free Resource: Creating a One-Liner That Will Kickstart Your Business' Growth
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Sunday Special 10 - I’m really pumped about today’s episode. I feel like it’s wrong to have favorite podcast episodes, like you shouldn’t have favorite kids. But, I’ll just say that this is one of the most inspiring conversations I’ve had on the sunday special yet. Dr. K Kay Moody is an emergency medicine physician who’s had to overcome a lot of serious challenges.
She’s battled hospital administrators who were making it harder to care for her patients. She has battled leaders who wanted her to stay quiet instead of speaking out against bad practices. And she’s dealt with people not taking her seriously because she’s a woman.
Well, let me tell you, this conversation inspired me. I want this discussion to give you courage. If she can take a stand, then we all can. God didn’t give us a spirit of timidity, but rather a spirit of power and love. Dr. Moody has that in spades, and I think you’re really going to be inspired by her interview.
- Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Episode 48 - A lot of physicians I’ve talked to have had some bad experiences with private equity. Maybe they got a big payout but they lost so much autonomy and had their workload increased so much that they ended up retiring or leaving the practice because they just couldn’t stand the working conditions. But, I’ve talked with other docs that said the private equity deal they did was fantastic. They got a big payout, they’ve grown their business faster than they thought possible, and the equity company is a great partner that just wants them to be able to practice great medicine on the doctors’ terms. I'm grateful to have Mark Rieboldt of The Coker Group on the podcast today to talk about private equity deals.
Not every private equity deal is bad. If you do your due diligence, a private equity deal could end up being a great opportunity for your business. I would encourage you to not reject every PE deal out of hand, but take each opportunity on a case by case basis. Listen to the podcast episode today to learn all about private equity and decide if it's a good move for your business.
Resources from this episode
- Free Resource: The Scope of Practice Reading List
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 47 (bonus) - If COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on your life, you probably find parts of your life feeling off-balance. Most physicians I talk to have felt that way for months! Dr. Dawn Baker has written extensively about how to find and maintain work/life balance, and she joins us on The Scope of Practice Podcast today to share her insights.
What if you could feel like you are totally balanced between all the parts of your life? What would it take? What would you give for that? Dr. Baker has some answers for you, and best of all, it's totally free. In fact, it's better than that because it all comes directly from you! Your ability to achieve balance is not out of reach.
Dr. Baker drops some incredible wisdom regarding achieving financial independence, the importance of good mentors, the value of self-knowledge, and (my favorite) how to avoid the "Hedonic Treadmill of Achievement." This conversation will encourage and inspire you!
- Free Resource: Creating a Personal Mission Statement
- This week's blog post: Work/Life Balance - Fantasy or Reality?
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
- FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Episode 47 - Today’s guest is Dr. Sandy Weitz. Dr. Weitz is a pain management specialist who started her own private practice and grew it to 11 providers. She built a 25,000 square foot medical office building to house her clinic and multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center. Dr. Weitz also owned an anesthesia company, imaging center as well as several other vertically integrated medical businesses. She ultimately sold several of her businesses to various partners and retired at 53.
That all sounds amazing, and it is, but it wasn’t without its challenges, as you’ll hear her discuss. Since retiring, Dr. Weitz is teaching other physicians the business of medicine. She is showing them how to maximize their earnings potential by leveraging their core medical practice to segue into other business initiatives. This is going be an episode worth bookmarking to return to over and over. I’m telling you, you won’t want to miss out on this discussion.
Free resources
- Free Guide: The 10 Day Simple Clinic Makeover
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 46 - In my last conversation with Dr. Hala Sabry, we talked about balancing career and family aspirations. When you’re driven to succeed in all areas of your life, it’s hard to balance those different ambitions. If you didn't get a chance to listen, make sure to go check that out. In today's episode, we're wrapping up the four part series with Dr. Sabry by talking about the future for women in medicine.
The first women to earn a medical degree in the U.S. was Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell in 1849. Today, women make up half of all medical school classes. We’ve made tremendous progress in advancing opportunities for both women and men to excel in the medical field. So, what’s on the horizon? What does the future look like for women in medicine?
Dr. Sabry and lots of amazing women (and men) are working hard to ensure that anyone in the medical field has every opportunity they want. I think the future is incredibly bright, and I’m excited to bring you this final interview in my four part series with Dr. Hala Sabry.
- Free Resource: Creating Your Personal Mission Statement
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
* Business management resources
* Personal finance resources
* Podcasting resources
* Recommended online courses
* Recommended books
Episode 45 - We’ve talked a lot this month about business and leadership, and today I want to delve into how we balance that drive and ambition with family pursuits. We all want to be devoted spouses and parents, but our careers demand a lot of time and energy. So, how do we strike a balance between those two? Dr. Hala Sabry has extensive experience in that as a physician mom of 5 kids and a serial entrepreneur. I think you’ll really relate to her struggles and hopefully you’ll get some ideas for how to maintain that sense of balance in your own life. Enjoy part 3 of my four part series with her.
- Free Resource: 5 Financial Decisions All Couples Should Make Together
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 44 (bonus) - How do we navigate a social media landscape that is confusing, scary, and overwhelming? 15 years ago, it was just Facebook, but now there are over a dozen platforms. We can't just ignore it, either. Business is increasingly going digital, and a lot of community-building happens digitally too.
Fortunately, Dr. Dana Corriel has the answers. She is the founder of Doctors on Social Media, also known as SoMeDocs. In this episode, she walks us through the strategy to create a legendary social media presence. You CAN take control of your digital footprint! It should be enjoyable, fruitful, and advance your business and career.
This is a great conversation, and you'll definitely learn things that you didn't know before. This isn't coming from a self-styled "social media expert." Dr. Corriel is ACTUALLY an expert when it comes to building amazing physician brands online.
- Free Resource: Creating a One-Liner that Will Kickstart Your Business' Growth
- Free Resource: The Specialist Series
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
- Featured blog post: 5 Big Mistakes Physicians Make with Social Media
Episode 44 - Most financial plans center around spending no money or making a ton of extra money to achieve your goals. Dr. Disha Spath, also known as The Frugal Physician, comes on the podcast today to show us how smart money choices give us financial security without limiting our choices or preventing us from having fun.
She and her husband got rid of three quarters of a million dollars in debt by making some sacrifices, making tough choices, and just deciding to do things differently. Conventional wisdom leads to normal results. Dr. Spath talks about how bucking trends and making smart money choices will lead to uncommon success. You'll love this episode, and you'll be inspired to create your own incredible finance journey!
Resources from this episode:
- Free Resource: How to Crush Your Student Loans
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Sunday Special 09 - Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley was one of the early pioneers for physicians embarking on non-clinical career. Over the last 10 years, she has helped hundreds of physicians transition to non-clinical careers or start a part-time small business. She's sharing her expertise on today's podcast episode.
- Are you thinking about starting a non-clinical career?
- Burned out from traditional clinical medicine?
- Struggling to find your place in the field of medicine?
If so, join me on this magnificent journey with Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley. We explore her faith, her conviction for serving people even when she's not a clinical practitioner, and her passion for helping people find their true calling. Also, we'll delve deeper into concepts like evangelism, sharing your faith with your friends, and the powerful impact that vulnerability can have in your social group. You won't want to miss this great interview with Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley!
- Email Dr. Brent Lacey for help with career or personal finance coaching.
- Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Episode 43 - What got you here, won't get you there! Whatever you've done to get to this point in your business may not be enough to keep you growing. As your business grows, you have to grow along with it. You must adapt to ensure that your business will continue to adapt as well. Dr. Hala Sabry (founder of Physician Moms Group) joins us today for part 2 of our four part series on business and leadership.
Today, we explore what it takes to start your business. Then, one the business begins to grow, how do you get it to scale? What does it take to grow your business 2x, 5x, 10x? Dr. Sabry has been on a continuous growth trajectory for six years, and she knows what it takes to grow and scale your business. In this episode, we explore her insights that helped her grow the Physician Moms Group into the powerhouse that it is today.
BONUS!!!!! Listen through to the end of the podcast to get instructions on how to become eligible to win one of the five free personal finance and career coaching sessions I'm giving away for free this month to podcast listeners!
- Free Resource: Writing Your CV/Résumé
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Want more podcasts like this?: Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
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Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 42 - If you want to succeed in any area of your life, find out what a successful person has done and mirror that. Dr. Hala Sabry is my guest on the podcast today, and she is a leader worth emulating. I'm thrilled that she's coming to share her business and leadership acumen with us. This is part one of a four part series with Dr. Sabry on leadership, business, work/life balance, and the future of Women in Medicine.
She spent 7 years at the Disney corporation learning leadership and business management techniques. She also created the Physician Moms Group on Facebook, which now has over 115,000 members. So, she definitely knows some things about leadership. If you're looking for help with becoming the leader that you wish you could be, this is a great place to start. In this episode, we cover some great topics like mentorship, searching for opportunities, and seizing the spirit of adventure.
BONUS!!!!! Listen through to the end of the podcast to get instructions on how to become eligible to win one of the five free personal finance and career coaching sessions I'm giving away for free this month to podcast listeners!
- Free Resource: 5 Critical Tools for Physician Leaders
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Want more podcasts like this?: Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 41 - The COVID pandemic and the resultant global economic shutdown in 2020 proved to us that there is no such things as financial security. Even physicians are not immune to global pandemics, it seems. So, how do you become financially independent as a physician? What does it take to gain financial freedom? My guest this week is Dr. Christopher Loo, and he has some ideas about how to do that.
He became financially independent while he was still in his final year in medical school, which is nothing short of amazing. He comes on the podcast today to share some of his secrets. If you want to learn how passive income can help you become financially independent, listen to this episode! Make sure to take advantage of all the free resources as well!
- Free Resource: How to Crush Your Student Loans
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Full show notes at www.thescopeofpractice.com/episode41
Episode 40 - Death and taxes are the only two certainties in life, so they say. In this episode, we're talking about TAXES!! Specifically, what strategies can you employ to maximize your tax savings in 2021? What are the tricks? What are some hacks we can employ? My guest this week is Anjali Jariwala. She's the founder of FIT Advisors and is a tax professional.
In this episode we talk strategy as well as tactics. We discuss longterm strategies you can use to minimize your tax burden over the course of your life. Additionally, we talk about some specific items you need to make sure you deduct to take advantage of tax savings this year.
Don't get caught at tax time with a huge tax bill. Make sure you're getting all of the benefits you're entitled to receive. Get all of your deductions and seriously consider hiring a professional to help you. It all starts right here, in this episode! Learn the basics and we can grow from there. This is a really valuable episode and you should think about bookmarking it for future reference every year at tax time.
Free resources discussed in the episode
- Free Resource: Creating an Easy Budget that Works
- Register for the White Coat Investor Conference (March 4-6, 2021): Click here!
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 39 - If you're waiting for a change in the government to save you, you're going to wait a long time. No one is coming to rescue your business. You are not going to get any special treatment from the current or the incoming administration that will save you. If you want to grow your business in 2021, you need to take things into your own hands!
This week, we explore the top 10 things you can do to grow your business in 2021. This isn't a wish list. It's highly practical, actionable, useful, meaningful items that you can do for yourself and your business. There are also several great free resources that you should definitely take advantage of.
What are you waiting for? I want you to have opportunities to grow your business in 2021. This should be a time of great growth, healing, expansion, and improvement in your business. No one is coming to rescue you, but the good news is that YOU are on the job! It's time to get started! Ready, set, GO!!
Let's start 2021 off right!!
Free Resource of the Week: The 10 Day Simple Clinic Makeover
Free Resources mentioned in the episode
- 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members
- Clinic Experience Landing Page
Podcast episodes referenced in this episode by Dr. Brent Lacey:
- Podcast Episode 07 - How to Fix Your Marketing to Make Your Business Boom with Dr. J.J. Peterson
- Podcast Episode 16 - How to Rank #1 on Google with Kelley and Justin Knott
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
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Episode 38 - To start 2021 off, I thought it would be fun to do something different. Instead of bringing you an interview this week with a fellow physician or an industry expert, I thought it would be fun to talk to you myself (Dr. Brent Lacey). People are making a lot of New Years' Resolutions around this time of year, and what better resolution could you make than to get your personal finances on track, especially after the crazy year that we just had?
This week, we’re going to go through the top 10 things you can do this year to master your personal finances and reach your financial goals.
I’ve (Dr. Brent Lacey) been getting an unusually high number of requests for one-on-one financial coaching lately, and so I thought it would be useful to break down some of the most common concerns I address during these sessions and bring you some ideas of how to start addressing those areas.
Let's start 2021 off right!!
- Free Resource of the Week: Setting Reachable Financial Goals
- Free Resources mentioned in the episode
- Four Steps for Calculating Your Net Worth
- Creating an Easy Budget that Works
- Five Financial Conversations All Couples Should Have
- 5 Minutes to Financial Security: Your Personal Insurance Checklist
- Podcast episodes referenced in this episode by Dr. Brent Lacey:
- Podcast Episode 08 - Anyone Can Be a DIY Investor Using the Tax-Efficient Waterfall with Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez
- Podcast Episode 09 - Disability Insurance Made Simple with Matt Wiggins
- Podcast Episode 21 - How to Buy Life Insurance Without Losing Your Money or Your Sanity with Dr. Stephanie Pearson
- Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com for a free consultation.
- FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Sunday Special 08 - Dr. Brent Lacey started The Scope of Practice Podcast to teach busy healthcare professionals how to manage their businesses more successfully and master their personal finances. He saw the lack of knowledge of how to run a business and the huge burden of student loan debt that physicians have and realized there was a tremendous need for that kind of teaching.
Today on The Scope of Practice Podcast, he shares his personal spiritual journey and how God called him first to a career in medicine and later to military service. He believes that God still speaks to those who earnestly seek Him. This is his first time to directly address the podcast audience. He hopes that this will be an inspiring message which will give people comfort and clarity for their own career journey.
- Email Dr. Brent Lacey for help with career or personal finance coaching.
- Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
Episode 37 - Do you still have the career joy you had when you started your practice? Or, have the administrative regulations, patient complaints, and decrease in reimbursement crushed your soul and sucked the joy out of medicine for you? If you’re feeling these days like things just aren't as good as you'd like them to be in your job, then you need to hear this episode from Dr. Kenneth Magid.
He has been in practice for 50 years. Can you believe that? 50 years!! After a half century, he still loves going to work, taking care of patients, and teaching students. Five decades after training, he still says he is in pursuit of “WOW.”
Wouldn’t you love to have that be your legacy? Wouldn’t you give anything to have the same excitement for your career now that you had when you left your training program? If you’re still pursuing that career satisfaction that you’ve always craved, listen to this episode with Dr. Kenneth Magid. Follow his advice and you can have the same joy that he has. Rather than burning out, get fired up for your career and get back into the pursuit of “WOW!!”
- Free Weekly Resource: The Scope of Practice Reading List
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- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: If you need a little more individualized help figuring out a plan for your career or personal finances, click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
- FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Check out the additional free resources available at The Scope of Practice!
- Business management resources
- Personal finance resources
- Podcasting resources
- Recommended online courses
- Recommended books
Episode 36 - Do you ever feel like your career isn't quite what you thought it would be? Like you're living someone else's dream or trying to fit into a mode that doesn't quite work for you? My guest today is Dr. Francis Yoo, and he suggests that most physicians are failing to live what he calls their "authentic self."
When we're in medical school and post-graduate training, we work hard to become excellent at the craft of medicine, but are we abandoning our own dreams in favor of a prescribed concept of what "a doctor is supposed to be"? Dr. Yoo certainly thinks so.
If you want your career to be what you've always dreamed, it's time to look inward and figure out what your "authentic self" really looks like! Listen to this episode and discover the freedom that comes for working towards your own goals, just because it's who you know you're meant to be.
Resources
- Please take 2 minutes to fill out the podcast survey and tell me how I can make the podcast even better for you!!
- Free Resource: Creating a Personal Mission Statement
- Take the Fascination Advantage Assessment!
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- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching
- FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Episode 35 - It's common for us to talk to our patients and yet not be able to communicate effectively. If we can't talk to someone in a way that helps them actually understand what we're trying to say, we're not effectively communicating with them. Dr. Brad Block has some great insights into how to effectively communicate with our patients.
- How do you know when it's ok to tell a joke?
- What kind of non-verbal cues are you using to make your point?
- Is eye contact important?
- Maybe interrupting the patient isn't always a bad thing?
As physicians, it's incumbent on us to explain things to patients in ways that they understand. That involves understanding how their culture, background, socioeconomic status, marital status, sexual orientation, and ethnicity inform their worldview. It's not as simple as just telling people what they need to know. In this podcast episode, you'll learn some key tips to help you communicate with your patients more effectively so you can be in a better position to help them with their health care needs. If you want to really help your patients heal, your communication matters, and this episode will help you level up your communication game.
Resources from this episode:
- Please take 2 minutes to fill out the podcast survey and tell me how I can make the podcast even better for you!! Click here for the survey link and you'll be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card
- Free Resource: Creating a Personal Mission Statement
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network, with over a dozen high-yield podcasts for physicians!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching: If you need a little more individualized help figuring out how to put together a personalized financial plan, email me for a consultation!
- FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Episode 34 - Did you know that up to 50% of female physicians report having PTSD from their jobs! We all know that burnout is common, but PTSD is upwards of half of all female physicians? That’s unacceptable. That’s insane. It’s no wonder that half of all physicians surveyed in 2018 reported plans to go part time or retire early in the next few years. Our guest this week is Cecille Ahrens. She’s a mental health professional and host of the Get Mental Podcast.
Cecille has over 20 years of applied experience. She specializes in PTSD & Trauma, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Relationship Issues, Domestic Violence and Women’s Issues. In her practice, she sees a lot of high-octane professionals who experience burnout, depression, anxiety, and even PTSD through their interactions at their job.
Cecille is passionate about de-stigmatizing mental health and raising mental health awareness. This conversation is a really important one for anyone who is experiencing or has experienced symptoms of burnout at work. Up to 70% of physicians surveyed report experiencing symptoms of burnout, so I guarantee that this is relevant to you or to someone who is close to you. This is an important episode.
- Please take 2 minutes to fill out the podcast survey and tell me how I can make the podcast even better for you!! Click here for the survey link and you'll be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card
- Free Resource: The 10 Day Simple Clinic Makeover
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
- One-on-one personal finance and business coaching
- FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Sunday Special 07 - Sometimes our greatest accomplishments come without accolades or fanfare. Sometimes it’s as simple as getting back up after being knocked down. Other times, it’s doing what you said you would, just because integrity means something. Our guest today is Dr. Holden Graves, and he faced some real challenges when he and his wife were trying to pay off all of their student loans.
They had a few false starts, but they got it done and now they are living a great life, debt-free and fully able to make the choices they want to make. It meant making a few sacrifices, but as he’ll tell you, it was totally worth it. For all of you out there who are deeply in debt and wondering when you’ll be able to get all of your loans paid off, I think this conversation is really going to encourage you.
- Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals. Download for free!
- If you'd like to contribute to the devotional series, you can email me at info@thescopeofpractice.com. Guest authors get full attribution and promotion for their business, blog, or podcast.
Episode 33 - My guest this week is Dr. Charlotte Akor. She is a pediatric ophthalmologist but she has carved out a cool niche for herself: teaching billing and coding to doctors. A few years ago, after I had been in military medicine for about 7 or 8 years, I realized I had utterly no idea how to bill and code properly. Frankly, since my salary never really depended on it, I never bothered to learn it. I certainly didn’t have any training during residency or fellowship on how to do it properly, and I bet you didn’t either. Hardly any training programs teach that.
A few years before I went into private practice, I decided to get good at billing and coding. I was flabbergasted at how poorly I had been doing coding and billing previously. I was undercoding a lot of encounters, by as much as 30-40% of their value in some cases. It was ludicrous! Can you imagine if I had realized that only years after starting my own practice and realized how much money I had lost by just not knowing how to code?
If you’re starting to sweat a little right now wondering what you’re not coding for and how much money you’re losing, then this episode is definitely for you. Dr. Charlotte is going to give us some great tips about how to avoid common mistakes people make when it comes to billing, coding, and collections. She’s awesome and really knows her stuff. Trust me, you’re going to hear at least one thing in today’s episode that you didn’t know you didn’t know.
Great resources for you!!
- Please take 2 minutes to fill out the podcast survey and tell me how I can make the podcast even better for you!! Click here for the survey link and you'll be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card
- Free Resource: The 10 Day Simple Clinic Makeover
- Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
- Check out the Doctor Podcast Network!
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Episode 32 - Have you ever watched a physician get interviewed on TV and thought, "I could definitely do this better than them and that should be me on TV?" How do you think Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz got to be famous? Do you think it's because they know more than everyone else or is it because they prioritized personal branding and hired the right PR firm? Our guest this week, Kris Ruby, shares the publicity secrets behind TV doctors and how you can use media to build your practice.
Kris is the CEO of Ruby Media Group and Medical Practice PR, an award-winning medical public relations agency that helps doctors leverage the power of digital PR to increase media exposure for their practice. In this episode on medical public relations, she unpacks the "why" and the "how" of getting media appearances. PR and media appearances can be a huge boost to your business and medical practice.
Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil may not be TV doctors who know more than you do, but they probably had some of the best publicists, which is why they are in the position they are in, and you may not be.
Getting noticed is critical to success in the medical industry these days. If you aren't taking advantage of media appearances for your medical practice, you can bet that your competitors are! Join us in the conversation this week with Kris Ruby to learn about medical public relations and what it can do for your business!
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Episode 31 - If you've struggled with burnout, feelings of doubt or inadequacy, or wondering whether you were making a real difference, you're not alone. Our guest this week is all too familiar with burnout and the problems plaguing physicians these days. Dr. Maiysha Clairborne had to overcome serious depression induced by burnout and rise up to create her incredibly successful business.
After nearly losing her life to burnout, she started a new business and grew it from scratch to an incredible level of success. She is a true entrepreneur, and she now spends her time coaching other physicians how to follow in her footsteps. She has a successful podcast and coaching business, but she does all of this while being an amazing full-time mother.
Dr. Maiysha has been where many of our listeners are: burned out, struggling, feeling alone, and despairing that they'll ever be happy in their career. Fortunately, that's right where she once found herself before standing up and crushing those problems. On today's episode, she's going to show us how she rose up and conquered those fears and doubts, and she wants to help you do the same!
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Episode 30 - Too many of our colleagues are facing burnout these days. Over half of all physicians report plans to go part-time or reduce their hours. Up to 70% of physicians report experiencing burnout. This week's podcast guest, Dr. Katrina Ubell, experienced that too.
After a decade in private practice as a pediatrician, she was feeling burned out and left medicine altogether. She decided to reinvent herself, starting a highly successful weight loss coaching program for busy women physicians. Years later, she has a podcast with millions of downloads and a highly successful business.
She has had to learn how to grow and scale a business on the fly, and she has become a highly successful business executive. Whether you're thinking about growing a side hustle, going part-time, or just looking for some inspiration, this conversation is for you! Dr. Ubell has great insights into what it takes to be a successful businesswoman, and she's here to share those insights with us.
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- Or anything else related to business or personal finance
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Episode 29 - More and more physicians feel burned out, jaded, and fed up with corporate health care systems. But, over half of all physicians remain in the employed physician model. If that's the best path for you, no problem! But, Dr. Tom Davis thinks that it's worth it to be your own boss.
In today's episode, he'll tell us how he built a small three-person clinical practice in rural Missouri into a regional powerhouse. Eventually, he sold it for $132 million! You think that couldn't be you too some day? Well, think again!! Dr. Davis assures us that physician entrepreneurship is alive and well.
If you're thinking about leaving medicine, maybe you should instead be thinking of ways to leverage your business into a more efficient and more profitable enterprise. This conversation is incredibly inspiring. I'm pumped for you to hear his story and then go out and write a new one of your own!
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Sunday Special 06 - If you're drowning in debt, unsure if you're going to have enough money saved for retirement, or just not secure in your current financial situation, this week's podcast guest knows exactly how you feel. Dr. Jeff Anzalone has been debt-free for years, but it wasn't always that way.
Just 2 weeks before he graduated from residency, he lost his job opportunity that he'd planned on. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, an interest-only mortgage, and a new baby were waiting on him to make a plan. He worked hard to pay off all of the student loans, and now he coaches other physicians and dentists on how to do the same.
You deserve to live a life of happiness, but it may take some hard work to get you to that point. In this week's episode, Dr. Anzalone and I explore the world of debt and credit, and excising those from your life in order to gain security in your personal finances.
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Episode 28 - Over 50% of physicians report plans to go part-time or get out of a medical career entirely. If you're one of those physicians, then today's conversation will encourage and equip you to make some changes! Dr. John Jurica is a family medicine physician who has been blogging and podcasting for years about physician non-clinical careers. He joins us on the podcast today to discuss transitions away from clinical medicine.
Most physicians don't necessarily have to retire early, but many choose to (and that's ok!). Dr. Jurica helps coach busy physicians through the process of getting out of clinical medicine and into healthcare leadership or non-clinical careers altogether. The episode this week is split between these two incredibly valuable topics, and you're going to get a lot of value out of this episode.
It's not too late to make changes in your career, whether you've been in practice for 3 months or 3 decades. Don't miss an opportunity for a fresh start! Listen to this episode with Dr. Jurica to learn how easy it is to move into positions of leadership and non-clinical careers.
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Episode 27 - Have you ever had the feeling that you "just don't belong here"? I think we all get caught with Imposter Syndrome at one time in our lives. For women, this is especially common, especially in medicine. Dr. Barbara Hamilton knows what it's like to be a woman in a male-dominated specialty. Blogging as the Tired Superheroine, she has been instrumental in empowering young generations of physicians to break barriers and plow right through obstacles so they can achieve the career success they deserve.
As a man in a male-dominated field, I have observed a lot of the same things that Dr. Hamilton discusses on the podcast episode. She has amazing insights into what prevents people from seeking their dreams. I love her message that anyone should be able to achieve anything they want in medicine. As physicians, it's up to us to empower other physicians to live their chosen calling.
Dr. Barbara Hamilton is an expert and motivating young physicians to overcome their struggles and reach for the stars. She knows what it takes to go from sidekick to super heroine, and she's here to tell us how it can still be done! Don't think that this episode isn't for you! Whether you're a man, a woman, an early career physician, or nearing retirement, there's something in this episode for everyone.
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Episode 26 - Financial independence (or FIRE, if you're into retiring early) is the Holy Grail of personal finance. Achieving it takes work and a lot of time, and few people unlock secrets to getting there quickly. Dr. David Draghinas has managed to find an uncommon niche that will help you achieve financial independence. He joins us on The Scope of Practice Podcast today to tell us how to do it.
For years, he has been perfecting his technique for investing in short term rentals (like what you'd see on airbnb.com). Our conversation on the podcast today is all about how to develop those properties, market them effectively, and maximize your profitability.
It's high-impact, high-yield, and we explore a unique niche in the world of personal finance. You'll get a lot out of this conversation. If you're ready to tackle a new challenge that can propel you towards financial independence, this episode is for you!
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Episode 25 - The number one cause of divorce in America is money fights and money problems. If you can get on the same financial page as your spouse, you'll be much more likely to have a stable, happy marriage. My guest this week is Ryan Inman, host of the Financial Residency podcast. He has coached hundreds of physician couples to succeed with their finances.
As you'll hear in this episode, one key to succeeding in marriage is to learn how to communicate about money. Fortunately, it's not that difficult to figure out. Unfortunately, it's not easy, but there are some key steps everyone can take to ensure that they are having healthy conversations about money.
Don't allow yourself to fall into the trap of thinking that you don't need to talk about money with your spouse. Money is part of every aspect of your life. When you and your spouse are aligned with regard to money, you'll be aligned with your dreams, your goals, and your aspirations. Enjoy this week's conversation on how to communicate better with your spouse about money so you can avoid money fights!
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Sunday Special 05 - It's difficult to face the unknown. When you graduate from residency or fellowship and you’re looking for your first job, you don’t really know exactly what to expect. Maybe you’re moving to a new city or state. Maybe it takes you far from your family. Maybe it’s a completely new practice setting. Are you ready to take a leap of faith? Dr. Steven Dalton knows exactly what that's like.
Well, imagine working in one job for over a decade and then feeling like God was calling you to uproot and start a completely new job? What kind of faith and courage would that take? Well, that’s exactly the situation that today’s guest faced recently. Dr. Steven Dalton was a hospitalist, but he felt God leading him to open up a solo direct primary care practice. Talk about a a leap of faith!
What would it be like to leave everything you’ve known for the last 10 years and jump headlong into a completely new venture that you’ve never thought about? You don’t have to wonder, you can hear about it straight from someone who did it. Enjoy this week's Sunday Special conversation with Dr. Steven Dalton.
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Episode 24 - What does it really take to run a business? What does it take to be a leader? How do you do all of your work and help grow a thriving practice? These are important questions for any physician. This week, we get a chance to have some of these questions answered by Dr. John Michels, a physician entrepreneur with a very unusual path to medicine.
Dr. John Michels won the Super Bowl as an offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers. He unfortunately suffered a career-ending knee injury in the next year. Undeterred, he pivoted his career plans and became a physician! Now, he is an interventional pain specialist who brings the same championship attitude to the procedure suite that he used to bring to the football field.
If you've felt inadequate to be able to serve your patients or lead your team, you're not alone! Dr. John Michels had to start an entire career over from scratch! From Super Bowl Champion to medical student, his attitude remains the same: serve your team, serve your patients, serve your family. This week's episode is a phenomenal discussion for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be a physician leader.
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Episode 23 - If you think your business isn't creating enough profit, you're probably right. But, it's not for the reason you think! The reason you're not taking home enough profit is because you're not taking out profit first! In this week's episode, Mike Michalowicz argues that the traditional model of business (Revenue - Expenses = Profits) is wrong.
Instead, you should use this model: Revenue - Profit = Expenses. Take profit out of the business first, then use the remaining money to pay taxes and expenses. This conversation is revolutionary, but it's the best way I've heard to ensure that you have a profitable business. If you're bringing home profit and not meeting expenses, the answer is to spend less money!
Listen to this week's episode with Mike Michalowicz and learn how to create a wildly successful and profitable business just by taking out profit first!
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Episode 22 - Have you thought about building a side hustle to help you diversify your income and create a more financially secure position? Dr. Heather Hammerstedt did more than just think about it. She built a non-profit organization to provide emergency care in Africa, then built a physician coaching business that now makes over $50,000 per month.
Guess what? She does all of this while still having a full-time emergency medicine practice and being a mother! In this episode, she shares her expertise, experiences, and advice with our listeners. If you're looking for inspiration to help you start your own dream business, this conversation is for you!
Dr. Hammerstedt has phenomenal insights to share with us, learned over years of hustling and grinding to create a thriving business. This episode is empowering and will equip you to get started on your own dream business!
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Episode 21 - Have you ever wondered if you had the right kind of life insurance coverage? How about the right amount of coverage? Are you concerned you're paying for things you don't need? The life insurance industry is FULL of people who want to take your money and give you as little as possible in return. Fortunately, Dr. Stephanie Pearson knows all about life insurance from both a physician and broker perspective.
If you've ever sat with a life insurance salesperson, you probably felt like you needed a shower afterwards. There are a few great leaders in the industry that really have a physician's interest at heart. Who better than an actual physician to coach us through that?
By the end of this episode, you'll feel much more confident in buying the right kind of life insurance, avoiding unnecessary costs, and securing your family's financial future. No need to be afraid of life insurance anymore! Dr. Stephanie Pearson can help you get only what you need to protect your family. Enjoy!
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Sunday Special 04- Many people are afraid to express their faith in their career. Sometimes that's because they're afraid of retribution. Most of the time, it's because of a fear of rejection. But, there is room for faith in medicine! Dr. Harry Karydes has great insights into how one can express one's faith in their medical career.
If you've wondered what you can do to show your faith in your medical profession, this conversation will inspire and encourage you! Dr. Karydes has spent a lot of time writing and speaking about emotional, mental, and spiritual wellness. He's an expert on the subject and he is passionate about helping people find their spiritual foundation so they can have the fulfilled life they deserve.
If you've felt burned out, fed up, confused, or just plain tired, this is an incredible episode for you! Join Dr. Harry Karydes and me as we explore the idea of finding room to express our faith in the medical profession.
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Episode 20 - The Direct Primary Care (DPC) model is disrupting the marketplace of the modern healthcare industry. It's a good thing too, since the U.S. is projecting a massive shortage of physicians over the next 20 years. Dr. Paul Thomas has become a national expert in the DPC model, having successfully built his own direct primary care practice over the last few years.
In this model, he sees 5-6 patients a day, makes a middle six-figure salary, and has tremendous patient satisfaction scores. If that sounds too good to be true, it almost is. Work less and make good money? And it's better for your patients? And it saves them money too? No, this is not a scam, this is a phenomenal business model!
Whether you're interested in direct primary care or not, this episode has got some great information for you! Dr. Thomas shares his incredible business savvy to help us learn how we can modify our own practice to make more money, have a better lifestyle, and yet still help our patients more!
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Episode 19 - Let's face it, most physicians were either unhappy with their career or struggling with their personal finances (or both!) BEFORE the COVID-19 craziness hit us! You're not imagining the difficulty we've been facing, but maybe you were already struggling with challenges of your own even before the shutdown happened. Fortunately, Dr. Cory Fawcett has some phenomenal tips to share with all of us to help us build the career and financial success we deserve!
He has written five books which are self-help guidebooks for physicians on a variety of important subjects. He appeared on the podcast this week to share some of his wisdom that he learned over a multi-decade careers as a private practice surgeon. Be careful listening to this episode, as you may be in danger of having your life changed! It's an amazingly inspiring and highly practical conversation for anyone interested in having the career of their dreams and not being bogged down by financial insecurity.
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Episode 18 - If COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on your life, you probably find parts of your life feeling off-balance. Most physicians I talk to have felt that way for months! Dr. Dawn Baker has written extensively about how to find and maintain work/life balance, and she joins us on The Scope of Practice Podcast today to share her insights.
What if you could feel like you are totally balanced between all the parts of your life? What would it take? What would you give for that? Dr. Baker has some answers for you, and best of all, it's totally free. In fact, it's better than that because it all comes directly from you! Your ability to achieve balance is not out of reach.
Dr. Baker drops some incredible wisdom regarding achieving financial independence, the importance of good mentors, the value of self-knowledge, and (my favorite) how to avoid the "Hedonic Treadmill of Achievement." This conversation will encourage and inspire you!
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Episode 17 - Let's face it, COVID-19 has destroyed a lot of businesses. A lot of people had their dreams and life savings invested in a business that is just gone. Even physicians have seen their business or entire hospital close. Is it impossible to just start over, or to grow your business following the COVID shutdown? Dr. Glenn Vo doesn't think so!
Dr. Glenn Vo is a full-time dentist and thriving entrepreneur who started the group "Nifty Thrifty Dentists." He has an entrepreneurial mindset and is experienced at starting and growing a business from scratch. In today's podcast episode, Dr. Vo talks about how physicians and dentists can approach business in a way that will enable them to grow, even in the aftermath of COVID-19.
This pandemic doesn't have to be the death of your business or your dreams! Dr. Vo and I had a great discussion on the philosophical and practical aspects of entrepreneurship that will help you get your business started, growing, and booming!
"Entrepreneurship: It’s all about your mindset. You’ve got to get your mindset right!"
- Dr. Glenn Vo
Dr. Glenn Vo co-owns Denton Smiles Dentistry with his wife Dr. Susan Tran, where they have achieved Best of Denton 3 years consecutively. He is also the founder of Nifty Thrifty Dentists, a website and Facebook group that is aimed to helping dentists pull resources together to save money by leveraging for group buys. Alongside with Nifty Thrifty, he hosts a podcast that is one of the top podcasts on iTunes. Additionally, he is the host of The Doctor Entrepreneur Podcast as well as a best selling author.
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One-on-one personal finance and business coaching
If you need a little more individualized help figuring out:
- How to build and implement a successful long-term finance strategy
- How to budget effectively without going crazy
- What to do in order to get you and your spouse on the same page with your finances
- Writing a resume
- How to find the right practice to join
- Or anything else related to business or personal finance
I’d love to help you so you can have the successful career and financial freedom you deserve. Just click here and email me to set up a free consultation to determine if one-on-one coaching is right for you.
I’ve coached hundreds of families to eliminate millions of dollars in debt and get their finances on track, and I’d love to help you do the same so you feel safe knowing your career and personal finances are as strong as you want them to be.
Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
Episode 16 - If your business doesn't rank #1 on Google, you're losing business! Unfortunately, the best physicians don't always get the most business. A lot of times, it comes down to who has the best marketing strategies. If you have the best messages and the clearest communication, you're more likely to win.
Go Google your business right now! If you're not on the first page for your specialty in your area, it's likely that you're losing business to your competitors. This week, Kelley and Justin Knott share the secrets of healthcare marketing with us. They'll teach us how to rank #1 on Google, how to get the best patient reviews, and how to effectively utilize physician liaisons in your practice.
None of this stuff happens by accident! The days of "hanging a shingle" in your town and creating a thriving business are pretty much over! If you want to rank #1 on Google and get more patients, have a better business, and help more people, then you need to listen to this episode!
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Sunday Special 03 - The United States is in a crisis right now! It's not an exaggeration to say that there is a large percentage of the U.S. population that would love to see the American experiment end. America has been the source of the greatest expansion of wealth, promotion of freedom, and elimination of poverty in the history of humanity. Ending that would be an unmitigated disaster! America needs Jesus now more than ever!!
In this episode, Dr. Pat Young talks about his experience as a physician over the past two decades. He served over 20 years in the U.S. Navy. Now, he continues his mission of teaching, coaching, and serving both his patients and his students and trainees. He is an incredible leader and really understands what it takes to be able to share your faith in times like this.
This is an empowering episode with one of the great physician leaders of our modern times. You'll come away from this episode encouraged and emboldened to share the good news of Jesus Christ with a dying world. America needs Jesus, and you can share that with them!
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This is a medically-themed devotional series with Bible passage discussion, reflection questions, prayers, and action steps to take each day. It's a great series, and you can download it for free!
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Episode 15 - What would it be like to work in a place where everyone genuinely enjoyed working there? Wouldn't you love to have a healthy workplace environment, low staff turnover, and high productivity? According to today's guest, William Vanderbloemen, your company's success lives and dies with how effectively you develop a healthy, vibrant team culture.
A good team culture doesn't develop by accident. It's something you create over time through nurture and deliberate planning. Cultivating a good team culture will lead to lower staff turnover, increased profitability, better team morale, and a more positive work experience.
I hope you enjoy this week's episode as William Vanderbloemen shares the key features that you need in order to ensure that your team culture is healthy. Whether you're joining an established company or starting your own, there are great tips in here that you need! Sit back and listen to a great conversation about how you as a leader can build the company of your dreams with the team you already have in place.
- Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members
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- Buy William's Book: Culture Wins
One-on-one personal finance and business coaching
If you need a little more individualized help figuring out:
How to build and implement a successful long-term finance strategy
- How to budget effectively without going crazy
- What to do in order to get you and your spouse on the same page with your finances
- Writing a resume
- How to find the right practice to join
- Or anything else related to business or personal finance
I’d love to help you soyou can have the successful career and financial freedom you deserve. Just click here and email me to set up a free consultationto determine if one-on-one coaching is right for you.
I’ve coached hundreds of families to eliminate millions of dollars in debt and get their finances on track, and I’d love to help you do the same so you feel safe knowing your career and personal finances are as strong as you want them to be.
Click here and email me to set up a free consultation today!
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Episode 14 - Students loans are wrecking financial plans of physicians around the country, and no one is coming to your rescue!! Fortunately, that means that the power is in YOUR hands! But, if you're over $200,000 in debt and just starting out your career, it might seem overwhelming. Travis Hornsby is today's guest, and in this episode he walks us step by step through all of the important issues to consider as we tackle our student loans.
Your student loans shouldn't crush your dreams. You deserve to have a life of financial freedom. You just need a plan! Follow along with today's episode and you'll get clarification on all the parts of the plan that you need to get your finances on track so you can live with the financial security you deserve!
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If you need a little more individualized help figuring out:
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- Contact Travis Hornsby today to get started on a personalized plan to crush your student loans!
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Featured online community: Physician Dad Nerd Group
Episode 13 - Up to 80% of physicians report experiencing symptoms of burnout. >60% of all people nationally feel some degree of dissatisfaction at work. If you're one of those people, maybe it's because you feel stuck in neutral. Maybe you're just not getting what you need from the people that work with you. As Ken Coleman discusses in this episode, there's a simple fix.
Here's the reality: no one cares enough to help you if you don't go help yourself. You need to seize opportunities when they present themselves. More than that, you need to CREATE opportunities for yourself! Using The Proximity Principle, Ken Coleman will teach us in this episode how to get around the right people and put the right practices in place in order to create opportunities.
Ken Coleman is a nationally syndicated radio host and hosts The Ken Coleman Show podcast. That podcast is consistently ranked in the top 3 of all career-related podcasts. Ken is experienced and knowledgeable, and he's going to help us figure out how to jumpstart our career growth using the Proximity Principle. Don't wait for something good to come along - make it happen!!!
Resources from this episode
Free Resource: Application/Interview Toolkit
Featured online community: Physician Moms of Four or More
FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
This week's blog post: 3 People, 2 Places, and 1 Practice that Will Lead to Your Dream Job
Episode 12 - Public speaking is the #1 fear for a huge percentage of people. Many people report that they fear public speaking more than death. But, what if you had a formula for crafting and delivering the perfect presentation? Wouldn't that make public speaking less scary? In this week's episode, Nancy Duarte breaks down the formula for the perfect speech, backed by hard science, and gives us a step-by-step plan for creating the perfect presentation.
You can use these techniques for a big formal conference presentation, or something simple like a presentation to your team about your newest upcoming project. Nancy's TEDx Talk on how to create the perfect speech has millions of views, and she goes into even greater detail in this episode.
Bookmark this episode and come back to it anytime that you are getting ready to deliver a presentation. This discussion will help you build an amazing speech and give you the confidence you need to step out onto that stage without anxiety and fear.
Connect with Nancy's team: Duarte.com
Nancy's TEDx Talk on giving the perfect speech
Free Resource: The Specialist Series
Featured online community: Physicians to Physician - Healing the Practice of Medicine
FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
This week's blog post: 17 "Do's" and "Don'ts" for Giving a Great Presentation
Sunday Special 02 - Physicians CAN be a witness for God in their career. Dr. Jason Mizell has a lot of valuable insights into how to do just that. As a medical school professor, he has worked tirelessly to serve the students and residents at the University of Arkansas Medical School. He sees it as part of his mission to ensure that he is setting a Godly example for others to follow.
In this episode, Dr. Mizell shares how he navigates the difficult path of being a faithful witness and staying within the bounds of university policies. His students and peers have honored him as a top medical educator, and he has used that platform for God's glory.
His tips on how to share your faith in your career will encourage you. This episode is a lot of fun, but there's also a lot of really valuable content that you can take with you to grow your own witness at work.
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 14-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
Listen to Dr. Mizell's other episode: How I Teach My Kids and My Students to Be Masters of Personal Finance
Featured community: The C12 Group
Episode 11 - How do we navigate a social media landscape that is confusing, scary, and overwhelming? 15 years ago, it was just Facebook, but now there are over a dozen platforms. We can't just ignore it, either. Business is increasingly going digital, and a lot of community-building happens digitally too.
Fortunately, Dr. Dana Corriel has the answers. She is the founder of Doctors on Social Media, also known as SoMeDocs. In this episode, she walks us through the strategy to create a legendary social media presence. You CAN take control of your digital footprint! It should be enjoyable, fruitful, and advance your business and career.
This is a great conversation, and you'll definitely learn things that you didn't know before. This isn't coming from a self-styled "social media expert." Dr. Corriel is ACTUALLY an expert when it comes to building amazing physician brands online.
Check out SoMeDocs!
- SoMeDocs main page: Everything related to social media branding you could ever want!
- Facebook collaborative: Looking for other physician Facebook groups to join? Here is a great set for you to check out!
- Physician Databank: Meet other physicians who are crushing it in the online space. Great opportunities for collaboration!
- SoMeDocs Masterclass: If you need one-on-one help with social media strategies or growing your career, this is the place to check out!!
- Dr. Corriel's blog: Life After Medicine
Free Resource: The Specialist Series
This is a new project brought to you by The Scope of Practice. The goal with this series is to offer recommendations that are relevant to a particular specialty but which may not be applicable to medical professionals more broadly.
For example, what is relevant to clinical practice as a pediatrician may not apply to a general surgeon or a psychiatrist.
Guest authors get full attribution and retain ownership over their work. You'll also get free promotion on the blog, on my email list and social media channels. If you submit five articles or more, you'll get featured on the podcast!!!
Click here to learn more.
Featured online community: Dads Married to Doctors
"Dads Married to Doctors" exists to help fathers with physician spouses! This is an amazing brotherhood of men dedicated to being better fathers, husbands, and taking care of their family. There are dozens of subgroups related to a variety of interests. If you can't find a community here, you're probably not going to find it elsewhere. They've got everything you need! Check them out!!
FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
This week's blog post: 5 Big Mistakes Physicians Make with Social Media
Episode 10 - Teaching kids and students to handle their money successfully is the top goal for this week's guest. We all want our children to have a better life than we had. If we can help them not make the same mistakes we did, we can set them up for success in life.
Dr. Jason Mizell has created a comprehensive curriculum for business and personal finance that he gives to his medical students. He also uses the same concept to teach his children how to be more successfully financially.
Even if you don't have children or students to teach right now, you'll get so much value from hearing this episode with Dr. Mizell. He has made a huge difference in the lives of hundreds of medical students, and today he shares all of his wisdom and tips so we can do the same.
See all the free resources in the show notes at www.thescopeofpractice.com/episode10
Free PDF download: 5 Financial Decisions Couples Should Make Together
FREE disability insurance quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Featured online community: Peloton Female Physicians
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Episode 09 - Disability insurance is a critical piece of your overall financial plan. If you don't have it, you won't be able to provide for and protect your family in the event you become disabled. It's a type of insurance that many people don't understand, so it can seem overwhelming to think about.
Fortunately, our guest this week will break down all the specifics of disability insurance and make it simple to understand. By the end of this episode, you'll know what you need to know to get started.
Protect your family by insuring the one thing that you can't live without: your income. It's your most valuable asset by far, so take the necessary precautions to secure it.
Get all the free resources in the show notes
Free Resource: 5 Minutes to Financial Security: Your Personal Insurance Checklist
Get FREE disability quotes from Pattern: www.thescopeofpractice.com/pattern
Featured online community: Physician Dads Support Group
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
Episode 08 - Have you ever wanted to be a DIY investor but you just didn't know where to start? It's not that hard. All you need is a plan!
The tax-efficient waterfall investing strategy is a great roadmap that can turn any financial novice into a DIY investor in 8 easy steps. This is a super-simple but incredibly powerful investing strategy. Any would-be DIY investor should have no trouble getting great returns using these few very simple steps.
Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez is an author, blogger, and owner of Aptus Financial. She has a great head for strategy and a heart for service. If you think becoming a DIY investor is beyond your reach, think again!! Let Sarah-Catherine show you how it's done!!
Free Resource: Setting Reachable Financial Goals
Connect with Sarah-Catherine
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Blog: www.ladysplainingmoney.com
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Financial planning company: Aptus Financial
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Buy the book!!: But First, Save 10: The One Simple Money Move that Will Change Your Life
Featured online community: Physician Mom Crafters
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
9 Easy Steps to Building a Great Investing Strategy Using the Tax-Efficient Waterfall: click here.
Zero to Freedom Online Course: Register Now!
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Sunday Special 01- Up to 80% of patients in surveys report an interest in having their physician pray with them. As physicians, it's good for us to find ways to care for someone's spiritual health as well as their physical health. The power of prayer is an incredible thing to witness. Regardless of your faith background, prayer has a powerful impact on a patient's well-being and state of mind. This is an exciting episode about the power of prayer.
In this episode, Dr. David Levy shares his experience with praying with his patients before his surgeries. He is the author of the popular book, Gray Matter,which details many of his experiences.
This episode is the first of a special series called "The Sunday Special." It's an opportunity for us to talk to a Christian physician about their faith in God, their personal spiritual journey, and how their faith influences their career. This is a separate series from the usual weekly episodes on business management and personal finance mastery.
I hope this episode offers you encouragement, hope, and love. Thank you for listening!
Access all the resources in the show notes: click here for the show notes
Free Resource: The Body of Christ - A 7-day devotional series for healthcare professionals
Featured online community: Christian Professionals Worldwide
Episode 07 - Your competitors are getting more leads, more sales, more subscribers and more raving fans than you. Why is that? It's probably because your marketing isn't as clear as it should be.
I've learned that it's critically important to be clear when you're delivering your message. You also need a clear path for people to follow in order to learn what you offer, then accept the offer and take action on it.
The best brands and the best sites aren't necessarily the ones that win. The brands that succeed the most are typically the ones that have the clearest messages. You need to make your messaging VERY easy for people to understand.
At Storybrand, Donald Miller and Dr. J.J. Peterson teach business owners how to clarify their messages so they can build their business. In this episode, Dr. Peterson breaks down the elements of marketing that you need in order to make your messaging clear so you can grow your business.
See all the resources in the show notes at www.thescopeofpractice.com/episode07
Free Resource: Creating a One-Liner that Will Kickstart Your Business' Growth
Join the Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists Facebook Group!
3 Critical Website Elements that Will Help You Get More Traffic: click here.
Connect with Dr. J.J. Peterson and Storybrand:
Featured online community: Semi-Retired Physicians
Zero to Freedom Online Course: Register Now!
Back to Busy Summit (use the code "SCOPE" to get 20% off!!)
Episode 06 - Financial security is an illusion, if your only income is from your main job. Creating passive income, like through real estate investing, is all about gaining autonomy over our lives.
The tax code is massively skewed towards favoring real estate investing. Other forms of income and investing tend to be taxed at higher rates. So, real estate is especially important for high income earners like physicians to consider.
But, what if you don't have a lot of money? Or any experience? Fortunately, there are still great ways that you start your real estate investing portfolio.
In this episode, Dr. Peter Kim (a.k.a. Passive Income, M.D.) teaches us how to create streams of passive income through a variety of mechanisms, including real estate investing.
Check out all the great resources mentioned in the show.
Free Resource: 37 Ways to Save $1,000 Per Year
Connect with Passive Income, M.D.:
Featured online community: Society of Physician Entrepreneurs
Back to Busy Summit (use the code "SCOPE" to get 20% off!!)
Episode 05 - Leadership skills are not innate. These skills have to be learned. No one is born a leader. You have to cultivate those skills through experience, hardship, and training.
Dr. Scott Parazynski is an emergency medicine physician who has logged over 23 million miles in space travel on 5 space shuttle missions. He also climbed Mt. Everest.
In this episode, he shares the leadership and business lessons that he's learned through his career. This is a rich episode, full of amazing stories and great lessons for life and leadership.
Take your leadership game to a new level with Dr. Scott Parazynski.
Free Resource: 32 Easy Ways to Recognize Your Team Members
Take the #YellowTuxChallenge!!
5 Leadership Lessons from the Astronaut Physician: click here.
Featured online community: Reel Docx
Connect with Scott:
- Fluidity Tech (Scott's company)
Episode 04 - You can't get ahead of the competition only by being great at your business. Every business that lasts has to be good. The truly great ones, the truly remarkable ones, are the ones that are different.
What are you doing to stand out in your business? Have you thought about how you can be different enough from your peers and competitors that you create fans? How can you think differently?
How will you be so remarkable that your patients want to talk about you?
In today's episode, you'll hear from Jesse Cole, owner of the Savannah Bananas. He has taken a failing college summer league baseball team and turned them into a national sensation. This episode is uproariously fun! You'll come away ready to join the circus, or you'll want to totally transform your business experience for your patients.
You're going to love this episode with Jesse Cole. Buckle up for a wild ride!
Take the #YellowTuxChallenge!!
For this episode’s giveaway, I want to encourage you to think outside the box, so I’m issuing the #YellowTuxChallenge.
Come up with something fun, unique, or quirky that you can implement in your practice. The more interesting, the crazier, the better. Brainstorm with your staff. Maybe even have an "Ideapalooza."
What’s one thing you can implement in the next two weeks to make a statement in your business?
It can be small or it can be big, but think differently!
Once you have your idea, take a picture or video and email it to me at podcast@thescopeofpractice.com.
My team and I will pick our favorite and announce the winner on the podcast on June 8th. The winner will receive a bundle of leadership and business growth books, including Jesse’s book, Find Your Yellow Tux.
So, if you want to raise your business to a new level, take the Yellow Tux Challenge.
- Step 1: Take a picture or video of your new standout cool idea for your practice,
- Step 2: email it to podcast@thescopeofpractice.com,
- Step 3: Listen in on June 8th to hear me announce the winner. You’ll get some free promotion for your business plus an amazing bundle of books for building your business.
Read the companion blog post: 7 Ways Physicians Can Grow Their Business by Creating Fans: click here.
Featured online community: Female Physician Entrepreneurs
Connect with Jesse: www.findyouryellowtux.com
Episode 02 - This is a master class in physician leadership. Over several decades of leading through war, pandemics, and incredible volatility, Admiral Faison has learned a lot of lessons that he shares with us here.
If you think you aren't capable of being a physician leader, think again! Leaders are made, not born. So, go make yourself a leader!
More wisdom from Vice Admiral Faison to help you be the physician leader you want to be: click here.
Free resources
- Free pdf download: Creating a Personal Mission Statement
- Featured online community: Military HPSP Students and Physicians
Episode 01 - Do you want to be financially independent? Does it frustrate you to have to make decisions that are based on money instead of pursuing your passion? If so, you're not alone.
Dr. Leif Dahleen, also known as Physician on FIRE, made that dream a reality. He made wise financial decisions, lived frugally, and he was able to retire early from his anesthesiology career at the age of 43.
In this episode, Dr. Dahleen shares his strategies that enabled him to reach financial independence and retire early. If you're hoping to achieve financial independence, then this is definitely for you!
Free resources
- Free download: "Setting Reachable Financial Goals: A Step by Step Guide"
- Featured online community: Business and Personal Finance for Physicians and Dentists
Connect with Physician on FIRE- Website: www.physicianonfire.com
- Instagram: @physicianonfire
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/physicianonfire
- Physician on FIRE facebook group (physicians only): Click here
- FatFIRE Facebook group (anyone is welcome): Click here
Episode 03 - Did you know that the top five professions for millionaires doesn't include doctors? Teachers are #3!! Why are teachers better at building wealth than physicians?
In this episode, Dr. Sarah Stanley Fallaw unpacks the research behind the book The Next Millionaire Next Door. We talk about what it takes to be a millionaire in America today. You'll be amazed to see how simple it is, and you'll be blown away that more physicians don't do it.
If you're less than five years out of training and you listen to this episode, there's no excuse for you to not retire as a millionaire. None of these strategies are sophisticated. It's simple, but it's not easy. It requires discipline, frugality, and making smart choices with our money on a daily basis. But, the reward is tremendous.
So, do you have what it takes to be "the next millionaire next door"?
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Featured online community: White Coat Travel Tips
Resources
- Free download: "5 Financial Decisions Couples Should Make Together"
- Money Personality Test (free): https://www.datapoints.com/personality
- Additional resources from Dr. Fallaw: www.themillionairenextdoor.com
- Connect with Dr. Fallaw: www.datapoints.com
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