Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - How to Grow an Optometry Practice Without Owning Every Problem 21:00 - Closing Thought: Fall in love with some activity and do it! I used to think that growing my optometry practice would eventually make some of the daily problems go away, but the…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 1:14 - The Struggle Your Team Actually Needs 17:19 - Closing Thought: Building a Life You Don't Want to Escape It's easy to get stuck thinking about change instead of actually making it. And one thing I keep coming back to is that clarity comes from…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - What If Your Greatest Impact Isn’t in the Exam Room? 23:43 - Closing Thought: 100 Rejections Away I’ve talked a lot about what it means to take your practice to the next level, and I’m realizing that the bigger vision isn’t actually about me…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - The 90-Day Plan That Changed How I Run My Optometry Practice 25:37 - Closing Thought: Lazy People vs. Winners I’ve always struggled with the temptation to change things too quickly—come up with a new idea, get some resistance, and then move on to the…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - What If Keeping Your Options Open Is Actually Hurting You? 21:08 - Closing Thought: One Decision It can be very easy to keep every door open as a practice owner—but sometimes having too many options actually keeps you from moving forward. In this episode,…
Timecode: 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - The CEO Mindset Isn't What You Think It Is 25:42 - Closing Thought: Making Intentional Decisions for the Future You Want In this episode, I’m talking about the difference between ambition and leadership, why being busy or growth-focused doesn’t automatically make you a better…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - The Secret to Getting Your Optometry Team Excited About Growth 22:05 - Closing Thought: The real prize of achieving a goal I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really means to have a vision for your practice—and I’ve realized that keeping that vision…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Why Confidence Comes After Action, Not Before 27:22 - Closing Thought: Resiliency The longer I own a practice, the more I realize that growth has less to do with finding better strategies and more to do with becoming a better leader. In this episode,…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Why Your Optometry Practice Feels Stuck (And How to Move Forward) 20:01 - Closing Thought: Old Habits vs. New Standards One of the hardest lessons I’m learning as a practice owner is that the decisions that got me here aren’t always the ones that…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Belief Before Ability: The Leadership Secret Every Optometry Practice Owner Needs 20:20 - Closing Thought: Keep the Friction One of the biggest breakthroughs I’ve had as a practice owner is realizing that people don’t become exceptional because of their skills—they become exceptional because they…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - How to Create Teams That Believe in the Mission 14:42 - Closing Thought: Privilege One of the biggest leadership lessons I’ve learned is that having a vision isn’t enough—your team has to believe it too. In this episode, I’m sharing what I took away…
Timecodes: 00:49 - The Identity Crisis Every Growing Practice Owner Faces 19:48 - Closing Thought: Risk Not, Have Not As my practice continues to grow, I’ve realized the hardest part isn’t adding another doctor—it’s letting go of the identity that got me here in the first place. In this episode,…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - The CEO's Greatest ROI: Their Thoughts 24:59 - Closing Thought: The story of two monks One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned as a practice owner is realizing that my value isn’t measured by how many patients I see—it’s measured by the quality of…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - What the Best Mentors Taught Me About Leadership and Life 21:27 - Closing Thought: What we're praised for in public, we pay for in private Training a new associate has reminded me just how much of who I am today came from the mentors,…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - The First Thing I Teach A New Associate (And It’s Not Clinical) 15:21 - Closing Thought: What Only Time Can Teach When I’m training a new associate, I’m not starting with dry eye, myopia, or advanced disease management—I’m starting with communication, connection, and the…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Excellence vs Success: The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything 21:30 - Closing Thought: Preparing for a Future As practice owners, it’s easy to get obsessed with revenue goals, new technology, and the next big opportunity—but I’ve learned that real growth comes from mastering the…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - The “Monster” Mindset: Raising Your Standards in Private Practice 22:29 - Closing Thought: Be Consistent I’ve realized one of the fastest ways to level up your optometry practice is to put yourself in rooms where you’re no longer the best in the room. In…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Why Growing Your Optometry Practice Feels So Hard (Even When You’re Winning) 21:00 - Closing Thought: The Cost of Winning Growing a private practice rarely feels smooth. It feels like constant fires, repeated conversations, and wondering if any of the work is actually paying…
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Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - You're Not Losing Motivation, You're Losing Chaos: How to Survive the Messy Middle of Practice Growth 19:52 - Closing Thought: 3 Characteristics of Great CEOs I used to think feeling bored in my practice meant I was losing my edge, but I’ve realized it’s…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Conviction vs. Push Back: The CEO Test 31:11 - Closing Thought: Which kid are you going to feed? In this week's episode, we're talking about what it actually looks like to lead in private practice—especially when you start doing things differently and get hit…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Your Baby Is Ugly: Why Brutally Honest Feedback is a Necessity for Growth 25:29 - Closing Thought: Love where you are If I’m being honest, some of my biggest growth hasn’t come from new ideas—it’s come from having the right people tell me when…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Strategic Discomfort vs. Boredom Discomfort: Making the Pain Productive 21:48 - Closing Thought: Conquering the World In this episode, I’m working through something that’s been hitting me hard lately—are we actually building something scalable, or just chasing the feeling of growth? There's a difference…
Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Sprint vs. Sustain: How Smart ODs Scale Without Burning Out 25:35 - Closing Thought: The courage of leadership In this episode, I challenge you to take a hard look at where you’re at as a practice owner—are you truly progressing, or just coasting and…