Episode 44: The Business of Medicine w/Christopher Burton

SHOW NOTES:

This week next level physician Dr. Christopher Burton and I talked about his journey of starting practices and how he now helps other physicians in this area, in The Business of Medicine episode.

Highlights from the conversation:

Dr. Christopher Burton:

● Physical Medicine and Rehab is his specialty, and he’s also a physician coach.

● He signed up from courses and programs looking to learn the basics of setting up his private practice, such as how to market, how to fire the correct staff, etc. That path led him to getting involved in local medical societies. He was later introduced to the idea of coaching, which isn’t that common in the medicine industry.

● His mantra: “You don't have to know everything, you just have to know where to look it up.”

The Most Frequent “But’s”:

● Time:Doctors are afraid they don’t have time. Truth is, it’s always perfect time to get started because as long as you keep putting things off, you’ll have less time to pursue the things you actually care about. It’s not a waste of time because it’s part of your journey.

● No idea of where to start: There's an information overload. But there are only a couple of things you need to know. What do you know about that could benefit others, and who are those that would benefit from that information.

How to Use creativity to Thrive in Business?

● As physicians, and because of our training, we are used to putting out ideas aside and focus only on what we were trained to do. But it’s important to be open to a full experience.

● We went to school for one thing, but it doesn't mean that's the only thing we can do with it. We gotta be able to think outside the box a little bit. You can also learn from someone you know or someone who’s doing something that you want to do.

● To thrive, all you have to do is be willing to put yourself out there and share what you know for the people you want to teach. You DO know enough. There will always be people who will know less in certain topics than you do. Help them.

● Pick a topic that you know about and enjoy. Entrepreneurial, vaccines, biology, etc. Start running that topic on a piece of paper, write down around it. Everything you know and you can think about that topic. If you are passionate about it, it will be so easy… it’s not a struggle anymore. Remember: You can step out of the medical field.

● You don’t have to do it solo. Get a good team around you. A coach is the first one you must think about. Someone to guide you and share experience with you.

Catch up with Dr. Burton at

http://christopherburtonmd.com

www.linkedin.com/in/ChristopherBurton, MD

Dr. Burton is a Thought Leader Accelerator Program - Helping physicians build successful thought leader businesses so that they can build a greater legacy as well as additional streams of income.

See you on the next one!

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