Are you working from a written plan as you develop your practice?  Putting your plan on paper forces you to think about it in a more meaningful way.  You’ll tend to stay focused on long term goals and execute on the short term targets that facilitate growth. 

Otherwise there is a tendency to look at one idea and drop it, start something else and not finish it and pretty sooon you get depressed and discouraged and want to engage in something you know more about.  Don’t let bad habits take you down!  Work from a written plan with 3 month, 12 month and 5 year goals.  

David Zahaluk, MD is a practice optimization expert and the author of The Ultimate Practice Building Book.  His firm, Ultimate Practice Builder, takes physicians to the top 10% of their specialty – in income, time off and quality indicators - within 3 years… guaranteed.  Learn more at www.UltimatePracticeBuilder.com.

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