March 7, 2024 • 18 mins
#049 "You are the average of the five people you spend most of your time with". The goal of this episode is for you to have a guide to the relationships, networks, and communities you're cultivating and why these are important to your career and life direction, and to be able to start building these relationships with the intention that best lines with your career and life. These practices have helped guests and they may be helpful to you.
As we put an end to our Transition Journey mini-series, I'm eager to share the insights and strategies that have helped my own career forward, focusing on the essential role that both seasoned professionals and peers in transition play in shaping your path. We will be talking about practical advice on networking, mentorship, and finding your tribe—your fellow travelers on the career journey. Plus, I'll give you a glimpse into an upcoming initiative for rehab private practice owners that promises to utilize the collective strength of intentional networking.
The experiences I share demonstrate that these practices are a game-changer, and how the right circle of like-minded individuals can amplify personal and professional development. And for private practice owners, I've got an exciting call to action that will change the way we tackle business challenges together. Tune in and learn how to craft the career of your dreams with the help of those who understand the journey best.
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Intro (00:01):
Welcome to the Rehab Rebels podcast.
Are you a rehab professionalready to transition to an
alternative career?
Hear inspiring stories fromothers just like you and learn
the best ways to bridge yourcareer gap.
This podcast has you covered.
Now here's your host, doctor ofphysical therapy and podcaster,
tanner Welsh.
Tanner Welsch (00:21):
Welcome back to another Rehab Rebels episode.
This is the final episode, partsix of the Transition Journey
mini-series, where we'reexploring cultivating healthy
relationships and networks.
If you haven't yet listened tothe previous episodes, go back
to Transition Journey 1 episodewhich is episode 40, and go
(00:43):
through them in order.
They'll build on each other andit'll make more sense.
So I'm gonna be honest with you.
I've been dragging my feet onthis episode.
This is the last episode, butit actually is one of the more
important ones.
The reason why I've beendragging my feet is I am working
(01:04):
on a project that I've beenthinking about for a long time
and wanted to finalize somethings with that before doing
this episode, and the project isfor rehab private practice
owners.
So if you're a rehab privatepractice owner, be sure to
listen clear to the end and I'lltalk more about what that
(01:24):
project is that I am working on.
The last episode, we talkedabout nurturing the relationship
with yourself, but with thisepisode, we're talking about
nurturing relationships withothers.
So the goal is for you to havea guide to the relationships,
networks and communities you'recultivating and why these are
important to your career andlife direction, and to be able
(01:47):
to start building theserelationships with the intention
that best lines with yourcareer and life.
These practices have helpedguests and they may be helpful
to you.
So in this episode I'm going tooutline the different group
types and sharing some examples,provide links and the show
notes to groups that may be ofinterest to you and share some
stories of my experiences withnetworking and group formation.
(02:11):
And I think, a quote that'sgreat for this episode.
I think we've all heard it atleast once in our lives.
It's been said over and overagain, but you are the average
of the five people you spendmost of your time with.
So with that, let's get intothis.
The groups that are aligningwith where you are and where you
want to go.
There's really two main groupsand there's a little bit of a
(02:31):
third subgroup, but the firsttwo groups are we'll start with.
The first one is a group ofpeople who have made the
transition to where you want togo.
They're already there and youwant to get there.
Some examples of that we canlook at the non-traditional
sense.
You can look at a data analyst,a project manager, occupational
(02:53):
therapist, a product manager,speech path, for example,
utilization review, health tech,med tech, business designer any
and all that.
They are in those occupationsthat you want to get to.
Some other examples privatepractice, owner groups, ptot,
speech path, cash-basedpractices, concierge practices,
(03:15):
etc.
They are already where you wantto go.
And the second group is ofpeople who are in the same
transition phase as you, so theyaren't quite there in the same
place as the first group membersare.
They are in the same place thatyou are.
You're wanting to get there andyou're in this transition phase
(03:35):
, or maybe even thispre-transition phase, and these
are people that are in yourtribe.
They want to transition to thesame or similar field as you and
you can think of them as asparring partner or partners who
you can learn from them andthey can learn from you.
You're all sharing yourknowledge and experiences to get
where you want to go, and bothof these groups are valuable.
(03:58):
I think both are important togetting where you want to go.
It definitely helps and can beactually harder to get into some
of the first groups because ifyou're not there or you haven't
actually crossed over, they maybe difficult to enter, depending
on where you're finding thesegroups at.
However, it's a lot easier toget into groups that are in the
(04:21):
same life phase or career phaseas you and it's also easier to
start these groups.
So maybe you're having troublefinding people that are in the
same phase as you and as thesame transition journey as you.
Well, it's easy to reach out topeople who may be in the same
phase and are in the same phaseand create your own groups on
(04:43):
the side.
If you guys are willing to meetonce a week or once every two
weeks and get together and sharewhat you found and what's
worked, what hasn't worked,that's really your best bet.
Some of these other groups mayrequire checklists or
requirements for you to jointhem, but if you go out and you
can discover people who are insimilar group phases as you and
reach out to them and createthose groups, there's a lot of
(05:06):
value to that.
And then the third subgroup isfor those wanting to work for
someone else, and that issearching for companies you want
to work for and then findingemployees that work there and
sending them cold emailsinquiring about what they do,
even going as far as how you canmaybe even help them, which
(05:26):
involves you being creative andcreating a role for you at the
business that doesn't exist, butyou're creative and you present
how this role may benefit thecompany.
So that's the third option.
If you're looking to work in anon-traditional or work for a
non-traditional business rather,and connecting and networking
with employees there and some ofmy I've done some research on,
(05:48):
experiment with this is actuallytyping in whatever it is you're
wanting to do and then puttingyour profession after that so
project manager, occupationaltherapist and it'll show a list
on Google and oftentimes there'sactually LinkedIn accounts on
there of a former PT or maybeeven a current PT who is a
(06:09):
project manager.
And there's a great way toreach out to people and
communicate and network and talkto them and even see the
companies that they are workingfor and if that would be a good
fit for you.
Or you can do a data analyst,physical therapist or
utilization review, speech path,whatever Just experimenting and
seeing what pops up on thatfirst page or first couple pages
(06:30):
of Google and seeing if there'seither companies that you're
looking for or people that arein those roles already.
And the best thing to do is justreach out to them, share your
interests, talk with them abouttheir roles.
Doing these cold messages andemails are definitely vital for
gathering information andnetworking, and I think, too, is
(06:51):
it's really important to beclear on what you're looking for
and what your role is and yourinterests are.
Otherwise, it's pretty easy tobecome overwhelmed and waste a
lot of time applying to jobs, ormaybe there's so many groups
out there of what you're wantingto do Really, trying to find
those that best align with you,the ones that you resonate with
most, and just being selectivewith those groups and
(07:14):
intentional, so your time's notwasted and you already got a
little bit of a feel and or vibewith that group and the
intention of what you're wantingto get out of it and where
you're going forwards with thegroup.
Another question you might beasking is well, where can you
find these groups?
And there's many places to findthem.
You can find them on socialmedia pages, email lists,
(07:36):
linkedin groups, job sites, jobboards, pretty much any aspect
of the internet you can lookinto and search for these groups
, and we'll give some moreexamples here in a little bit
and even provide some links togroups that are already
established would be easy foryou to click on in the show
notes.
So be sure to go to the shownotes to have the links to these
(07:57):
groups.
So yeah, and like I said,experimenting with Google
searches and seeing not just thecompanies that pop up but the
people that popped up and reachout to them directly.
A lot of people are actuallypretty open to talking and
what's the worst thing that canhappen, right?
If they're not, they just won'tsend you an email back or a
message back.
So what do you got to lose?
So let's talk a little bitabout some of my personal
(08:19):
stories here.
The first one that I think isawesome that I want to lead with
is my connection with MeredithCaston.
She is the nonclinical PT owner.
Actually, it took me one and ahalf to two years to actually
connect with Meredith and Ithink I initially reached out
before it actually created thepodcast and then I ended up
reaching out, you know, maybetwo or three other times after
(08:40):
it started and just started so acouple years ago and we finally
connected was a bitintimidating but great
experience.
She turned out to be just areally down to earth, genuine
person, and so is her husband,nick, and they run.
They run the nonclinical PDtogether and it's pretty awesome
.
So really, from those coldmessages, if I wouldn't have
(09:02):
done it, there's no way I wouldhave A established a
relationship with Meredith and Breally learned about her, where
she's at and her having anopportunity to learn about me as
well and have that initialconnection, and she has provided
some good other connections andnetworks to actually connect
with and those have beenbeneficial and helpful too.
(09:23):
So you never really know wherea cold call or a cold message is
going to go and, like I said,the worst that can happen is it
doesn't go anywhere.
Best case scenario, there'ssomething that mutually comes
out of the message and I'll giveyou another example, and that
is the mastermind that I'm inthat have been in since March.
April 2020 was in a groupcourse through Pat Flynn called
(09:48):
Smart from scratch, and in oneof the I think it might have
been in his circle group or oneof his online Facebook groups.
Somebody sent him a messagejust out in the middle thing was
a Facebook post and just askedif anybody be interested in and
being in a group basically towork through this course
together, and I was sure youknow there was ended up being
(10:09):
about three or four of us and,long story short, all of us
about one are still together andthe group's still going on and
it's just really provided a lotof value, and I didn't even send
that cold message out toeverybody, but I did act on it
and it's proven to be verybeneficial.
I think it just goes to showthat you never know what's gonna
come from these and what's theworst that can happen.
(10:31):
So here's another example thatI wanted to share with you guys,
and this reflects back on someof the prior Episodes of the
transition journey mini seriesand reflecting on where you are,
how you want to spend your time, who you want to spend your
time with.
But the question that you canask is well, what about the
groups?
Am I currently in or how arethey currently serving me?
Is my time best used in thosegroups?
(10:52):
So I live out here in currentlyMidwest Kansas and grew up in
Midwest Kansas.
There's not a lot to do outhere, so often what happens is
on the weekends.
People end up, you know,drinking and carrying on, and I
can remember growing up.
There's often groups of peoplethat would come together on the
weekends and Drinking and beinghaving a good time, and you know
, just talking.
Sometimes there would be thingsthat would come up about, you
(11:14):
know, different ideas orpotential businesses or services
, and Nothing ever actuallytranspired.
Nothing actually went andhappened past that initial
Discussion.
You know it was all really justa bunch of talk and, to be fair
, I Grew up with this habit aswell and spending my weekends
(11:34):
drinking.
Back when I was drinking I'msober now but really, looking
back, is man, that time that Ispent doing that was just not
Super beneficial for mepersonally.
No, no judgment on anybody thatdoes drink or any of that stuff
, you know, but for mepersonally, it's the best
decision that I've ever made isbeing sober.
I've gained a lot more, I think, just clarity and a little bit
(11:57):
more control and just bettertime spent with my life in
general.
To get back to the point, theremay be some things that are
currently going on in your lifethat may not be serving you the
best, and so it's really tryingto get creative and surround
yourself with people that eitherare wanting to make the same
transition as you or havealready made the same transition
as you, and Also how you canbenefit them and they can
(12:18):
benefit you a mutual sharedexperience and you guys get each
other and you support eachother.
I, I think that's really thegoal and, like I said at the
beginning of this episode is youare the Average of the five
people you spend the most ofyour time with, so something to
keep in mind.
So let's get into the the goodstuff, the list of possible good
communities to join here.
A great one that Meredithcastin, with a non Clinical PT,
(12:40):
has.
There's a non clinicalnetworking and jobs for rehab
professionals and for clinicowners and business owners.
There's several groups that Ithink would be great to join.
One of them score SC ORE.
Another one is B as in boy andas a Nancy, I as an Irene called
(13:02):
the business networkinternational.
Another one I just found outabout that actually originated
in Kansas City is the well womeninitiative and it's a group of
health and allied healthprofessionals all women and they
build their relationship aroundProviding holistic health care
pretty cool.
I some other groups you knowalternative healthcare groups,
(13:24):
cash-based PT OT SLP groups orPT OT SLP entrepreneur groups.
So be sure to head over to theshow notes page to check out the
links for those groups andGolden nugget here that I think
is important to mention, thatI've realized and recognized
from a lot of the guests beforewe get into this project that
(13:45):
I've been working on and wantingto share with rehab private
practice owners is the jobs Ihave heard alternative career
and non-traditional careerguests get interviews for and
ultimately land jobs for are theones they made personal
connections with by makingthemselves part of their
internal network for theseCompanies, and they did that
(14:08):
through cold emails and coldmessages.
It sounds crazy, it'sintimidating but, like I said,
what's the worst that can happen?
And if you're looking to reallymake this jump, I would go as
far as to say a 99% of this wasrequired for them to actually
get an interview and then alsoland the job.
But they wouldn't have gottenit if they didn't actually do
(14:31):
these cold emails to employeesthat worked at the company they
were wanting to be hired at.
They've even said they send alot of different resumes and
applied a lot of different jobsand they didn't get him.
But the ones that they actuallysent these cold emails to and
were able to network and make aconnection with some of the
employees.
That's what actually ultimatelylanded them the position.
(14:51):
So little golden nugget there.
That's what you are looking todo.
A good resource that I want tomention too to round out this
transition journey mini seriesis a book, or an audiobook is
Called designing your life howto build a well-lived, joyful
life and it's by Bill Burnettand Dave Evans.
I thought that was really cool,really experimental and, just
(15:14):
from a design perspective, aunique take on how to design
your life.
Okay.
Finally, our call to action forrehab private practice owners.
So here's the scoop I'm lookingto put together a group of four
to seven like-minded rehabPrivate practice owners who are
looking for support andaccountability and leveling up
(15:34):
their business, starting thefirst week of April, okay, and
the goal is to assemble a groupthat gets it and creating a
space that Addresses challengesthat private practice owners
face with their businesses butdon't often have a place to talk
about these challenges.
Some potential topics thatmight be discussed are work-life
balance you know how do youbalance growing the business
(15:56):
with family life.
Managing employees I'm lookingto hire my first employee, but I
have never done this before.
What recommendations do youhave?
Marketing you know what aremarketing strategies that you
have found effective for yourbusiness?
Streamlining processes you knowwhat are the best payroll apps
to make tax deductions anddirect deposit for an employee
easy?
And Any rehab business topicthat you would like to ask the
(16:20):
group.
I'll lead and facilitate thecalls and structure them, and
here is the general overview ofhow it'll work.
We'll meet every week for onehour.
We'll start off with check-in,sharing wins and any specific
challenges from the past week.
Then the bulk of each call willbe 45, 40, 45 minutes dedicated
to one member's hot seat, whichwill rotate each week, where
(16:42):
the member for that week gets tobring a challenge they are
currently working on with theirbusiness to get feedback and
ideas from the group.
Then we'll wrap up by settingintentions and goals for the
following week, which we'llcheck in at the start of the
next call.
This group is 100% free to join.
I'm testing it out as somethingI might offer as a paid product
(17:02):
in the future, but before I dothat, I want to offer this as a
three month trial run with agreat group the first time
around, to learn best how tomake it most valuable for them,
which will help me understand ifthis is something that others
might be willing to pay for inthe future.
So if this sounds likesomething that would be helpful
to you or you are interested insend me a direct message, you
(17:26):
can find me on Instagram rehabrebels podcast.
You can send me a directmessage there or you can email
me.
My email is Tanner at rehabrebels org and I would love to
talk with you, see if you're agood fit and, if you are, get
you signed up.
All right, I hope this episodewas helpful and this transition
journey mini series was helpfulto you.
(17:47):
Thank you for listening and besure to come back and check out
the next episode.
Take care.
Welcome to the Rehab Rebels podcast.
Are you a rehab professionalready to transition to an
alternative career?
Hear inspiring stories fromothers just like you and learn
the best ways to bridge yourcareer gap.
This podcast has you covered.
Now here's your host, doctor ofphysical therapy and podcaster,
tanner Welsh.
Tanner Welsch (00:21):
Welcome back to another Rehab Rebels episode.
This is the final episode, partsix of the Transition Journey
mini-series, where we'reexploring cultivating healthy
relationships and networks.
If you haven't yet listened tothe previous episodes, go back
to Transition Journey 1 episodewhich is episode 40, and go
(00:43):
through them in order.
They'll build on each other andit'll make more sense.
So I'm gonna be honest with you.
I've been dragging my feet onthis episode.
This is the last episode, butit actually is one of the more
important ones.
The reason why I've beendragging my feet is I am working
(01:04):
on a project that I've beenthinking about for a long time
and wanted to finalize somethings with that before doing
this episode, and the project isfor rehab private practice
owners.
So if you're a rehab privatepractice owner, be sure to
listen clear to the end and I'lltalk more about what that
(01:24):
project is that I am working on.
The last episode, we talkedabout nurturing the relationship
with yourself, but with thisepisode, we're talking about
nurturing relationships withothers.
So the goal is for you to havea guide to the relationships,
networks and communities you'recultivating and why these are
important to your career andlife direction, and to be able
(01:47):
to start building theserelationships with the intention
that best lines with yourcareer and life.
These practices have helpedguests and they may be helpful
to you.
So in this episode I'm going tooutline the different group
types and sharing some examples,provide links and the show
notes to groups that may be ofinterest to you and share some
stories of my experiences withnetworking and group formation.
(02:11):
And I think, a quote that'sgreat for this episode.
I think we've all heard it atleast once in our lives.
It's been said over and overagain, but you are the average
of the five people you spendmost of your time with.
So with that, let's get intothis.
The groups that are aligningwith where you are and where you
want to go.
There's really two main groupsand there's a little bit of a
(02:31):
third subgroup, but the firsttwo groups are we'll start with.
The first one is a group ofpeople who have made the
transition to where you want togo.
They're already there and youwant to get there.
Some examples of that we canlook at the non-traditional
sense.
You can look at a data analyst,a project manager, occupational
(02:53):
therapist, a product manager,speech path, for example,
utilization review, health tech,med tech, business designer any
and all that.
They are in those occupationsthat you want to get to.
Some other examples privatepractice, owner groups, ptot,
speech path, cash-basedpractices, concierge practices,
(03:15):
etc.
They are already where you wantto go.
And the second group is ofpeople who are in the same
transition phase as you, so theyaren't quite there in the same
place as the first group membersare.
They are in the same place thatyou are.
You're wanting to get there andyou're in this transition phase
(03:35):
, or maybe even thispre-transition phase, and these
are people that are in yourtribe.
They want to transition to thesame or similar field as you and
you can think of them as asparring partner or partners who
you can learn from them andthey can learn from you.
You're all sharing yourknowledge and experiences to get
where you want to go, and bothof these groups are valuable.
(03:58):
I think both are important togetting where you want to go.
It definitely helps and can beactually harder to get into some
of the first groups because ifyou're not there or you haven't
actually crossed over, they maybe difficult to enter, depending
on where you're finding thesegroups at.
However, it's a lot easier toget into groups that are in the
(04:21):
same life phase or career phaseas you and it's also easier to
start these groups.
So maybe you're having troublefinding people that are in the
same phase as you and as thesame transition journey as you.
Well, it's easy to reach out topeople who may be in the same
phase and are in the same phaseand create your own groups on
(04:43):
the side.
If you guys are willing to meetonce a week or once every two
weeks and get together and sharewhat you found and what's
worked, what hasn't worked,that's really your best bet.
Some of these other groups mayrequire checklists or
requirements for you to jointhem, but if you go out and you
can discover people who are insimilar group phases as you and
reach out to them and createthose groups, there's a lot of
(05:06):
value to that.
And then the third subgroup isfor those wanting to work for
someone else, and that issearching for companies you want
to work for and then findingemployees that work there and
sending them cold emailsinquiring about what they do,
even going as far as how you canmaybe even help them, which
(05:26):
involves you being creative andcreating a role for you at the
business that doesn't exist, butyou're creative and you present
how this role may benefit thecompany.
So that's the third option.
If you're looking to work in anon-traditional or work for a
non-traditional business rather,and connecting and networking
with employees there and some ofmy I've done some research on,
(05:48):
experiment with this is actuallytyping in whatever it is you're
wanting to do and then puttingyour profession after that so
project manager, occupationaltherapist and it'll show a list
on Google and oftentimes there'sactually LinkedIn accounts on
there of a former PT or maybeeven a current PT who is a
(06:09):
project manager.
And there's a great way toreach out to people and
communicate and network and talkto them and even see the
companies that they are workingfor and if that would be a good
fit for you.
Or you can do a data analyst,physical therapist or
utilization review, speech path,whatever Just experimenting and
seeing what pops up on thatfirst page or first couple pages
(06:30):
of Google and seeing if there'seither companies that you're
looking for or people that arein those roles already.
And the best thing to do is justreach out to them, share your
interests, talk with them abouttheir roles.
Doing these cold messages andemails are definitely vital for
gathering information andnetworking, and I think, too, is
(06:51):
it's really important to beclear on what you're looking for
and what your role is and yourinterests are.
Otherwise, it's pretty easy tobecome overwhelmed and waste a
lot of time applying to jobs, ormaybe there's so many groups
out there of what you're wantingto do Really, trying to find
those that best align with you,the ones that you resonate with
most, and just being selectivewith those groups and
(07:14):
intentional, so your time's notwasted and you already got a
little bit of a feel and or vibewith that group and the
intention of what you're wantingto get out of it and where
you're going forwards with thegroup.
Another question you might beasking is well, where can you
find these groups?
And there's many places to findthem.
You can find them on socialmedia pages, email lists,
(07:36):
linkedin groups, job sites, jobboards, pretty much any aspect
of the internet you can lookinto and search for these groups
, and we'll give some moreexamples here in a little bit
and even provide some links togroups that are already
established would be easy foryou to click on in the show
notes.
So be sure to go to the shownotes to have the links to these
(07:57):
groups.
So yeah, and like I said,experimenting with Google
searches and seeing not just thecompanies that pop up but the
people that popped up and reachout to them directly.
A lot of people are actuallypretty open to talking and
what's the worst thing that canhappen, right?
If they're not, they just won'tsend you an email back or a
message back.
So what do you got to lose?
So let's talk a little bitabout some of my personal
(08:19):
stories here.
The first one that I think isawesome that I want to lead with
is my connection with MeredithCaston.
She is the nonclinical PT owner.
Actually, it took me one and ahalf to two years to actually
connect with Meredith and Ithink I initially reached out
before it actually created thepodcast and then I ended up
reaching out, you know, maybetwo or three other times after
(08:40):
it started and just started so acouple years ago and we finally
connected was a bitintimidating but great
experience.
She turned out to be just areally down to earth, genuine
person, and so is her husband,nick, and they run.
They run the nonclinical PDtogether and it's pretty awesome
.
So really, from those coldmessages, if I wouldn't have
(09:02):
done it, there's no way I wouldhave A established a
relationship with Meredith and Breally learned about her, where
she's at and her having anopportunity to learn about me as
well and have that initialconnection, and she has provided
some good other connections andnetworks to actually connect
with and those have beenbeneficial and helpful too.
(09:23):
So you never really know wherea cold call or a cold message is
going to go and, like I said,the worst that can happen is it
doesn't go anywhere.
Best case scenario, there'ssomething that mutually comes
out of the message and I'll giveyou another example, and that
is the mastermind that I'm inthat have been in since March.
April 2020 was in a groupcourse through Pat Flynn called
(09:48):
Smart from scratch, and in oneof the I think it might have
been in his circle group or oneof his online Facebook groups.
Somebody sent him a messagejust out in the middle thing was
a Facebook post and just askedif anybody be interested in and
being in a group basically towork through this course
together, and I was sure youknow there was ended up being
(10:09):
about three or four of us and,long story short, all of us
about one are still together andthe group's still going on and
it's just really provided a lotof value, and I didn't even send
that cold message out toeverybody, but I did act on it
and it's proven to be verybeneficial.
I think it just goes to showthat you never know what's gonna
come from these and what's theworst that can happen.
(10:31):
So here's another example thatI wanted to share with you guys,
and this reflects back on someof the prior Episodes of the
transition journey mini seriesand reflecting on where you are,
how you want to spend your time, who you want to spend your
time with.
But the question that you canask is well, what about the
groups?
Am I currently in or how arethey currently serving me?
Is my time best used in thosegroups?
(10:52):
So I live out here in currentlyMidwest Kansas and grew up in
Midwest Kansas.
There's not a lot to do outhere, so often what happens is
on the weekends.
People end up, you know,drinking and carrying on, and I
can remember growing up.
There's often groups of peoplethat would come together on the
weekends and Drinking and beinghaving a good time, and you know
, just talking.
Sometimes there would be thingsthat would come up about, you
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know, different ideas orpotential businesses or services
, and Nothing ever actuallytranspired.
Nothing actually went andhappened past that initial
Discussion.
You know it was all really justa bunch of talk and, to be fair
, I Grew up with this habit aswell and spending my weekends
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drinking.
Back when I was drinking I'msober now but really, looking
back, is man, that time that Ispent doing that was just not
Super beneficial for mepersonally.
No, no judgment on anybody thatdoes drink or any of that stuff
, you know, but for mepersonally, it's the best
decision that I've ever made isbeing sober.
I've gained a lot more, I think, just clarity and a little bit
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more control and just bettertime spent with my life in
general.
To get back to the point, theremay be some things that are
currently going on in your lifethat may not be serving you the
best, and so it's really tryingto get creative and surround
yourself with people that eitherare wanting to make the same
transition as you or havealready made the same transition
as you, and Also how you canbenefit them and they can
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benefit you a mutual sharedexperience and you guys get each
other and you support eachother.
I, I think that's really thegoal and, like I said at the
beginning of this episode is youare the Average of the five
people you spend the most ofyour time with, so something to
keep in mind.
So let's get into the the goodstuff, the list of possible good
communities to join here.
A great one that Meredithcastin, with a non Clinical PT,
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has.
There's a non clinicalnetworking and jobs for rehab
professionals and for clinicowners and business owners.
There's several groups that Ithink would be great to join.
One of them score SC ORE.
Another one is B as in boy andas a Nancy, I as an Irene called
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the business networkinternational.
Another one I just found outabout that actually originated
in Kansas City is the well womeninitiative and it's a group of
health and allied healthprofessionals all women and they
build their relationship aroundProviding holistic health care
pretty cool.
I some other groups you knowalternative healthcare groups,
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cash-based PT OT SLP groups orPT OT SLP entrepreneur groups.
So be sure to head over to theshow notes page to check out the
links for those groups andGolden nugget here that I think
is important to mention, thatI've realized and recognized
from a lot of the guests beforewe get into this project that
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I've been working on and wantingto share with rehab private
practice owners is the jobs Ihave heard alternative career
and non-traditional careerguests get interviews for and
ultimately land jobs for are theones they made personal
connections with by makingthemselves part of their
internal network for theseCompanies, and they did that
(14:08):
through cold emails and coldmessages.
It sounds crazy, it'sintimidating but, like I said,
what's the worst that can happen?
And if you're looking to reallymake this jump, I would go as
far as to say a 99% of this wasrequired for them to actually
get an interview and then alsoland the job.
But they wouldn't have gottenit if they didn't actually do
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these cold emails to employeesthat worked at the company they
were wanting to be hired at.
They've even said they send alot of different resumes and
applied a lot of different jobsand they didn't get him.
But the ones that they actuallysent these cold emails to and
were able to network and make aconnection with some of the
employees.
That's what actually ultimatelylanded them the position.
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So little golden nugget there.
That's what you are looking todo.
A good resource that I want tomention too to round out this
transition journey mini seriesis a book, or an audiobook is
Called designing your life howto build a well-lived, joyful
life and it's by Bill Burnettand Dave Evans.
I thought that was really cool,really experimental and, just
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from a design perspective, aunique take on how to design
your life.
Okay.
Finally, our call to action forrehab private practice owners.
So here's the scoop I'm lookingto put together a group of four
to seven like-minded rehabPrivate practice owners who are
looking for support andaccountability and leveling up
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their business, starting thefirst week of April, okay, and
the goal is to assemble a groupthat gets it and creating a
space that Addresses challengesthat private practice owners
face with their businesses butdon't often have a place to talk
about these challenges.
Some potential topics thatmight be discussed are work-life
balance you know how do youbalance growing the business
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with family life.
Managing employees I'm lookingto hire my first employee, but I
have never done this before.
What recommendations do youhave?
Marketing you know what aremarketing strategies that you
have found effective for yourbusiness?
Streamlining processes you knowwhat are the best payroll apps
to make tax deductions anddirect deposit for an employee
easy?
And Any rehab business topicthat you would like to ask the
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group.
I'll lead and facilitate thecalls and structure them, and
here is the general overview ofhow it'll work.
We'll meet every week for onehour.
We'll start off with check-in,sharing wins and any specific
challenges from the past week.
Then the bulk of each call willbe 45, 40, 45 minutes dedicated
to one member's hot seat, whichwill rotate each week, where
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the member for that week gets tobring a challenge they are
currently working on with theirbusiness to get feedback and
ideas from the group.
Then we'll wrap up by settingintentions and goals for the
following week, which we'llcheck in at the start of the
next call.
This group is 100% free to join.
I'm testing it out as somethingI might offer as a paid product
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in the future, but before I dothat, I want to offer this as a
three month trial run with agreat group the first time
around, to learn best how tomake it most valuable for them,
which will help me understand ifthis is something that others
might be willing to pay for inthe future.
So if this sounds likesomething that would be helpful
to you or you are interested insend me a direct message, you
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can find me on Instagram rehabrebels podcast.
You can send me a directmessage there or you can email
me.
My email is Tanner at rehabrebels org and I would love to
talk with you, see if you're agood fit and, if you are, get
you signed up.
All right, I hope this episodewas helpful and this transition
journey mini series was helpfulto you.
(17:47):
Thank you for listening and besure to come back and check out
the next episode.
Take care.
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