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1

What Your Practice Problems Are Trying to Teach You | E327

2

Why Your Future Practice Doesn’t Need You to Know Everything | E326

3

What Successful Owners Mean By “Be Careful What You Wish For” | E325

4

How to Grow an Optometry Practice Without Owning Every Problem | E324

5

The Struggle Your Team Actually Needs | E323

6

What If Your Greatest Impact Isn’t in the Exam Room? | E322

7

The 90-Day Plan That Changed How I Run My Optometry Practice | E321

8

What If Keeping Your Options Open Is Actually Hurting You? | E320

9

The CEO Mindset Isn't What You Think It Is | E319

10

The Secret to Getting Your Optometry Team Excited About Growth | E318

11

Why Confidence Comes After Action, Not Before | E317

12

Why Your Optometry Practice Feels Stuck (And How to Move Forward) | E316

13

Belief Before Ability: The Leadership Secret Every Optometry Practice Owner Needs | E315

14

How to Create Teams That Believe in the Mission | E314

15

The Identity Crisis Every Growing Practice Owner Faces | E313

16

The CEO's Greatest ROI: Their Thoughts | E312

17

What the Best Mentors Taught Me About Leadership and Life | E311

18

The First Thing I Teach A New Associate (And It’s Not Clinical) | E310

19

The Leadership Test that Nobody Talks About | E309

20

Excellence vs Success: The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything | E308

21

The “Monster” Mindset: Raising Your Standards in Private Practice | E307

22

Why Growing Your Optometry Practice Feels So Hard (Even When You’re Winning) | E306

23

The Hidden Ceiling in Your Practice: YOU | E305

24

You're Not Losing Motivation, You're Losing Chaos: How to Survive the Messy Middle of Practice Gowth | E304

25

Conviction vs. Push Back: The CEO Test | E303

26

Your Baby Is Ugly: Why Brutally Honest Feedback is a Necessity for Growth | E302

27

Strategic Discomfort vs. Boredom Discomfort: Making the Pain Productive | E301

28

Sprint vs Sustain: How Smart ODs Scale Without Burning Out | E300

29

Private Practice Growth: Turning a Specialty Into a Revenue Driver| E299

30

The Secret to Growing Your Optometry Practice: Empower Your Team | E298

31

Amazing vs. Extraordinary Doctors: The Mindset That Builds a Thriving Practice | E297

32

Stop Being the Hero Doctor: Build a Practice That Runs Without You | E296

33

Why Talent Isn’t Enough: The CEO Mentality That Builds Profitable Eye Care Practices | E295

34

How to Differentiate Your Optometry Practice in a Crowded Market | E294

35

The Power of the Elevator Pitch | E293

36

Failure, Fear, and Growth: A New Way to Think About Running Your Practice | E292

37

Rest Isn’t a Reward: The Secret to Sustainable Practice Growth | E291

38

Spotlight vs Floodlight: Mastering Focus as an Optometry Practice Owner | E290

39

Specialty Clinics in Optometry: Lessons from Building a Successful Dry Eye Practice | E289

40

Operator vs CEO: The Mindset Shift Every Practice Owner Must Make | E288

41

Your Goals Are Garbage: A CEO-Level Strategy for Private Practice Optometry | E287

42

The Power of Specialization in Optometry: Stop Doing More to Grow Faster | E286

43

How I’m Setting Goals for 2026 as an Optometry Practice Owner | E285

44

What “Scaling” Really Means for Private Practice Optometrists | E284

45

The 2026 CEO Mindset: Vision, Systems, and Strategy for Optometrists | E283

46

From Recall to Reels: The Marketing Strategy Behind My Fastest Practice Growth Yet | E282

47

Small Tweaks, Big Returns: Lessons From My Fifth P3 Meeting | E281

48

The #1 Mistake Holding Private Practice ODs Back | E280

49

5 Game-Changing Questions to Transform Your Optometry Practice | E279

50

The Business of Optometry: Culture, Systems, and the Freedom to Step Back | E278

51

The Power of Evolution: Designing the Life and Practice You Actually Want | E277

52

Two Businesses, One Roof: How to Separate Clinical and Optical Success | E276

53

Why Systems—Not Superstars—Are the Key to Practice Growth | E275

54

Building a Business That Works for You (Not the Other Way Around) | E274

55

Taking Bigger Shots: 4 Bold Moves That Transformed My Optometry Practice| E273

56

How To Increase Your Revenue Per Patient Over 50% in Just 3 Months | E272

57

Simplify, Commit, Grow: The Formula That Took My Optometry Practice to the Next Level | E271

58

Inside My Specialty Clinic Funnel: How to Attract, Convert & Retain Ideal Patients | E270

59

Stop Competing with the Middle 50%—Here’s How to Stand Out | E269

60

Saying No to "Good" to Build Something Great | E268

61

From Horse-and-Buggy to Ferrari: Thinking Bigger in Your Practice | E267

62

Staffing, Patients, Strategy: The Non-Negotiables for Practice Success | E266

63

How I Went from Volume-Based Burnout to Vision-Fueled Freedom | E265

64

Building Bigger Than You: Creating a Brand That Outlives the Doctor | E264

65

Vision First: Why Every Optometrist Needs a 5-Year Plan | E263

66

Navigating Turnover: How to Build a Culture That Thrives on Change | E262

67

Authentic Passion Cannot Be Duplicated: Your Secret to Professional Success | E261

68

Small Space, Big Profits: Optometry Practice Growth | E260

69

4 Areas of Focus for Practice Success Within 12 Months | E259

70

The Growth Playbook: Wisdom from Coaching and Business | E258

71

Applying the Disney Standard: Communication & Combustion Points | E257

72

The Relentless Pursuit of Practice Growth | E256

73

Practice Management: Lessons Learned | E255

74

How to Grow Your Practice Without Destroying It | E254

75

The True Cost of Poor Management: Your Culture | E253

76

How to Become So Valuable, You Are Not Needed in Your Practice | E252

77

Critical Moves Today for Your Dream Practice Tomorrow | E251

78

How to Manage Rising Costs & Thrive | E250

79

1 Step Back, 2 Steps Forward: The Power of a Break | E249

80

The Power of a TEAM Approach to the Patient Journey | E248

81

How Playing the Long Game & Doubling Down on Trust Has Affected My Practice | E247

82

How To Stay Motivated in Private Practice | E246

83

How to Be A Better Doctor - It's Not What You Think | E245

84

Anatomy of an Effective Office Meeting | E244

85

How A Scorecard Helped My Practice Have the Best Two Months Ever | E243

86

How to Build Trust in Your Practice | E242

87

5 Critical Steps to Develop Your Team | E241

88

5 Tricks to Weathering the Storms of Private Practice | E240

89

3 Reasons 2025 is Going to Be Our Best Year Yet! | E239

90

2 Lessons from a New Level of Private Practice | E238

91

The One Controllable Thing Holding You Back in Your Practice | E237

92

5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Practice | E236

93

How to Go From Owner-Practitioner to Owner-Operator | E235

94

3 Questions to Focus Your Goal-Setting | E234

95

Top Wins & Losses of 2024 for My Private Practice | E233

96

3 Private Practice Lessons That Took Me 13 Years to Learn | E232

97

3 Things That Should Be at the TOP of Your To-Do List For the Year End | E231

98

3 Steps to Effective and Empathetic "Selling" | E230

99

Reflections on Perception & Passion in Your Practice | E229

100

3 Perspective Shifts for Long Term Success | E228