I don’t recall a single doctor telling me they wanted to be chained to their practice so they could never leave it. Nearly every doctor I’ve worked with wanted a business that was not entirely dependent upon their daily production or constant supervision. Michael Gerber (The E-Myth) wrote about the system-driven business. I talk about a Goal Driven Practice. In every case, the objective is the same: The business should not depend on the personality of the owner.

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