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How to Deal with Failure in Private Practice
Last night I was chatting with one of my students via Facebook Messenger about a side hustle she's been trying to get off the ground.
Turns out, after all the market research she's been doing, her original business idea might not work out. She shared that she was feeling defeated, overwhelmed, and like a total failure.
The dreaded F-word.
I know there are times in your private practice when you feel like a failure too...
like that time you went outside of your comfort zone to schedule a networking meeting with another therapist, and you were so nervous that you ended up being awkward and weird.
...or how about the time you committed the cardinal sin of private practice by double-booking two clients, and then you had to run around like a fucking squirrel to figure something out without both clients knowing (and they both still found out anyway)?
...then there was...
How the F*ck to Get Unstuck
The other day, I was listening to a podcast interview with Rob Kosberg, a best-selling author, speaker, and the founder of BestSellerPublishing.org. Rob is one of the most sought-after experts on how to write, publish, and promote books that land on various best-selling lists across the world.
And he's got the kind of income that would make those of you with money shit...
well...
shit yourselves.
The podcast episode itself wasn’t all that impressive, but towards the end of the interview, Rob said this one phrase that literally made me hit rewind 5 times just so that I could hear it again. If it were anyone else listening, they probably would have missed it because it was just a quick phrase he uttered before moving on with the interview.
But when I heard it, I couldn’t help but pull into a parking lot, bust out my journal, and frantically begin to write an outline that ultimately became this blog post.
I'll share that little piece of gold...
