My priorities are straight! My mind is powered up and clear, my actions are aligned and I no longer feel desperate for change to escape. I can now mindfully and methodically build my next professional project.
I am a fully qualified and very experienced Medical Doctor in practice for 30 years, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico working 12 hour shifts in the emergency room.
I typically see 20 or so very sick patients on a shift. Most days I treat at least one or two critically ill patients.
I have a loving husband of 24 years and three wonderful kids.
I was interested in starting my own side business. Mainly I was able to see that, while I have several years of ER medicine to still perform. I need to start developing a career I can transition to when the shifts become too difficult.
I have felt stuck on hold about this for a long time, never clear on exactly what format this new direction would take.
Initially when I started working with Johan, I thought I would open my own private practice and see patients in an outpatient practice helping them to overcome illness and improve wellness.
This would give me more control on my time, produce a growing revenue stream and eventually enable me to scale and pull back in the ER.
I was feeling overwhelmed with the daunting gap between having nothing in place except for an idea, and the hard realities of building and running a successful, fulfilling, and profitable, scalable business.I have run two unsuccessful practices in the past, one of which actually caused bankruptcy … and I certainly didn’t want a repeat of that process!
So, I knew I needed help from someone who had business knowhow and experience and who could help me to finally bridge the daunting gap and never look back.
My only concern with starting with Johan was about the money commitment I was taking on. A significant investment! I knew I could do it though!
The main surprising breakthrough on the program was the self-realization of just how unhealthy I truly was. When we did a self-assessment, I realized that I was just one serious illness away from not being able to work at all. I was beyond stress and close to burnout.
All those years of intense work had eroded my vitality; I had no recovery strategy, I was not sufficiently aware and had as a result ignored the painful impact on my career, my life, and my relationships. Never mind starting a new business!
My body-battery was running about 55%. Not enough for growth and repair. This became one of the major focuses of my work with Johan. Without my health, there is NO business and certainly No new business!
In addition, Johan helped me realize that if I was to create a business dedicated to helping people get past being ill and rebuild their health, it might then be a sound idea to lead by example and be a testimony for my own methodologies.
Thanks to the program I have cultivated tremendous reserves. I have built my physical and emotional wellbeing to the point where there is actually more than enough energy to take on new pursuits.
I have also had a true Eureka moment where we discovered early into my time together with Johan that a whole new medical business is absolutely NOT what I want.
Instead, I will transition to being a Medical Advocate Consultant which is exactly it for me. I see a big need in the market and the business of medical advocacy reflects my current core values and passion, harnesses my greatest strengths and taps powerfully into the depth of my medical expertise. Such a business I see can create financial independence, lasting mental and emotional fulfillment, and finally protect my physical wellbeing. In addition it is wholesome for my family life and my community.
I have been surprised that the initial concerted focus on Johan’s business improvement program was my physical and emotional health vs business strategy. There is no question that was what I needed most. I am in a much stronger position to move forward in my life and my calling.
And the path is currently unfolding with quality opportunities knocking on my door.
My priorities are straight! My mind is powered up and clear, my actions are aligned and I no longer feel desperate for change to escape. I can now mindfully and methodically build my next professional project. Authentic inspired action rather than resigned desperation.
I now start my work week energized and finish it energized, despite all the trauma and intensity that the work environment presents.
I have had other coaching in the past that focused only on the business side and unfortunately, I never had the energy to initiate the process. As Johan taught, it is our mind that produces our best way forward and our best life, and a tired stressed mind is of little use in breaking fixed patterns of behavior that might be holding our progress back and moving past predictable outcomes associated with that fixed worn out level of thinking.
In my case remaining stuck and frustrated caught in an exhausting loop….
Getting clear on values, living from values (rather than the negatively eroding push and pull of circumstances), and making simple but profound moves every day in the direction of what could actually be possible, I have discovered to be paramount. And the icing on top of the cake is the feedback from my husband who is a man of few words.
He has been observing me over the duration of the program and eventually stated that he knew that there was a problem but he kept quiet as he had no idea how to help. He is today delighted with the progress he sees in me and my new direction and the increase in my vitality.
Thank you, Johan, for the deep resolve I now have to continue to grow my health, my reserves and my mental and physical capacities and to keep directing that powerfully creative and effective mindset and energy towards building my new business not as a reaction to undesired circumstances but as an expression of a compelling calling.
I happily recommend Johan to individuals and leaders who are struggling with business growth and fulfillment, frustrated with their lack of real personal financial freedom, and yearning to become the best version of themselves.