Seizing Success in 2024: Mindset, Mentorship, and Taking Massive Action

You know , what can I do on this first day of the year , what would be one of the most important things I can tell you , and I found it Okay , and I'm going to try and make this nice and sweet so you can go enjoy the rest of your . You know , first of January , your new year , and you know , while we're at it , this is your best year yet .

And you know this is Entremd lingo . Every new season , you have the opportunity to accept it as your best season . Yet . You might say , well , what if we have challenges ? What if we have problems ? What if everything doesn't go according to plan ?

And I can almost guarantee that you're going to have challenges and there are going to be problems , but the thing is that we can overcome them . They are like weights in the gym . They're going to make us better , they're going to make us tougher . They're going to make us stronger , smarter , wiser .

They're going to make us confront things that would make our businesses so much better , but we've always been avoiding and we could get away with it . But now we're going to , we're going to get down and dirty and get things done and everything's going to be better . And so the fact that there are challenges doesn't mean that it's not our best year yet .

Right , like so , welcome to your best year yet . Okay . So now the inspiration for this episode is a very special doctor in the Entremd business school . We're going to call her Dr C . She's phenomenal .

She's come into the school , started a private practice , has been working really hard at it , started getting some momentum , and I'm so excited for her and I'm so proud of her . But she did something that , when people do things like this , it makes me stop , it makes me take notice and it makes me go .

Like you better watch this person , right , and you know I'll tell you what it is .

So two weeks before the end of the year our Wednesday live session I decided to have one of these meetings and I would have them a few times a year where I just take the you know , like I just take people behind the scenes to see what exactly I'm working on or a process that I'm working through , and things like that , and this day I decided to take , you

know , the students behind the scenes to see the 10 things I'm doing . I was personally doing to set the stage for 2024 to be my best year yet . Okay , and it was really around . The thing with the 10 things is that they're things that are simple , right , if I , if I ran through the list there's nothing .

You hear that I'd be like , wow , you know , like I've never heard of something like that before . But the problem with simple things is that they're easy to do and they're easy not to do . That's the problem . Okay , there's so many things we know you hear someone talking about yeah , I know that . That's not the question .

The question is , are you doing them because they are so simple but so profound and they have the ability to radically change your life ? Right , and so you know what I was telling them about was really around . I'll give you maybe , maybe , five of them . Right , like so to review the year , like actually sit to review the year .

What were the wins , what were the lessons ? Right , because we win or we learn . That's how we treat in the EBS world , right ? So what were the wins ? What were the lessons from 2023 ? Because the worst thing you can do is go through 2023 , have all these experiences , but not come to 2024 wiser , because you didn't evaluate Right , you didn't learn the lesson .

You just go and you repeat the same thing . And so when I was teaching my mentees , I said hey , I mean like you can live for nine years or you can live the same year 90 times is your choice , right ? So I talked about that . It was something I was doing and it really took time . This is a multi-week process , like going through these things for myself .

The second thing I talked about was owning my 10x vision and goals for 2024 . Like what do I really truly want ? I am not settling . I'm not saying I'm not the kind of person who can do that . I'm not excluding myself from any of those things .

I'm just going to go all out and say , if this is December 31st and I'm like , oh , my goodness , my life , this is a masterpiece , what would have to happen for me to say it ? And I'm not going to be afraid to dream it , I'm not going to be afraid to document it , I'm not going to be afraid to go after it . What is that ? I'm owning it .

The third thing was the discipline of defining the strategy . I won't go too much into that , but you set a goal , but you have to backtrack and say , okay , what is the strategy that will get me there ?

And we do this thing in the on-term to business school called the EBS puzzle , where we're workshopping that and brainstorming and mind-storming and all of those things and I'm like , okay , so this is what I'm doing . I've taught you guys , that's what I'm doing . The fourth thing the discipline of 10x thinking at all times .

And again , I taught them a tool called Reinvention by Imagination . It's a process , take you about 10 to 15 minutes , but it's something that if you do every day , every 90 days , you'll be completely different . It's something that I've done and I discovered this process and started it in September of 2023 .

And oh my goodness , oh my goodness , like the thoughts that I now have access to , the magnitude of the vision , I can now see the big asks that I can make , the big audacious steps . It's so crazy . Things that were so fuzzy and vague are now crystal clear and I went through the process how they do that and all that .

The fifth one was the discipline of 10x actions at all times , and we had done a really good session on the CEO calendar , how to construct your time , how to make sure you're spending 80% of your time doing 20% activities , and all of that .

So I was going through all of these things , I'm going through them , and so there were 10 of them , and so I did this two weeks before the end of the year and then we had a call the last day , because that's how EBS is , we do calls the day before Thanksgiving because people are like we're EBS , we're here , it's fun .

And so here we are doing this call , and then Dr C comes up . And Dr C comes up at the beginning because here we are sharing wins and all of those things . And she's like I have a win to share . It's a mindset shift . I'm like , okay , we want to hear all about it . And so she goes on .

She says I was on the call last week where you taught on those 10 things and I want you to hear what she said . And so she said and I went and I rewatched it and I watched it two more times . So she was there , she rewatched it , she watched it two more times . That's four times , four times , okay , so she watched it four times .

And then she was like you know , because at the end of it , after showing them all the things , I then converted all those things to questions . I'm like go answer these 10 questions . If you go through the 10 questions , you would have done the process I did . It will change your life , it will set you up for 2024 .

And so she's like I took the time and I answered all 10 questions . Now these are questions that will have you thinking . They're questions that you it's not yes or no , it's not multiple choice Like you're going to have to think , you're going to have to evaluate , you're going to have to review , and so it's very easy not to do it .

I know that , right , but she was like I did them , I printed them out and I have been reading them every day , morning and night . What is she doing actively ?

Almost like brainwashing herself , immersing herself in her dreams , her visions , her goals , her commitments , her actions , all of those things , right , and she was like I read them every morning , every night , looking in the mirror , like Dr C , this is who you are now , this is how you think all the time , this is how you act all the time .

This I mean like crazy , right , and so she's doing this . And then she's like I decided that this is my year of 10x elevation . I'm like , oh my goodness , oh my goodness . She's like I've adopted the 10x , thinking . So when that negative chatter comes , I'm like , nope , nobody , no , not this year , not 2024 . We're not doing that anymore .

So she's catching the negative chatter , right , she's catching the chatter that doesn't line up with the new picture , the new image she has of herself . And then she has this picture of December 31st 2024 .

And so when she has an action that she needs to take that she knows will move her business forward , maybe and I'm presuming here , like you know asking for a referral source , or raising her prices , or asking someone to leave a review , or any of those things , right and she's like , oh man , I don't want to do that .

Then she finds herself asking herself like so , december 31st 2024 , you don't want that , you don't want that to become your reality , you want to give that up because you don't want to do this . And then she goes and she does it . And this is so mind blowing , and I will tell you why .

Number one she put herself in a place where she would get world class mentorship . Okay , that call right there is worth the entire tuition in the Entremde Business School . When I got off that call I was like I do not think I have done any work more important than the work that we just did on that call . Okay . So one , she put herself in a

position to get world class mentorship . Number two , she put in the work and you know , like , because sometimes there are concepts you hear and you're like I don't get that and you have options you can listen to it till you get it , you can ask questions till you get it , you can work with the version you know until you get the rest . But she didn't stop .

She didn't say , oh , I didn't understand that . Or and I think on that call actually , she said , oh , my goodness , doing these things even sounds scary , right , only for her to come a week later and she had done everything Right . So so she put herself in a situation where she had access to world class mentorship .

She put herself in a position where she did the work , and the work does start with the mindset work .

It does start with those mental shifts , because a lot of those 10x activities the 10 activities I was doing to set myself up for 2024 , they are around shifting my beliefs , shifting what I accept , shifting the vision I choose to see , shifting , like all of those things right , shifting my commitments and seeing myself as the kind of person who follows through on

those commitments right . So she did all of that work . It is hard work , I , so I mentor people in so many different containers . And so at my home church I had taught a goal setting workshop . It was probably a two hour workshop and something like that . It was really good .

And then I talked to people like now , three , four weeks afterwards , and you know I'll hear someone like , oh yes , I've done it , I'm ready , I'm ready for 2024 . I've set my goals , I filled out my worksheets , all of that stuff , and I like great , it's exciting .

And I talked to some other people and they're like oh , I haven't done that yet , I haven't done that yet and it makes me feel so bad . Well for them , not really bad , like I choose to , I choose joy and peace , okay , but it makes me feel bad for them .

And the reason for that is you , where you have access to a church where these kind of things are taught . You were at the workshop and it wasn't something that was taught like I didn't just teach , you say go do it , I would teach you would workshop . I would teach you would workshop , I teach you workshop . And I was like you at the workshop .

You didn't fill it out . There you have access to the replay . You still haven't done it and you're gonna walk into 2024 with no vision , no goals , no plans like how is it gonna magically be a different year ? It made me feel bad , right , but for this lady , she did the work and this is the work that changes everything . Right ?

And then the third thing that she did is not only does she have the mentorship , not only does she do the work , the mindset shifts on all those things that were required . Then she followed up with real action , taking those steps in . In EBS we call it eating those frogs , right ?

You know , I talk about the Brian Tracy book eat that frog a lot where those are . You know , the frog just represents these things that are really important for your business , that if you do them , they'll make significant changes . But usually we don't want to do them . They're typically things we procrastinate on .

But she's like I eat frogs now because I want that , I want the vision that I saw for December 31st , so I eat frogs , that's what I do , right ? And so she's doing these three things and I'm like if she , if this is the way she's gonna do this , then 2024 is going to be wild . It's gonna be so wild , right ?

And so I want to turn this around and invite you to do the same thing for yourself . Reading books will not matter if you won't engage in this process , like the full process . Being in a coaching program will not matter as much if you're not engaging this process fully . Right , going for events will not matter if you're not doing this process .

So what is the process ? So , one , do the work of exposing yourself to world-class mentorship . That could be books , that could be podcasts . It could be a podcast like this one . It could be the on-chamber method bug , it could be the on-chamber business school . It could be a number of different things . But expose yourself to world-class mentorship .

You are worth it . That's number one . Number two take the time to do the work , okay . So , for instance , in my you know , like the program that I'm a part of , I made a brand new commitment this year that I am going to learn the things . I am going to show up , I'm going to ask questions .

I'm not going to treat it like a buffet , like , oh , I like that , I'll have some of that . Yeah , spanish , I'm gonna skip that .

I'm like no , like the person who is my mentor in this program has the results that I want and is years and years or millions of dollars ahead of me , right , and has the experience and our core values align and all of these things . It's like why don't you just humble yourself and learn the things you need to learn ? Treat it like medical school .

You don't get to choose your rotations . After medical school you can choose your specialty , but not before . You still have to do the rotations . You have to do right . And so I'm going like why don't I just sit here and learn the things and practice them and do all of that ?

I actually got a specific notebook for it and after every call I'm gonna write what my next steps are execute on them , check you know like they have their checkboxes . I check them off . I'm gonna go all in . I'm inviting you to do the same . Don't just read a book and walk away . Don't listen to a podcast episode and walk away .

If you're in the alternative business school , don't just come to a session and walk away . Decide to do the work , decide on what your next steps are . If you're afraid , ask questions . If you're afraid , do it messy and scared anyway , like that's how you don't become great at something for the first time . Like that's just not how it works .

Like , do the work , and especially when it comes to this work , that is more , maybe even what people consider woo-woo right , because this is , this , is mindset stuff .

But if you do not change the way you see yourself , if you do not change your self-talk , if you do not change what you think is possible for you , if you do not work on your belief to believe that you're worthy of the results that you want , things are not going to change .

You could even be putting in more effort , but you will self-sabotage because you don't believe you're worth it . On the same call , another doctor was like hey , I have a win . I'm like yeah , tell me about it .

Now , this person is somebody who is a multi-six figure coach and she's like you know , like I always just set financial goals and I would not hit them , and you know , and so I had done it for so long that I was like , yeah , let's not bother about that . But then and I'm going to shorten this up .

She said a lot more to this , but she was like in October , I spent most of the month working on believing that I could hit the goal , the financial goal that I set for myself for Q4 , right , I just believed I was going to hit it . And so she's doing the work , she's shifting that belief .

Of course , she's showing up and doing all the things that she needed to do , and she said it was a stretch goal . It's more money than I've ever made in a quarter since I've been a coach . And I hit it . And she's hit it . And at that time , december wasn't over . It wasn't over . What was the biggest shift Now ?

Of course , her actions changed , but what preceded that was the belief changing . It was the belief right . And so access to world-class mentorship , doing the work , doing the work , being humble enough to go like I came in here because there's some results I wanted . I came in here because I thought this container could help me get the results .

Let me come in and let me do the work right , especially around the mindset and all of those things . And then the third thing is follow up with action , action , action , action . That is where the rubber meets . The road is where the rubber meets the road , and so if you will do these three things , it would make such a profound difference in your business .

It is a trap to leave your mindset the same . It is a trap to leave your actions the same . It is a trap to not expose yourself to high quality , world class mentorship . It's a trap . It has the potential to keep you stuck .

It can keep you in one spot , it could keep you banging your head against the wall because you know what is possible , but you can't seem to make it happen . Okay , so I am telling you this , and this is something I've told myself , and this is something that I am working on , and I'm gonna be working on it all of 2024 .

I choose to see the vision , the 10x vision , at all times . I choose to think 10x thoughts at all times and I choose to take 10x actions at all times .

I choose to expose myself to high quality , world class mentorship and I am just gonna be full speed ahead , playing offense all year long , and December 31st , I'm gonna turn around and say , oh , my goodness , this was my best year yet and I cannot wait for 2025 , an even better year .

Okay , so go do this , and it would give me so much joy if you could help another physician by sharing this episode with them . All you have to do I do the work of you know coming here to serve , and you know to come up with high quality contents for you .

To do my piece to help the physician community have an alternate reality , and I want to invite you to help me get the word out there . Take this episode , grab the link , share it with the doctors in your world text email , post it on social media , tag us hashtag on TriMD , and let's do this together .

Let's make this our best year yet , and I've shown you how . I have no doubt in my mind that Dr C is going to crush this year . I'm so excited . Why ? Because she's engaged a process that creates radical transformation , and so can you . So , dr C , you know who you are .

Thank you for sharing that , because now your story has been a gift to so many physicians and for everyone . I will see you on the next episode of the Entrem De Podcast .