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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Release Date: 07/16/2020

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

I'm talking with Lewis Nurney from UFit Podiatry in Singapore this week. Lewis is a dynamic UK podiatrist whose career could have started in the National Health Service, NHS, as many new graduates do. However, a single beer at a conference in Liverpool led to him doing a one-month student placement in Singapore, eventually leading to a move to Singapore and embracing a radically different cultural and professional landscape. This episode tracks a personal journey of growth and discovery and dives into the strategic decisions that define a career path.  You can connect with Lewis on...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Do you want to learn how to copy and paste your competitor's website and email copy into Chat GPT and use AI prompts to create even more compelling communications and sales copy? You need to do this if you want to avoid sounding like everyone else in your industry.  Scroll to the bottom of this page, and you will find a link to the exact prompts shared by my guest and professional Copywriter, Joe Cunningham, aka Copywriter Joe.  Joe Cunningham has helped brands like Huel, Traffic & Conversion Summit, and Stacked Marketer connect with their audiences and get conversions. If you...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Simon Hrobelko is the owner of My Podiatrist Canberra and the nail surgery clinic Ingrown Toenail Care. Prior to becoming a podiatrist, Simon served in the Australian Army and spent 11 years as a Crime Scene Investigator for the New South Wales Police and the Australian Federal Police. Simon feels there are many similarities between being a CSI and a Podiatrist; both require good communication skills. You must keep gathering the evidence and asking the right questions, and everything will start to reveal itself. They call that Deductive Reasoning. The next 2-Day LIVE Podiatry Business...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Are you sick of having a landlord and paying dead rent? If so, this episode might give you the nudge to start considering purchasing your premises, becoming your own landlord, and building long-term assets.  In this episode, I am joined by four podiatrists who have all taken the plunge into property ownership, and they would encourage every podiatrist to consider doing the same.   My Guests are: Jessica Haydock - Sole Focus Podiatry, Toowoomba, Queensland.  Jonathan Small - Health First Foot & Gait Clinic, Southam, UK.  Elan Silver - Silver Podiatry, Perth,...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

The Mexican Fisherman Story contains a very important life lesson about productivity, creating a lifestyle by design, the sometimes-pointless pursuit of more, and asking ourselves WHY we do what we do each day and whether it aligns with our end goal. In this episode, I share my understanding of this story and why it is important to know if your employees are fishermen or bankers.  I also explain why a good friend of mine often refers to me as the Mexican Fisherman.  If you have any questions about this episode, you can contact me at 2-Day LIVE Podiatry Business Reboot I truly...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Dr Ivan Bristow, PhD, is a podiatrist who has been interested in dermatology for over thirty years. He has published over 100 papers on this subject, teaches it globally, and has a highly successful podiatry dermatology blog, . He is passionate about promoting podiatry and dermatology to the profession and the public. In this episode, we discuss the power of websites and blogs to promote our podiatry work and the profession as a whole and to help keep podiatry alive. If we don't write about foot problems, other healthcare professionals will, and we will lose that space.  You can connect...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Jonathan Small joins Tyson E Franklin on the Podiatry Legends Podcast to discuss a pervasive myth in the professional world: the idea that a business's location is the critical determinant of its success and fee structure. Jonathan debunks this, suggesting that the true driver of success is the business owner's mindset. He shares insights from his extensive experience, including the notion that prioritising personal happiness and aligning one's practice with personal values are more important than the business's geographical location. The discussion covers various examples, from restaurants in...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Chase Hughes is a leading behaviour expert and creates psychological research and techniques for intelligence agencies for operations ranging from interrogation to behaviour profiling.  He is the bestselling author of and . After a 20-year career in the US Military, Chase develops and teaches courses in interrogation, negotiation, influence, persuasion and 'extreme people-reading' around the world. In 2019, I was introduced to Chase Hughes, and this podcast recording was originally produced for my old podcast, It's No Secret with Dr T., but it is so good I had to re-edit it and...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Do you believe there are good, bad and difficult patients, and possibly many variations in between? In episode 307, I shared my thoughts on good, bad and difficult patients based on my clinical and business experiences. As expected, some podiatrists agreed wholeheartedly with my comments, while others did not agree, which was great.  This prompted getting a broader perspective on this topic by producing a group episode with eight guests, split over two episodes – This is PART TWO. It’s important to note that my guests’ comments are their opinions based on individual beliefs, values...

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Podiatry Legends Podcast

Do you believe there are good, bad and difficult patients, and possibly many variations in between? In episode 307, I shared my thoughts on good, bad and difficult patients based on my clinical and business experiences, and as expected, some podiatrists agreed wholeheartedly, and others did not agree. This prompted getting a broader perspective on this topic by producing a group episode with eight guests, split over two episodes – This is PART ONE. It’s important to note that my guests’ comments are their opinions based on individual beliefs, values and personal experiences; no one is...

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If this podcast episode does not get you fired up, I think you may need someone to check your pulse and make sure you're still breathing. 

Sarah-Jane Walls, aka SJ The Posture Pod is a Scottish Podiatrist who owns TYPP - The Yoga & Pilates Place. Before obtaining her podiatry degree, she was a qualified Pilates Teacher and Sports Therapist with over 20 years experience of physical therapy in rehab -  helping her clients Move, Feel and Look Amazing.

And now she is combining all this knowledge with her newfound skills as a Podiatrist. 

On this episode we discuss:

  • Why she is a Purple Cow
  • She runs like Forest Gump but still represented Scotland.
  • Getting her first degree in hotel management
  • How a sporting injury lead her into Pilates
  • Opening the first and largest full equipped Pilates Studio in Scotland and the United Kingdom 2012
  • Why she decided to pivot her career into podiatry
  • Why the scope of practice in podiatry got her excited
  • Thinking outside the box is beneficial for making your career more exciting and financially rewarding.
  • The importance of content marketing. You need to answer the questions your patients are searching for
  • Find what excites you and gets you out of bed in the morning.

"The skills we have as podiatrists are like no other health professional". 

Broaden Your Skills

The only way you can better serve your patients and educate them is by broadening your skills in and outside of podiatry.

Learning more about content-marketing and course creation helps serve your clients and also develops another revenue stream without having to have the patient directly in front of you. 

Current free course - Posturemeperfect.co.uk

Final Tip

Be happy in what you do and if you're not happy, do something about it, there are people out there who are willing to help and guide you.

Be prepared to do something bold and big enough that it scares you a little. 

If you have any questions after listening to this episode, please send me an email at [email protected], or you can connect with Sarah-Jane Walls on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjwalls/ or Twitter: https://twitter.com/sj_walls

Facebook Page & Group

Facebook Group: Podiatry Business Owners Club - This is for podiatry business owners and budding business owners, and is the group I now add my business and marketing videos. 

Facebook Page: Podiatry Legends Podcast - This is where I post each podcast episode and information regarding podiatry events around the world.

Podiatry Business Coaching & Mentoring

If you want to own and operate a Thriving Podiatry Business, you've got to work on four specific areas of your business. 

  • Marketing - You need to have a proper, well thought out strategy
  • Systems - You need systems that will support both your marketing and your team.
  • Team - You need to develop a culture that makes your life easier, not harder
  • Diary - This is the backbone. Your diary needs to be structured in a way that maximises patient number per day and in turn, will increase your daily profits. 

Thinking you can just work on one part or maybe two out of four areas and still do well is no longer good enough, you must develop all four pieces of the business puzzle.

If you want to join one of my upcoming Group Coaching Programs or discuss one-on-one Business Coaching & Mentoring, please email me at [email protected], and we can set up a Zoom Call and have a quick chat and see where I can help.  

Newsletter & Events 

Please sign up for my NEWSLETTER if you'd like to know more about upcoming EVENTS, I promise not to spam you with daily emails telling you how great I am.

My Book

It's No Secret There's Money In Podiatry. In Australia, you can order directly from my website, but if you live overseas, I would suggest Amazon or the Book Depository.

Tell Your Podiatry Friends

If you enjoy listening to Podiatry Legends, please tell all your podiatry friends, and please feel free to leave a REVIEW on iTunes, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. 

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