Are You Being the Dr or Head Nurse In Your Business? by Todd Bates

http://www.ToddBatesSystems.com - A Dr's office has a well defined set of roles. The Dr meets with patients minute after minute and the head nurse handles EVERYTHING else.

In your business which role are you playing?

When you are the Doctor in your business you can make 7-figures a year. If you get stuck in the role of the head nurse you will be trapped at $15 an hour.

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[paulxt1]

While I understand some of what you're trying to say with this analogy, particularly with respect to independent business owners, you seem to be overlooking the fact that both doctors AND nurses are required for patients to have a satisfactory hospital visit.

By extension, I would think that a successful business needs competent individuals in both the managerial and hands-on roles. One without the other is useless. Why are you suggesting that entrepreneurs need to pick between the two roles?

[toddbatessystems]

@paulxt1 Thanks for the comment.

I do agree that both doctors and nurses are required to have a satisfactory hospital visit. What I am suggesting is that Doctors aren't taking someone's weight, blood pressure, etc. They stick to their specialty, while the nurse sticks to theirs.

As an entrepreneur the more you focus on the highest dollar activities (and bring in someone else (i.e. your heard nurse) to do the other activities the great your net income.

[asellersrn]

Wow. What a closed-minded jackass. You obviously have no nurses in your family or they would want to hunt you down after seeing you make a video like this.

PS. Nurses in Denver make well over $15-20/hour. Do your research next time you make asinine assumptions.

[toddbatessystems]

@asellersrn Regardless of your profanities, you are missing the point. Nurses serve a valuable role, I didn't say they didn't. Even with your number of $15- $20 an hour that is not what close to a surgeon makes.

As a business owner, you need to surround yourself with excellent people and have each one play their part to achieve a net income.

[dghanson37]

Todd, I get your point. I would be open to learning how to transistion my business from what it is today, I do most everything.  Part of my success has been handling the small details, going that extra mile and providing the personal touch. As with all business, the expense of making changes such as adding staff or new systems can be cost prohibitive. I would need a long range plan and then small inexpensive exectution steps.

[onlineresuccess]

@pyanfa6 do you have an idea of how to run a business? This is about growing a business not working in your business the entire time.

[onlineresuccess]

@oldbluevespa Is there a reason to use profanity? You are missing the point of the video. It is about building a team that works together and doing the highest dollar per hour tasks.

[pyanfa6]

Wow. Never get business advice from an idiot who has no idea what he's talking about.

[oldbluevespa]

Oh my god, emergency, 911, help, there's a guy in Denver with his head so far up his ass he's in danger of choking to death- if I don't get to him and choke him first. WHAT A DICK.