Scared of being sold to- Do this instead
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[00:00:00] If you are afraid to sign up for anything free because you're, you don't want to get sold to, or you're afraid of getting too many emails, keep watching and explain to you why it is so important. If you are an occupational therapist and you want to be in business for yourself, why you should be signing up.
My name is Wong. I'm an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist. And over 10 years ago I started my clinic. And then five years ago I started Hand Therapy Secrets. And I know that It might be a little scary to sign up for like a free master class or free Training because you're like this shit ain't free.
Well, I am hosting a free live master class I'm going to talk all about business And how to create your business plan so that you can get the most out of this year and then set yourself up for success um in the next year. So I'm going to leave the link there below for you and here's why [00:01:00] you shouldn't be scared of signing up for something like this.
Uh, and I'm bringing it up because I got some questions and it was like, well, well, um, you know, what do I get when I sign up? Or there was just like some questions around, like, why should someone sign up? Right. And one of the reasons why, like, and it's not just my masterclass, you should sign up for other people's like free, um, guides and free trainings and stuff like that, because people are giving out and people are delivering on really great information.
So if you find something and you like it, one of the reasons you want to Like sign up, listen to them speak is so you can learn, right? Something that I learned in business is nothing ever gets, um, nothing ever gets bought unless it's sold. And as a therapist, we are so used to never [00:02:00] selling our services.
We are so used to people just automatically buying it because we are Um, taught from the university level that everything in health care runs on insurance. And I can tell you right now that insurance is a business and even that has to be sold. It's just sold in a different way. But if you are, if you're an occupational therapist and you want to open your own clinic, you want to open your own business.
Like I have clinic and I have to do certain things to attract people to come and buy my services because it's not automatic. And, Believe it or not, the world is changing and things are not automatic either. Like even for hospital systems and for other, um, other major clinics, they have different things going for them, but you can't compare yourself to them because you're not them.
You're not this big conglomerate. You're not this big, huge entity. You as a therapist, usually, um, and I'm [00:03:00] speaking for myself, but this may apply to you. If you're a therapist and you're looking to start your own thing, is that You're starting alone. You're starting with the amount of money that you have, right?
Um, you're starting with your skills and you're starting with your drive. And one of the most important things as therapists that we need to learn is how to have conversations about our services and, um, why somebody would need us or why someone would, you know, go out of their way to, you know, buy our services.
And it is not taught in the university level. It is never taught in any kind of clinical setting. Even if you work for a private entity, right? Even if you work for a private entity, they might not be doing this if they're taking insurance completely. So as a therapist. and you want to go on your own, like you want to do your own business, uh, get comfortable [00:04:00] with the idea of selling.
And in order for you to get comfortable with the idea of selling, you have to get comfortable being sold to. So, I am running a free live masterclass that I'm going to talk about business. It's all going to be business. Now I know I'm usually known as a hand therapy girl and I share a lot of clinical, um, knowledge and stuff like that.
I share that clinical knowledge because I want y'all people to see what amazing skills you have as an occupational therapist and open your own business. Right. Um, I started out with only my skills. Girl, that was all I had. I was, I thought I was a great fucking therapist and I was like screw these people because they were pissing me off and I wanted more for myself.
And I think if you're an occupational therapist and you want more for yourself, then give yourself a chance of, um, having your own business, right? [00:05:00] And it doesn't have to be like just hand therapy. You can have any kind of OT business. Look, outside of the clinic that I run, I also started an online educational company, right?
So if you have something that you think is really valuable and that people need in the world, then you have a business. You have a business idea. Sorry about that. You have a business idea to take that into business. One of the things that you have to get really comfortable with is telling people more about what you do and what problems you solve, right?
And then you have to, um, tell them how they can get it from you. And that's just, that's just simple selling. You're not selling something to someone who doesn't need it. I'm not selling my hand therapy to someone who doesn't have a hand problem. People will come to me, have a hand problem, and I want to tell them about what I can do to help them.[00:06:00]
But if I, if I don't tell them how I can help them and the benefit to them, They're not, they're not going to get it. They're not going to book a session, right? They're not going to book a paid session. They're not going to book a whole plan of care. So if you're skeptical about selling, you know, if you're skeptical about signing up for a free live masterclass that I'm doing, all I can tell you is that's totally safe.
You can sign up and if you no longer want to, you know, go and you no longer want the emails. Unsubscribe and get, get the fuck out. It's that simple. So there's nothing that you need to be afraid of. If you want to just show up and watch and learn, um, what I'm doing and what I'm sharing by all means, it's totally free.
Right, um, but you know, yeah, I just think [00:07:00] that I think that there's a lot of fear associated with I see it I hear it and I want to I want to share with you how safe it is. I'll say I have myself watched other people And I've gone on to their, on their classes. And if I really liked them, I'll buy their program.
If I don't like it or don't really need it, I don't buy it. Um, so much of it is, there's no pressure, you know, there's no pressure and there's no shame around it if you don't want it, you know, but you'll do yourself a disservice, you'll do yourself a disservice if you don't even show up to learn what is possible.
Um, so. If you want to start your business right now, right, right now, you want to start your business. We have, we essentially have three more three and a half, right? Three and a half more months. So my whole point of [00:08:00] doing it now is so that you can plan out for the rest of the year, what to do, right? What to do.
And if you've already gotten started, so I've talked to some people and they've already gotten started. But they're, you know, they got their first client and maybe they have their second client, but they're looking at like, Oh my God, what do I need to do now? Like, how do I keep this trajectory going and like make it pick up even more steam?
If that's you. Come join me for my free life masterclass. Um, we're only going to talk about business and we're going to, I'm going to share with you what's really working, what's not working. Right. Um, in terms of what I'm doing, cause I mean, I can only share with you what I'm doing. That's working. What's not working?
Um, and kind of give you some insight into my own planning so I can help you create your plan, right? Um, we'll talk about the different, um, [00:09:00] based on the business. You know, there's a couple of different, um, types. And then we'll go into like what you need to do to tell more people about your business and how to attract them to your business.
And then what you can do to share with them about how you can help them and solve their problem. Cause that's how, that's how you get, that's how you get patients, right? That's how you get business. So I'm going to just share with you a little bit about what I'm doing so that you can create this for yourself.
And then by the end of it, you'll have a plan, right? By the end of it, we're going to have a plan for October, November, and December. What are you going to do in October? What are you going to do in November? What are you going to do in December? Right. So that you can like kick it off and get going. So, so yeah, that's essentially what I'm going to do.
And I just wanted to hop on and tell you if you're afraid because you're afraid of being sold to in order to [00:10:00] run a business and run a well and make money, You know, make money and keep the business going. I think one of the first things that we as healthcare providers, as occupational therapists, that we have to get comfortable with being sold to so that we can essentially learn how to do it so that we can tell more people about what we do and then sell our services essentially.
It's the only way to stay in business. I didn't make this shit up. This is how businesses work Um, and we were never taught this in ot school And we were never taught it. Um Amongst our ot friends even So this is your opportunity to come and learn come and learn from what i'm doing come and learn about what's working Come and learn from what is not working because that's just as important Um, so yeah links are all below if uh, if you want to join me You Um, grab that link and sign up.
All right. I'll see you there
