Podiatry Legends Podcast

Saying NO to working in private practice is not what Kade Anderson had planned when he graduated from the University of Newcastle in 2020, but that's exactly what he decided to do. Instead, he now works for Plena Healthcare as a mobile Podiatrist in aged care and absolutely loves it. Based on what others had said, he initially had apprehensions about working in aged care, but for him, it is a perfect fit and gives him the work-life balance he was after.

Before podiatry, Kade had careers in Real Estate & Pathology, which meant he was slightly older than the average graduate. He did apply for multiple positions in private practice, but by the end of most interviews, he had already worked out he didn't want to work for them and that he wasn't a good fit.

"It was easy to see through all the BS they had placed in their job adverts".

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit. You've got nothing to lose.

Unlike most business coaches, I only work with podiatrists.

Upcoming Events

If you want to know more about the speaking events and workshops I have lined up this year, please check the EVENTS tab above.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

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Doctor Bharti Rajput is an award-winning Podiatrist and Healthcare entrepreneur based in Scotland. After graduation, she pursued a PhD in Biomechanics, specialising in human movement analysis.

Her Late Majesty Queens Elizabeth III awarded her an MBE for outstanding podiatry service to the community, and she received her medal at Buckingham Palace in 2018 from King Charles III.

In this episode, Bharti discusses the ten most important T's in podiatry and why they are all important for our careers and the podiatry profession.

The 10 T's

1. Title of the profession. We need to reduce confusion in the community.
2. Training Years at the point of graduating.
3. Taking care of oneself every day.
4. Taking time off to enjoy life.
5. Nurture your team's Talent.
6. Taking care of your team.
7. Tiered Care Structure.
8. Setting new Trends.
9. Ditch Toxicity.
10. Total care of the patient.

Bonus - take time out to enjoy a cup of tea.

Below is Bharti's Indian Masala Chai recipe. Masala tea is a blend of black tea with spices believed in ancient Indian traditions to help boost your immune system.

Step 1: Take a mug of water and a tea bag (for each cup of tea) and tip into a pan and place onto the stove (hob) for 3-4 minutes Step 2: In a pestle and mortar, put in a cardamom pod alongside cinnamon, clove, black peppercorns and even ginger and bash to help release the oils - a lot of families grind this down in a blender in advance and store it in a jar ready to use as needed Step 3: Allow the tea to have released its colours before lowering the heat to a gentle simmer and adding 1/2 a teaspoon (per cup) of this spice mix. Step 4: Stir approximately two tablespoons of milk (per cup) and allow to simmer for 3-4 minutes until you get the strength of tea you desire. Step 5: Turn off the heat and leave to infuse for a couple of minutes Step 6: Pour into a mug, put your feet up and enjoy :)

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected]

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit. You've got nothing to lose.

Unlike most business coaches, I only work with podiatrists.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

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If we want the podiatry profession to grow, we can no longer tolerate podiatrists with out-of-date, old-fashioned, toxic thinking.

On this episode, I am joined by six dynamic young podiatrists who openly share their thoughts and opinions on how they think the podiatry profession can be improved.

Some of their comments may shock you.

My guests were:

• Tea Nguyen, DPM (USA)
• Joe Keain (AUS)
• Jackson Tisdell (AUS)
• Cameron Bennet (AUS)
• Samuel Turner (AUS)
• Asraa Kattoub (AUS)

The idea for this episode came from a previous episode (240 - How to Improve the Podiatry Profession).

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected]

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit. You've got nothing to lose.

Unlike most business coaches, I only work with podiatrists.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts and other short business tips.

If you want a successful podiatry career, stop investing heavily in social media and instead connect more with your local community. Being seen and heard in your community is a far better career investment.

Prosper Taruvinga is a digital marketing strategist who you would think would be telling everyone to be on as many social media platforms as possible, yet, in reality, he says the exact opposite.

We Are Lab Rats

Social media algorithms are constantly changing, and we are lab rats. Sometimes their changes work in our favour, and others can be catastrophic.

You do not own your social media platforms, you're just borrowing them, and they can remove you without any notice; therefore, you should create content and post it to media outlets you own, such as your website or even a podcast.

Where to Start

Instead of randomly posting on social media, hoping to get a like or comment, write content for what people are searching for online. When patients search for a particular problem and your information shows up consistently, they will contact you.

An article read by ten people in your area is far better than a thousand likes on Facebook from the other side of the world.

Where Does Google Get All Their Information From?

They are not creating it themselves; they get it from everyone's websites. So basically, Google is simply optimizing the information presented to them; therefore, creating good information is a must-do.

Stop Wasting Time in Line

How often do we see people standing in a long line checking their Facebook and other social media pages? It is a total waste of time. An alternative would be to talk with the people around you or use your time to return a phone call.

Few Emergencies

Most foot pain is not an emergency, so people start searching for it only after they've had the problem for a period of time. You need to create the content, be part of the journey, and walk alongside them.

"We get paid in direct proportion to the value we bring to the marketplace." - Prosper Taruvinga.

Social Media is an enhancement of what you've already created; it's an accessory to your main content that sits on your website. Having a great website is non-negotiable, whereas social media is something you can go without and still survive.

Drive people to your website, not to your social media pages.

If you want to connect with Prosper, search for Prosper Taruvinga, and he's easy to find; he also has a podcast called the Online Prosperity Experience, which is a 30-minute daily podcast.

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected]

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit. You've got nothing to lose.

Unlike most business coaches, I only work with podiatrists.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts and other short business tips.

Nick Knight owns NK Active in Romsey in the UK, and he has developed a complete education package for patients so they can get all the information they need about Plantar Fasciitis in one place. And it's FREE.

Facebook self-help groups have become the Doctor Google, and there is a lot of misinformation. Experience has also shown that patients don't want leaflets, brochures and other handouts.

The course is being delivered in bite-sized pieces incorporating webinars, videos and other downloads. We should be using technology and making it more accessible for patients to consume.

Speaking The patient's Language

Plantar Fasciitis is not always the correct term for certain types of heel pain, but it is the term patients search for online. If you want to be found, you must use the right terminology.

Once you can speak the patient's language, it becomes easier to teach them.

Episode Sponsor - Podiatry Clinic Websites

NK Active Lunch Club

Nick has started a Lunch Club on the last Friday of every month, where he and others discuss various foot and ankle problems, and what you'll learn is practical and can be used immediately in your clinic. It's all practical CPD.

Details are on his website, or you can email Nick at [email protected]

In this episode, we discussed the following Tech items available on Amazon:

DJI Wireless Microphones - Australia, USA, UK

RODE 2 Wireless Microphones - Australia, USA, UK

PodTrak P4 Recorder - Australia, USA, UK

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected]

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit. You've got nothing to lose.

Unlike most business coaches, I only work with podiatrists.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts and other short business tips.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

Welcome to our first monthly book review episode. On this episode, I am joined by my podiatry friend and avid book reader, Carly O'Donoghue, and we could not think of a more fitting book to kick off our joint venture than Seth Godin's The Practice: Shipping Creative Work.

Neither of us could put this book down once we started, and it will definitely change the way you approach each day.

We plan to read a new book every month, and then we will share two or three of our biggest takeaways that we feel will be most helpful to our listeners and entice you to grab a copy yourself.

This episode is sponsored by Podiatry Clinic Websites.

You can order The Practice: Shipping Creative Work below.

• Amazon Australia
• Amazon USA
• Amazon UK

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected].

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit. You've got nothing to lose.

Unlike most business coaches, I only work with podiatrists.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts and other short business tips.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook if you want to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

David Karamanis is an Australian podiatrist who had the vision to travel to high-risk developing countries to provide podiatry service to communities that cannot easily access it. To fulfil this vision, he decided to travel and volunteer his time in South America. When I spoke with David, he was in Ecuador.

He has a website, www.thetravelingpod.com, where he uploads photos of the people and communities he is helping. You can make donations via his website if you'd like to help support his efforts. I HAVE

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• Working in a podiatry clinic was not ticking all the boxes; something was missing, and even though it was a good job, a Ted Talk made him realise his true calling.
• When his boss told him that one day if he worked hard, he could have a business just like his, and why David told him there was no way he wanted his lifestyle. He was so busy he could take holidays.
• When he realised that helping people function better was his thing, and a lot of his work in South America has been biomechanically based.
• At 50, David would rather be rich with experiences than have money and property.
• His passion for podiatry has grown since living in South America. It has opened his eyes.
• The Pizza Challenge to help orphanages and children who live on the streets because they always miss out.

"What do you do that excites you that much you forget to eat? That's what you should be doing more of."

Final Tip

I encourage you to investigate yourself and look at the ideas and deep desires you've always had, but you've pushed aside because of family and other commitments.

Just because you work as a podiatrist, you're not just a podiatrist. Look deeper.

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected].

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit. You've got nothing to lose.

Unlike most business coaches, I only work with podiatrists.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts and other short business tips.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

Dr David Farnen is the co-owner of Cutting Edge Foot and Ankle Clinic in Nashville, Tennessee.

Today, we're going to discuss his career, business ownership, and how being diagnosed with rare, delayed onset, type-1 diabetes at the ripe old age of twenty-three was initially devastating for his career; however, it is now an asset, making him more empathetic to his patients.

We also discuss the following:

• Why Nashville is a fantastic city with true southern comfort, hospitality, food and music.
• The multifaceted aspects of podiatry.
• The stress of being asked if he was a drug addict before his diabetes diagnosis.
• How depression after the diagnosis forced him to leave the residency program and his thoughts around very few colleagues reaching out to see if he was okay.
• He felt embarrassed and didn't want to tell anyone other than his family.
• How it has helped him empathise with his patients.
• Why they expanded to five (5) locations around the city of Nashville
• The power and benefits of Social Media and why we should embrace it. If you want to connect with Dave, you'll find him on Instagram @itsdrdavedpm.

"Patients want to know more about YOU as a person because they can use Google for their foot problems".

Final Tip - Treat everybody as though they're family, and BE NICE.

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected].

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit.

By the way, I only work with podiatrists.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts, quick business tips and life hacks.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook if you want to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, 21st and Saturday, 22nd of July, 2023.

Jonathan Small will run a 2-Day, Work Smarter, Not Harder LIVE workshop in Brisbane, Queensland.

There are ONLY 30 seats available and booking details will be available soon.

If you'd like to be added to our 'Priority Booking List', please email me, and I will ensure you're given 24 hours notice before bookings are open to everyone else.

It has been scientifically proven that we tend to overvalue our losses and undervalue our wins, which can affect our future decision-making. The good news is that people usually only remember your wins, not your losses, and Richard Branson is a perfect example.

My guest, Dr Jesse Green, is no stranger to the Podiatry Legends Podcast. He has been a guest on episodes 144 and 200, and I've asked him to come back to talk about why people focus so much on their losses and not enough on their wins.

Dr Jesse Green runs Practice Max, one of Australia's largest Dental Coaching Organisations and hosts the Savvy Dentist Podcast. This episode is a dual episode that Jesse and I decided to use on both shows.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• A new word - PISSOFFEDNESS.
• Why do we over-value our losses in life yet undervalue our day-to-day wins?
• The reason people keep on hanging on to losses is that they don't want to admit that they've made a mistake. And it will hold them back from making the next decision!
• A good decision can still lead to a poor outcome. So what can you do in this situation?
• Expect that some of your decisions will be wrong the further you try to predict the outcome. What will happen in a week is much easier than what will happen in twelve months.
• CAPACITY PLANNING - Using numbers to make your decisions based on past decisions and future predictions. You're working on the balance of probability.
• So if you've had a few things go wrong and are a little bit 'gun-shy', what can you do to get back to making decisions and moving towards more wins?
• Remember, every big business you know of today … once started as a 'small' business. And every big business still makes mistakes as the company grows larger.
• When things go wrong, instead of just saying I knew that was going to happen and not learning from it, document what you learned in a BRAIN BOOK or journal and then use this information in the future.
• The people who do well in their business practice over-value their wins and under-value their losses as a general habit.
• MATHEMATICAL FORMULA FOR SERENDIPITY - More Swings = More Hits.
• The longer you take to start something, the less chance you have of actually doing it.

You can connect with Dr Jesse Green via his website https://savvydentist.com/, and if you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected].

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit.

By the way, I only work with podiatrists.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts, quick business tips and life hacks.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook if you want to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, 21st and Saturday, 22nd of July, 2023.

Jonathan Small will run a 2-Day, Work Smarter, Not Harder LIVE workshop in Brisbane, Queensland.

There are ONLY 30 seats available, and booking details will be available soon.

If you'd like to be added to our 'Priority Booking List', please email me, and I will ensure you're given 24 hours notice before bookings are open to everyone else.

Estelle Humphris is a South Australian podiatrist who took up positions in country health, wound care and routine podiatry upon graduation. As time passed, she felt her knowledge of biomechanics and gait was slowly slipping away.

When she asked for help from senior mentors, she felt they were overwhelmed by the enormity of the subject and were unclear on where to start. Mentors told her to watch people walk in her local shopping mall and watch every client in the clinic.

Estelle wasn't satisfied with this and made it her personal goal to work on her gait analysis skills and constantly ask her seniors questions on specific cases.

She then thought: "how good would it be if she could put everything she had learnt into one resource for herself and others to reflect and learn from"...and so The Gait Movement online course was born.

What else did we discuss on this episode:

• Taking a Gap Year between years two and three and living in Germany.
• Discovering she was Dyslexic in her third year and understanding why she had to work so much harder than everyone else.
• Modifying how she learns.
• Being scared to ask questions as a new graduate and not wanting to be seen as stupid.
• How close she got to leaving podiatry.
• Imposter syndrome.

Estelle used to find initial consultations created a lot of anxiety because she didn't know what foot problem would come through the door until she learnt that all she needed to do was get through the first appointment. After the first appointment, she had time to prepare for the review appointment.

The Gait Movement Online Course is designed for new and recent graduates or podiatrists who may have lost some of their biomechanical and gait analysis skills. To learn more, visit her website www.thegaitmovement.com.au.

You can also connect with Estelle on Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin at The Gait Movement.

Final Tip - Don't be scared to ask questions, and know that you're not alone.

If you have any questions about this episode, please email me at [email protected].

Business Coaching

Are you looking for a Podiatry Business Coach who thinks differently and has a proven track record of helping podiatrists excel in business? If you are, please email me and let's chat to see if we're a good fit.

By the way, I only work with podiatrists.

YouTube

Are you SUBSCRIBED to my YouTube Channel, Tyson E Franklin - Podiatry Business Coach? YouTube is where I upload all the uncut videos from my podcasts, quick business tips and life hacks.

Podiatry Business Owners Club

Please visit my group, the Podiatry Business Owners Club, on Facebook if you want to connect with like-minded podiatrists who enjoy business.

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, 21st and Saturday, 22nd of July, 2023.

Jonathan Small will run a 2-Day, Work Smarter, Not Harder LIVE workshop in Brisbane, Queensland.

There are ONLY 30 seats available, and booking details will be available soon.

If you'd like to be added to our 'Priority Booking List', please email me, and I will ensure you're given 24 hours notice before bookings are open to everyone else.