Points to Ponder for the Acupuncturist in Business
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Business majors think differently than acupuncturists.
And sometimes acupuncturists have to think like a business person. Points to Ponder offers some concepts business majors might think about automatically.
Acupuncturists can use this short book to help them prioritize where they need to improve their business skills, or to consider areas that they might need to improve.
Points to Ponder isn't just for acupuncturists,although author
Bonnie Koenig, LAc was an acupuncturist for many years. Points to Ponder is also a great reference for complementary care provider running a small business.
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Points to Ponder for the Acupuncturist in Business - Bonnie Koenig, LAc
Points to Ponder for the Acupuncturist in Business
By Bonnie Koenig, LAc
Points to Ponder for the Acupuncturist in Business
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Bonnie Koenig, LAc
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Introduction
I’ve been an acupuncturist since 1999. I spend a lot of time online as well. That means when practitioners are complaining about running their own business and the difficulties of doing so, I’m reading about it. They might be worrying about the costs of starting up, the costs of staying in business, paying taxes, or the hassles of hiring an employee. If each of these things has a certain amount of fear attached, it is because these decisions make up our lives. The tax penalties and the financial repercussions can be huge. As health care practitioners, most of us aren’t also business minded so that makes these decisions even more difficult.
As acupuncturists, we think about healing and helping people. It’s easy to want to help so much that we don’t want to think about taking money. But money is what allows all of us to continue to practice the medicine that we fell in love with. It also lets us put food on the table and take care of our own needs.
The acupuncture business person knows that they can’t serve their patients if there’s no money coming in. The business has to feed them as well as work for the patient. Money isn’t a bad thing. People will pay for what they value and acupuncture is a valuable service. How much to charge depends upon the business model, but it has to be enough to let the acupuncture business person eat.
One has to balance personal needs with the need to be of service during the early years of getting a business started. The business itself might cost money. It’s easy to think about cutting corners, but sometimes those cuts are obvious to potential patients. They might worry that if the practitioner doesn’t care about their business, how can the practitioner care about them? Worse, they may wonder what other corners have been cut.
I didn’t start out as a business person nor did I get these ideas fully formed. I’m not sure I ever got them as an acupuncturist. I have thought much more about a business plan and a business timeline as a writer and publisher than I ever did as an acupuncturist. Some of that was because I had time to think about a business plan for writing and publishing.
With acupuncture, it seemed like one day I was looking into schools and the next I had quit my job and started studying. After that, I was overwhelmed. I’d worked for small businesses before so I had some background. I was fortunate that one of my jobs included bookkeeping, so I understood finances. Marketing, for a shy person like me, was really a struggle. I also struggled getting basic structures in place, all done after graduation, and after I had to rely on this business that had no real plan for my own livelihood.
Looking back, I’m not sure when I would have done the work of planning my acupuncture business. Maybe before school? I certainly didn’t have much time during school, but I probably did have time