Will Humphreys recounts that taking time away from clinical treating to work on his business produced a counterintuitive reduction in stress: by shifting from a treating mindset to full-time leadership, he addressed core fears, improved at leadership skills, began networking outside healthcare, and created greater personal and company stability. This stability changed his perspective on exit — he no longer wanted to sell the company but to continue growing it. The excerpt centers on mindset shifts, leadership transition, and practical benefits of working on the business rather than only in it.
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The thing that surprised me the most was that when I took time away to work on my business, I became way less stressed and overwhelmed. So it's almost a paradox of, like, the mindset shift. It's like when you're in the treating mode or and you can't let go of those last few patients because they only see you kind of thing. Like, when I. When I was in that mindset, it was like the idea of working on my business in addition to how I live my life was so overwhelming because it was like, man, this is so hard already. Now I'm going to add a new skill that I don't have. But what I learned was by letting go of that and moving into leadership full time, I became so much happier because I was addressing the main things that were causing my fears. And then I got better at them. And then I started like you. I started networking with people in and out of healthcare and realized, wow, this is normal. And then everything just started to become more stable for me, which then resulted in a more stable company. And that's when I think when you and I exited, you and I were not in a position where we thought, man, I really want to sell to get away from this. It was quite the opposite. It was like, why would I sell this thing? I got to the point where, like, why would I sell this? And that's. That's what you're trying to say to people listening, right, is that they're not that far away. Everyone can do it if they're willing to let go and change.