Veterinary Business Accelerator. Time, Profit, Freedom

Before you spend an afternoon building something with AI, Sam has three questions: will it make the job better, faster or easier? It sounds obvious. Until you’ve spent three days making a clever tool that you use once. In this episode, Sam and I talk about how to think about AI in your practice, and how to work out where it could actually help. We share the shifts that made the biggest difference for us: asking AI to help you learn AI, giving it the context of your business, and moving bey

You don’t want to let anyone down. So you say yes to the extra appointment, answer the message after dinner, and put your own plans off until things settle down. And then you wonder why you’re exhausted. In this episode we're joined by Tracy Secombe, physiotherapist, business owner and creator of Soul Pleaser, about the connection between people pleasing, high achievement and burnout. We explore the warning signs that are easy to dismiss as normal adult life, the guilt that comes with s

What if the biggest obstacle to feeling better in your practice isn’t what’s happening around you, but the story you’re telling yourself about it? After a conference session on joy in veterinary practice took a decidedly joyless turn, Sam started thinking about why some people seem to stay stuck in frustration, worry or overwhelm, and how much control we actually have over our emotional default. In this episode, Sam unpacks the stories, rules and expectations that shape how we feel, behave an

Sam’s just back from the States and the big takeaway is this: the problems are exactly the same: mindset, money, leadership, marketing. Same challenges, different accent.One thing that stood out, though, is how quickly the conversation has shifted from “we’re flat out, don’t send us any more clients” to “how can we find, serve and keep the right ones?”That’s where this week’s guest comes in. Sam has unearthed a system that uses AI to dramatically increase both the number and the quality of Googl

Most people, when asked what share of the responsibility they carry for the happiness of their marriage, will say 50%. Shane Barker reckons that's the answer that ends partnerships. Because the moment you start keeping score, you're opening the door to resentment We wrap up our series on partnerships with Sam's business partner , Shane Barker, with a conversation about how to turn your business partnership into a relationship that multiplies, not just maintains: the habits that keep a p

Most people choose a business partner the way they'd choose a dinner date: based on who's sitting in front of them right now. Sam's business partner Shane Barker reckons that's the trap. Use the marriage analogy again and it becomes obvious: who you dated, who you got engaged to, who you married in year one - that's not who you're living with fifteen years later. So the question isn't "are they great today?" The question is "can we evolve together?" In part two of this three-part series