Curt and Katie talk about how we value our time, looking at time when we are generating revenue AND the time when we are not generating revenue.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
In this episode we talk about:
The initial conversations about time: Curt’s FB post, Jo Muirhead’s Article
Philosophical musings about the value of time
Podcastception: a podcast sparked by a blog post which was sparked by one of our Facebook posts
The value of client hours above other hours
How to value non-revenue time
The types of non-revenue generating time
Valuing time in different ways
The importance of self-care hours for many of our listeners and the lesser value that Curt places on these type of hours
Decision-making when looking at whether hiring someone to do work for your business
The different types of time (self-care, self-maintenance, rest, creative, content creation, work time, maintenance, etc.) and the different types of return on investment for those types (monetary, increased efficiency, positioning, strategic advantage, fulfillment, meaning, purpose, sustainability, quality of life, mission-driven, connection, etc.)
The importance of balancing these types of time to avoid burnout or washout
The unique return of investment for each person
Future-proofing your work (being able to plan for sustained work and retirement)
Looking at your whole career when you think about how you do your work
Burnout or moral injury as risks for clinicians
Resources mentioned:
We’ve pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links.
Curt’s Facebook Post on the value we place on time
Jo Muirhead’s Blog Post: What if Our Time Isn’t Valued in Monetary Terms
James Clear Blog on How to Track Money and Time
Daniel Pink’s book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Relevant Episodes:
Jo Muirhead’s Podcast Episode: Clinician and Entrepreuner
Howard Spector’s Episode: Investing in Yourself as an Entrepreneur
Our Facebook Group – The Modern Therapists Group
Therapy Reimagined 2019
Our consultation services:
The Fifty-Minute Hour
Credits:
Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/
Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/
