Is Your Legal Nurse Consulting Business Off the Map?

I’ll be the first to admit I have a bad sense of direction. If I’m traveling with Tom and we come to an intersection he’ll ask me which way I think we should turn. Invariably he’ll go the opposite way and he’s usually – annoyingly – right.

We just got home from Paris and Provence. Paris was a stop on one of my first European trips. I’d volunteered to be a nurse through Europe for a class of high school seniors. The nursing part of the trip was uneventful, other than an emergency surgery with my Swiss Army knife. Just kidding, an Austrian doctor did the surgery after I convinced him that the surgery really was necessary. And no he didn’t thank me later, but the parents of the student whose life I saved did.

I had a day off in Paris and took advantage of it to explore the City of Light. Armed with a pocket full of change for the subway and a small map I set out early in the morning to experience everything French I could cram into a day. Fresh French bread, stinky French cheese, rich French coffee in a small cafe, people in berets, I enjoyed it all.

Near the end of the day, when it was time to come home, I experienced something typically French that I didn’t expect: a subway strike. A cab was too expensive and out of the question, so my only option was to walk back to my hotel.

With my bad sense of direction, I used my map to make my way across Paris on foot. Four hours later (after a lot of fun and numerous, intentional detours, like a small café looking onto the Eiffel Tower and some great French table wine), I proudly walked into the hotel shortly after dark. Tom still has trouble believing I found my way back all by myself, but this is a true Hollywood, or Parisian, story.

My map was invaluable and not only did I use it, I focused on it. Normally if someone else is driving, I don’t even pay attention to the route we take. Being alone and not knowing the city, I checked street signs at intersections, park names, directions and monuments all along the way to make sure that I was staying on the right track. I didn’t always take the direct route, but still used my map to allow me to explore, always returning to my map to get back on course.

Do you ever feel lost in your legal nurse consulting business, questioning if you’ll ever arrive at your audacious goal? If you’re feeling lost or off-track, when was the last time you focused on your business plan, otherwise known as the map to keep you and your business on track? I refer to mine often and at the Institute, my executive team and I spend an entire day each quarter focusing on ours.

I encourage all Certified Legal Nurse Consultants to take some time today to sit down and find yourself on your map. If you’re on course, congratulations. If you’re off your map, figure out what it will take to get your CLNC^® business back on the route to the CLNC^® success you aspire to. If you don’t have a map or business plan, schedule time to make one and find your way out of the wilderness (but that’s a different true Hollywood story).

Success Is Inside!

P.S. Comment and share the last time you referred to your CLNC^® map and any “Ah Ha!” moments you had.