Episode #325

20/20 Money Episode #325 – Stop Jonesin’…Measure Your Success Against Your Own Purpose, Not Someone Else’s with Dr. Steve Vargo, OD

January 27, 2025

Welcome to another Episode of 20/20 Money!

My guest on today’s show is Dr. Steve Vargo, OD. In addition to being a practice management consultant with IDOC, Steve is also the host of the podcast “Eye Own a Business” a show with episodes aimed to help independent ODs grow a thriving practice while wearing the hats of both OD and business owner.

In this episode Steve and I talk about the importance of staying true to your vision and passion in practice ownership. We talk about how easily owners can get distracted by what other owners are doing and think that they have to compare and keep up to what others are doing instead of staying true to the vision and mission they set out on when they got into ownership.

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As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today’s conversation by visiting our website at integratedpwm.com and clicking on the Learning Center. While there, be sure to subscribe to our monthly “planning life on purpose” newsletter that’s filled with tips and ideas to help you plan your best life, on purpose. You can also set up a Triage conversation to learn a little bit more about how we serve in the capacity of a personal and professional CFO: helping OD practice owners around the country reduce their tax bill, proactively manage cash flow, and make prudent investment decisions both in and out of their practice to ultimately help them live their best life on purpose. Lastly, if you’re interested in learning more about the 20/20 Money Financial Success Masterclass, a course & platform that we created to help ODs become “brilliant at the financial basics,” please check out the link in the show notes of this episode to learn more.

And with that introduction, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Dr. Steve Vargo, OD.

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