Randy James: The Reluctant Entrepreneur & How Learning The Business Side Of Your Work Can Help You Serve Your People Better

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Kevin Miller

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Not everyone is driven to be an entrepreneur, but sometimes we may need to go down this path in order to have freedom to do what we think is best. My best friend, Randy James, is a medical doctor. When he started he made a pact with God that he’d be a doctor, but he never wanted to be a businessman. Following is a story of why he reluctantly went into business for himself, and now testifies that having to learn the business side of his vocation has helped him be a better doctor and serve his patients better. I have always loved being an entrepreneur, but I’m not a naturally gifted businessman overall. I’m not great at running a business, I just want to do my art, and I feel many of you will resonate with just that. There is a product or service or message you care deeply about, and don’t see how to deliver through traditional channels…as an employee. So you’re looking to set out as an entrepreneur, or you already have. I recorded this show to commiserate with you, and give you some inspiration and ideas on reconciling what you do and how you do it. I also ask for your grace, we had an audio malfunction we totally missed, and Randy’s mic wasn’t working. Our audio team worked to make things as clear as possible, but you’ll notice a stark difference in the audio quality when he talks. I think you’ll find Randy’s story worth the slight audio error. Find Randy and his team at truelifemedicine.com Got a comment or question about an episode? Want to ask a question about your drive? Email me. I don’t want to just talk to you here, I want to talk with you. [email protected]. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Sign up for AromaTru's Insider Club and today you'll receive a FREE Waterless Oil Diffuser and a FREE lemon eucalyptus oil - that's over $200 in savings. Head to aromatruorganics.com/kevin to take advantage of this exclusive offer. Kajabi is offering a free 30-day trial to start your business if you go to Kajabi.com/kevin Get 20% off any AquaTru purifier today! Visit AquaTru.com and enter code "KEVIN" at checkout. Go to Quince.com/drives for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Go to cozyearth.com/driven and use code DRIVEN for an exclusive 40% discount Join thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply in minutes at meetfabric.com/WHATDRIVESYOU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the what drives you podcast. I'm Kevin Miller. I produce this show to help us all continually
0:06.4	discover where we want to go, why, and the best way to get there. All the while enjoying the daily drive as much as the
0:14.7	destinations we want to reach. In this episode, the reluctant entrepreneur and how
0:21.2	learning the business side of your work can help you serve your people better.
0:26.0	So not everyone is driven to be an entrepreneur, but sometimes we may end up going down this path in order to have freedom to do what we think is best,
0:36.5	to do what we want to do, to deliver our product, our service, our art.
0:41.4	So my best friend, Randy James, he's a medical doctor. When he started, went to medical school, went out to be a doc, he made a pact with God as you'll hear that he'd be doctor, but he never wanted to be a businessman.
0:54.4	Well, following is a story of why he reluctantly did end up going into business for himself,
1:00.7	and now testifies that having to learn the business side of his vocation has helped
1:06.4	him be a better doctor and service patients better and that today he's actually
1:11.8	enjoying the business side as well.
1:14.0	You know, I've always loved being an entrepreneur, but I'm not a naturally gifted businessman
1:19.3	overall.
1:20.3	I'm not great at running a business.
1:21.5	I can start things, but not the ongoing maintenance. I just want to do my art though and I feel many of you will resonate with that. There is again a product, a service, a message you care deeply about and you don't see how to do it to deliver it through the traditional channels as an employee somewhere for some company, some business.
1:40.6	So you're looking to set out as an entrepreneur or maybe you already have and you're well down that road but it's not all happy sailing.
1:47.0	Well I recorded this show to commiserate with you to a degree and give you some inspiration and ideas on reconciling what you do with how you're doing it.
1:57.0	I do ask for some grace on this recording.
2:01.0	We had an audio malfunction. We totally missed. Randy and I were
2:04.0	sitting in studio together and we found out later Randy's mic was not working.
2:08.4	So our audio team worked to make things as clear as possible in the recording. You'll notice a pretty stark difference,
2:14.7	I think, in the audio quality of when I talk and he talks, but it's clear and I think you'll find that his story in
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