We were lucky to catch up with Jarred Tobin recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Jarred, so happy to have you with us today and there is so much we want to ask you about. So many of us go through similar pain points throughout our journeys and so hearing about how others developed certain skills or qualities that we are struggling with can be helpful. Along those lines, we’d love to hear from you about how you developed your ability to take risk?
I think my ability to take risks comes first from the notion that there’s no one way in life; we’re all going to have to expire at some point and the path to get there is going to be completely different for each of us. For me this equates to having goals in life and a clear vision of what I want to accomplish, but then stepping back and living in the day to day and moment to moment. Doing this allows me to take each situation individually and ‘go with the flow’ and tackling whatever obstacles pop-up along the way. To me this allows many different paths to the vision we’ve established above, knowing that there isn’t one right way to get there. We also learn a lot from failure, so even in the event that a single stage of the plan doesn’t come to fruition, or things need to pivot, the whole plan isn’t scraped; we just pick up and keep moving forward toward the goal.
Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
Professionally, I, and Movement Theory PT & Wellness are focused on growing into the highest quality clinic in the area. We started with the goal of removing myself from the insurance game for less overall volume and to improve the lives of our current clients, but as we’ve grown and met more and more people in our community who have been let down by the medical system we decided to make it a mission to change what Physical Therapy in Texas (to start) is. We currently accept Medicare, Tricare, Out of Network benefits and cash clients.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Listening is the number skill that has improved my practice and one that is constantly upheld by my clients. I’m a firm believer that if we would just stop talking and let our patient’s explain their story that they’ll give us the answers that we need – my practice would reflect that and my clients all agree. The second skill I think that helps to separate me from the crowd is the creativity with exercises and being able to challenge people in the ways that they need to and is most like their life. We all live differently, so should be our therapy programs. Lastly, the confidence to take the leap in going out on my own is something I’m constantly told is inspiring and bold, but to me it’s a necessary risk if I want to actually make the difference I set out to when deciding to be a Physical Therapist.
What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Any advice or strategies?
When I feel overwhelmed with a task or situation I try to fully envelop myself in it to figure out why I feel the way I do. Is it a build up of tasks and time is limited so anxiety is setting in that things won’t get done on time, or right? Is it because I don’t know what I’m doing or feel less confident in achieving the desired results? It doesn’t matter usually for me, the results are the same – sit down, figure out what’s going on and then either ‘chunk’ the task until it’s complete with reward breaks interjected or just power through the issue at a single sitting. Once things have started and is moving forward, progress is seen/felt and like most other facets of life – it just gets easier.
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