Well, I’d like to tell you, when I was in practice I experienced same thing. I was working too many hours, not seeing my family as much as I should; my staff always came to me looking for solutions to day-to-day scenarios and so on. I found I was lacking amount of time necessary to really do what I loved best which was working with my patients, seeing their results and being able to live life.

After 5 years of burning wick at both ends, I decided something needed to change quickly because my candle was getting ready to burn out.

I realized that in midst of running my business with all its stresses and being a husband and father, I needed to get my priorities straight, re-evaluate my purposes and really become very best administrator possible to make my practice and personal life efficient and enjoyable again.

You’re probably thinking what you’re going through is normal or that’s just way it’s always been or supposed to be. Take a patient who’s had headaches all this life and has lived on drugs to handle it. As a physical therapist, I know there is a solution to that and that he doesn’t have to live with headaches or be on drugs. Well, I’m telling you same thing. It’s not normal, that’s not way it is and you don’t have to live with these administrative difficulties or be controlled by your business.

To some people it means driving a flash car and flashing wads of cash around to show they are doing well. To others it is spending time with their family, having achieved happiness in their life.

Your personal idea of success, and being successful will differ from someone else's, but is very important to you. Without spending some time thinking about your success, how will you know if you are achieving it? Take some time now and think about it.

Now start working towards it, and set goals to make you successful.

Goal setting is important to your success, so you better do it right too. Here are some important things to remember about goal setting

1. break your main goal (success) into smaller ones

These small steps towards an ultimate goal are in some circles known as "eating elephant" because you couldn't eat whole elephant in one go, but cutting it into bite sized chunks makes it possible to achieve a seemingly impossible task.

2 Don't set unachievable goals- when you don't hit them they will be a major setback.

You wouldn't decide to climb mount Everest on your first hill walk or expect to build your own house because you have a new toolkit, so be realistic about your goals here too.