04/09/2025
Day 2 of “30 Days of What I Learned From My 1 Year of Running My Vet Clinic”.
“Why passion is not enough without planning”.
I almost gave up on my vet clinic in the first 3 months… not because I lost passion, but because I didn’t PLAN.
Let me be honest with you. When I opened my clinic, I was full of fire 🔥 and big dreams.
I thought, “I love animals, I’ll just open my doors, and clients will flood in.”
Spoiler alert: they didn’t. 😅
Here was what I experienced when passion was running the show without planning:
• I struggled to get new clients. Most days, the clinic was empty.
• Staff recruitment was a headache because hiring someone who didn’t fit made work harder.
• Appointments 📅 were messy; I’d double-book or forget to follow up on cases.
• Inventory 📦? Oh, I lost money because I stocked products I didn’t need and ran out of the ones I actually needed.
• Record keeping 📑? A disaster. Numbers weren’t adding up, and I had no clue what I was really earning or losing.
At one point, I remember sitting in the clinic that evening, thinking: “Maybe this was a mistake. Maybe I’m not cut out for this.”
That was when it hit me! passion alone couldn’t carry me. I needed a PLAN.
So I rolled up my sleeves and with the help of my incredible virtual assistant we:
✅ Created a proper client acquisition strategy
✅ Streamlined appointment scheduling and follow-ups
✅ Started costing services/products correctly
✅ Put systems in place for stock-taking and record-keeping
And guess what? Slowly, things started to turn around.😊
If you’re a new business owner, don’t just run on passion, pair it with planning.
Passion will light the fire🔥, but planning will keep it burning.
Have you ever almost given up because you didn’t plan well enough? Share your story 💬 I promise you’re not alone.
