This Week in Micro-Business: November 30-December 6, 2025

This Week in Micro-Business: November 30-December 6, 2025

A Note From Me

Every week, I’m reminded how quickly the landscape of medicine is shifting—and how essential it is that you shape your career, not let it shape you. Whether you're reclaiming your autonomy, thinking like an owner for the first time, or structuring your micro-business to maximize your future, you are already doing the hard (and often lonely) work of transformation.

My hope is that this digest brings clarity, momentum, and encouragement as you build the life and career you actually want.

Let’s get into your weekly recap.

Inspirational Quote of the Week (from this week’s posts)

“Ownership isn’t a legal structure—it’s a habit of the mind. It’s the moment you stop waiting for institutions to save you and begin saving yourself.”

This Week’s Micro-Business Articles

Below are your summaries and “read more” links for each of the three blog posts published this week.

Monday: When Your Career Stops Serving You—and How You Take It Back

🔗 Read more → https://www.simplimd.com/blog/when-your-career-stops-serving-you-and-how-you-take-it-back

Snippet: Many clinicians feel trapped in a system that no longer aligns with who they are. This post walks you through the moment you realize your career has stopped serving you—and how taking back control doesn’t require burning your life down. It starts with one radical internal shift: reclaiming your agency.

Wednesday: Learning to Think Like an Owner (Even If You’re a W-2 Employee Right Now)

🔗 Read more → https://www.simplimd.com/blog/learning-to-think-like-an-owner-even-if-you-re-a-w-2-employee-right-now

Snippet: Owner thinking isn’t reserved for entrepreneurs—it’s a mindset shift available to every clinician, regardless of employment status. This article shows you how to adopt the mental models, strategic habits, and identity of an owner long before your circumstances change.

Friday: How Your Business Entity Determines Your Retirement Ceiling—And Why Most Clinicians Get This Wrong

🔗 Read more → https://www.simplimd.com/blog/how-your-business-entity-determines-your-retirement-ceiling-and-why-most-clinicians-get-this-wrong

Snippet: Your entity structure quietly dictates your retirement contribution limits. Learn why sole proprietors hit ceilings early, why S-Corps offer 2–3× more capacity, and how 1099 clinicians can engineer their retirement strategy for maximum tax-advantaged growth.

Top Tip / Tool of the Week

Featured Resource: The Retirement Planner for Self-Employed Doctors

Perfect alignment with Monday’s call to take back your career, Wednesday’s owner-mindset shift, and Friday’s deep dive into retirement engineering.

This downloadable tool gives you a side-by-side comparison of Sole Prop vs. S-Corp vs. C-Corp and helps you identify which structure gives you the highest retirement ceiling.

👉 Download → Retirement Planning for Self-Employed Physicians

Affiliate / Partner Highlight of the Week

Panacea Financial — The Physician-Focused Banking Partner

With so many clinicians reevaluating their career paths and setting up micro-business entities, Panacea Financial remains one of my top recommended partners. Their business banking, refinancing, and physician-centric financial tools support the exact transitions we’ve discussed this week.

Upcoming Offers, Events, and E-Books

Featured Offer: “Design Your Career Around Your Life”

This free PEA-SimpliMD e-book is the perfect companion to Monday’s article. If your career feels misaligned or out of sync with your personal life, this guide will show you how to re-architect it with intention.

👉 Download the e-book → https://gamma.app/docs/Design-Your-Career-Around-Your-Life-The-Physicians-Guide-to-Profe-cjxhvy6x210pqc5?mode=doc

Course + Coaching + PEA Membership

You don’t have to build your micro-business alone. If you’re ready to turn knowledge into action, three pathways can help you accelerate:

PEA Membership Levels

• Explorer ($99/yr): Perfect if you’re early in your micro-business journey and want access to foundational tools, articles, and resources.

• Builder ($499/yr): Ideal for clinicians actively forming their entity, establishing systems, and moving toward independence.

• Pro ($999/yr): Our highest touch level, tailored for clinicians committed to scaling their micro-business and leveraging advanced strategies.

👉 Become a Member → https://www.simplimd.com/PEAMembership

Or get hands-on help with strategy and execution:

📌 Strategy Consultation

https://www.simplimd.com/500-business-strategy

📌 Ongoing 1:1 Coaching

https://www.simplimd.com/$2000-pea-business-coaching

A Final Charge for Your Weekend

You are not powerless in this system. You are not stuck. You are not boxed in by your credentials or your employee badge. You are a clinician with agency, creativity, and entrepreneurial potential woven into your professional DNA.

This week, you took steps toward reclaiming your career, reframing your mindset, and structuring your financial future. Keep going. Each small move compounds.

Own your path. Own your work. Own your future.

Enjoy your weekend, Tod