8# Never Give Impression or Have the mentality that shows your desperation to get patients.

Every doctor or a health professional who has a private set up goes through the phase when he/she is desperate for the patients to visit his practice.

In this desperation, the doctor/health professional attempts desperate measures that in the long run prove very detrimental to his/her professional practice.

• They reduce the treatment prices to attract more patients.
• Some even start providing free treatments for a certain time in the hope that they will retain the patients.
• Some start giving freebies thinking that will get more patients.

But please understand, the patients these days are very smart. They will easily look through these desperate attempts and then take advantage of your insecurities.

As a doctor or a health professional put this in your mind –

The ones who want to consult you will always wait for you … the others are just shopping around anyway. Can’t waste your time for them.

Also, you need to have the patience if you are starting with your professional health practice. It always takes a certain period of time before you can start having a regular flow of patients on a daily basis. Within that time frame you ca