Multiplier Mindset® with Dan Sullivan

How To Scale Your Business Without Burning Out, with Nicole Serena

Apr 16, 2025

Nicole Serena, a healthcare entrepreneur specializing in patient assistance programs, shares her journey from solopreneur to CEO. She discusses the importance of delegation and focusing on unique strengths to avoid burnout while scaling her business. Nicole highlights the critical need for innovative problem solvers in a pressured healthcare system and explains why business coaching is a valuable investment. With an abundance mindset, she emphasizes the limitless growth potential in healthcare and the need for collaboration in entrepreneurship.

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Quick takeaways

To successfully scale a business without burnout, entrepreneurs must transition from a solopreneur mindset to a collaborative team approach that embraces delegation.

Adopting an abundance mindset enables entrepreneurs to view hiring as an opportunity for growth rather than a financial risk, fostering innovation and collaboration.

Deep dives

The Transformation of Healthcare Through AI

The integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare is revolutionizing the industry, particularly in testing procedures. Rapid advancements allow for results that previously took months to be delivered in mere hours, creating significant pressure on the traditional healthcare system. This transformation opens up vast opportunities for entrepreneurs to fill the existing gaps in service, as many areas remain underserved. As patients become more informed through resources like social media, healthcare professionals must adapt to this new paradigm, and innovative problem solvers are crucial to navigate the changing landscape.

Intro

6min

Navigating Growth in Healthcare Entrepreneurship

12min

Rethinking Delegation: From 'How' to 'Who' in Business Growth

2min

Focusing on People for Business Growth

5min

The Power of Team Collaboration and Abundance Mindset

3min

Do you struggle with scaling your business because you’re still doing everything yourself? In this episode, healthcare entrepreneur Nicole Serena shares how she shifted from solopreneur to CEO by implementing Strategic Coach^® lessons—delegating to experts, focusing on her unique skills, and adopting an abundance mindset—and how she 10x’d her business without burning out or sacrificing innovation.

Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:

Why the healthcare system is under unprecedent pressure—and where the biggest gaps exist for entrepreneurs.
The critical mindset shift that all entrepreneurs must make if they want to grow.
Why trying to do everything yourself is the fastest path to burnout (and how to avoid it).
Why business coaching should be viewed as an investment, not a cost.
Why Nicole became an entrepreneur in the healthcare industry.
The mindset change that helped Nicole scale her business without sacrificing her sanity.
How to find the right person for every role.
Why the healthcare system needs innovative problem solvers.
The limitless growth potential in healthcare.

Show Notes:

AI has revolutionized healthcare, delivering results in minutes instead of months.

Strategic Coach teaches entrepreneurs to focus on their strengths and build teams for the rest.

Doctors can’t compete with patients who self-educate via social media.

Healthcare is largely a disease-management industry, not a wellness system.

Canada’s healthcare system is fragile—but also ripe for innovation.

Entrepreneurship can be isolating without the right peer support.

If you’re busy trying to be an expert at everything, you may miss out on critical opportunities.

Delegation frees up mental space for creativity and strategy.

It’s important to unplug and recharge so that you can be there for your clients, your team, and your community.

Your Unique Ability^® is your superpower—what only you can do exceptionally and joyfully.

Leading a team can be scary, especially for first-time entrepreneurs.

Strategic Coach connects entrepreneurs to accelerate learning and growth.

Resources:

Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Your Business Is A Theater Production: Your Back Stage Shouldn’t Show On The Front Stage

Unique Ability^®

Time Management Strategies For Successful Entrepreneurs (Successful Strategies Only)

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Multiplier Mindset® with Dan Sullivan

How To Scale Your Business Without Burning Out, with Nicole Serena

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Transformation of Healthcare Through AI

The Shift from Solopreneurship to Team Collaboration

Embracing a Mindset of Abundance and Collaboration

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts