# #117 - Finish Strong: How High-Performing Healthcare Providers Use December to Win the New Year

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Podcast: [The FAKTR Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-faktr-podcast-3746121)
Published: 2025-12-05T14:00:08+00:00
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Finish Strong: How High-Performing Healthcare Providers Use December to Win the New Year Most healthcare providers treat December like a throwaway month — a time to coast, slow down, and push everything important into January. But the truth is: January is too late. In this solo episode, host Jessica Riddle pulls back the curtain on how top-performing clinicians, practice owners, and healthcare entrepreneurs use December as their strategic advantage. Instead of waiting for the new year to start strong, they use the final weeks of Q4 to expand capacity, eliminate friction, reset systems, and set themselves up for their best year yet. This isn’t another “set goals for 2025” pep talk. It’s a contrarian, deeply strategic, clinician-focused blueprint for ending the year intentionally and stepping boldly into the next one. In This Episode, You’ll Learn: The real reason clinicians get stuck — and why it’s NOT a goal problem Why a Stop-Doing List will unlock more growth than any resolution The Pre-January Strategy: Your 2-week head start on the entire industry Why planning by energy — not time — will transform your productivity The identity shift required to hit your next level in 2025 The Done-By-December Checklist 🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS: FAKTR Online Courses & Upcoming Webinars: FAKTRstore.com Follow FAKTR on Instagram: @faktreducation Connect on LinkedIn: Jessica Riddle 🎙️ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Visit our website at faktrpodcast.com to leave a review or comment 💻 REGISTER FOR OUR NEXT FREE MASTERCLASS DECEMBER 16 HERE This episode is sponsored by MicroLight Lasers. More details to come!

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