Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Tim Smith, Co-Founder of Simplicity Wellness, located in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
Simplicity Wellness is a health and wellness coaching practice to help busy folks lose weight, improve their sleep, and become the healthiest version of themselves through food, movement, sleep, and stress management while enjoying a balanced life.
Tell us about yourself
My partner and I have been pharmacists for over a decade and became used to seeing clients become increasingly sick, get new diagnoses, and prescribed various medications for health conditions that can be avoided or best treated through lifestyle change. We started this practice to work upstream of the health conditions many people experience and prevent problems before they occur or can still be reversed. This is how we feel the healthcare system needs to pivot, and we are proud to lead the way.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
Transitioning from a stable and established career to an exciting and innovative health practice that addresses weak points in our public health system.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Keeping a clear vision for the future and not becoming distracted by other opportunities that, while interesting, are not necessarily aligned with where you need to go.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Realistically assess your own strengths and weaknesses to determine where you need to grow, who you need to hire, and what you need to delegate.
- Get started before you think you are ready. You will learn more from putting out a Minimum Viable Product (or Service) and getting feedback from clients than you ever will from refining the 10th draft of your business plan or optimizing your product or service prior to launch.
- Be authentic to yourself and your vision. Business ownership is hard, especially when you're just starting, have few resources, and carry a lot of risks. If it doesn't enrich your life beyond the dollars and cents, you may end up resenting it or failing to take the actions you need to succeed.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
Our modern society has readily accepted ill health as a necessary part of entering middle age and beyond. This is nonsense. As Dr. Jonathan Sullivan says, "With discipline, hard work, and a little luck, we can compress the morbidity of aging into a tiny sliver of our life cycle, remaining strong and resilient well into our final years. Time always wins in the end. But we hope to convince you that resistance is not futile." At Simplicity Wellness, we're here to help you fight the good fight.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://simplicitywellness.ca/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/timsmithrx/
https://www.facebook.com/simplicitywell
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/timsmithrx/
https://www.instagram.com/simplicitywell/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simplicitywell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-smith-bscpharm-cde-cte-a364a667/
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