This is a series of thoughts addressing the theme of excellence based on a famous quote from Rita Mae Brown, the American novelist and activist. She stated that “You cannot invest your life’s spirit into a compromise” and over the next few weeks I want to visit some of the key components of this viewpoint and how it relates to your practice. You have a huge life spirit just itching to get out and express. The power and wisdom within…
This is a series of thoughts addressing the theme of excellence based on a famous quote from Rita Mae Brown, the American novelist and activist. She stated that “You cannot invest your life’s spirit into a compromise” and over the next few weeks we will visit some of the key components of this viewpoint and how it relates to your practice. The word discipline comes from the same Latin root as disciple. Rather than just a being a follower and…
Many chiropractic practices operate in an ad hoc manner. It is a “Do as I say not as I do” environment where everyone makes it up as they go. There is no overall purpose and no purpose broken down to every action. There are few if any written policies, procedures and scripts and the people who work there and worse still, the people who are serviced there just go with the flow and go by their own rules. Practice members…
Have you ever found yourself in practice or in your life, getting immersed in the seriousness, importance and significance of who you are and what you do? After all, making the changes to people’s lives that you do as a chiropractor is a serious business. It is important to get it right and to produce the best results that you can and to this end isn’t it important to get everything right and therefore not attempt things that are risky…
The opposition that chiropractic has been receiving in recent times has been significant. Many chiropractors and their associations have reacted to this opposition by going onto the ‘back foot’. Shrinking away from the fray, playing smaller and even disowning one’s heritage and principles has been a common sight. To many (myself included) it is exciting and indicates that the tipping point is nigh. The critical mass of society is moving towards the values that chiropractic has espoused for over a…
Every moment you spend in your office is an exchange of a part of your life for the experience of connecting with those people you serve. You invest an irretrievable unit of time with every person you see. There are so many people in your community available to be served so the question must be, is that person you are with, your “Ideal Person”? Is it important for you to have a quality practice? Imagine if every person you saw…
As a chiropractor I bet you are feeling two urges with every person you adjust. I bet that you will have a deep desire to really physically help the person and also have a yearning for the person to understand chiropractic, life and health just as you do. I also bet that you want to help people so much that you want to try to do everything that you can see that they need right now, while they are on…
I couldn’t let this week’s blog go by without a comment on what I got up to this past weekend. In fact, as I think about it there are a number of messages that I will convey to you based on this experience over the next few weeks. Anyway, I attended the Rolling Stone’s 14 Australia tour performance in the Hunter Valley, NSW and oh, what a show. 20,000 people of all ages and generations rocked to the music that…
How often do you hear yourself saying that you need your CA to do something different, that you need more New People in your practice, that you need more time or any number of pleas of neediness? There is a direct relationship between needing and having. I think that the more we need, the less we are capable of having. The greater your need for anything, the less you will have of that which you ‘need’. Whether it is in…
“Excellence can be attained if you…. Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” – Jim Gentil Here’s the fourth comment on Jim Gentil’s quote on Excellence. I suggest that if you take the time over the next week to focus on each of these statements you will see major changes occur for yourself and your practice. Expecting more than…
“Excellence can be attained if you…. Care more than others think is wise. Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” – Jim Gentil This week we continue to dissect the above quote on excellence. This line which reads “Dream more than others think is practical” causes us to think about the power of big dreams. Big dreams are what build big practices and big businesses. Lofty…
This is a series of thoughts addressing the theme of excellence based on a famous quote from Rita Mae Brown, the American novelist and activist. She stated that “You cannot invest your life’s spirit into a compromise” and over the next few weeks I want to visit some of the key components of this viewpoint and how it relates to your practice. Theme – Willing to share themselves with others Everything that you think you have to hide from a…
