We are now 2 weeks into the New Year and I would mind betting that you have already noticed yourself procrastinating on some aspect of your 2015 resolve. It may be just a little thing here or there but the structure is the same – putting off to tomorrow what you could have, (or by your rules or decisions) should have done today. Now, it’s pretty hard to find a person who does not procrastinate at all from time to…
As we slip into the end of year mode and prepare for the year ahead it is a good time to reflect on that which was during 2014 whilst at the same time also consider that which could have been during the year. During the year we at Quest have seen huge change occurring in the lives and practices of the majority of our clients. Many of you have literally kicked butt and made massive shifts both personally and professionally….
Following on from last week’s comments on the ‘Stones’ and especially Mick Jagger’s magic I wanted to make note of some of their lyrics that may be insightful for you and your practice. We seem to be in a world where people are conditioned to going after what they want. This is seen to its extreme at Christmas. I heard this week that the average Australian family will spend $4,000 this Christmas – 30 billion nationally. The recipients of this…
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 This week’s quote has so much wisdom in it so we will explore it under the 4 topics that it deserves. I suggest that if you take the time over the next four weeks to focus on each of these statements you will…
“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’s quote has so much wisdom in it so we will explore it under the 4 topics that it deserves. I suggest that if you take the time over the next four weeks to focus on each of these statements you will…
“You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” — Doug Floyd This week I want to extend on the conversation we had last week around harmony. Last week I stressed the importance of difference of the individuals in order to create harmony of your practice team. This week we will look at the value of difference in your practice members. Harmony of your practice comes from the multitude of phases and stages of their personal evolution. As they…
“You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” — Doug Floyd Much is spoken about the importance of harmony in a team of people in your practice team. Harmony can often be sought at great cost. The cost of lowered productivity, lowered creativity and even lowered harmony itself – what an oxymoron! Do you hire for similarity? Often we find ourselves seeking the company of those who are like us, who like what we like, who see the…
The past month has seen my personal life intimately involved in the ceremony of commitment aka marriage. A dad’s mixed emotion of the symbolism of giving one’s daughter to marriage is something that I haven’t experienced until now. It is certainly a powerful moment, as any dad will attest. (Or maybe it’s just the ‘wet’ ones of us that get all soppy about it!)… Anyway, marriage is a commitment to a relationship that is enduring. So it is with the…
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 – Design a system that keeps you in integrity On the back of last week’s discussion on…
You have a huge life spirit just itching to get out and express. The power and wisdom within you is immense. Your ability to create and manifest that which you commit to with love and passion is massive. Are you playing the game of practice in the safe, secure and sensible world? Are you practicing defensively – unwilling to commit yourself and your talents in chiropractic to produce structural and functional change – to facilitate total change in a person’s…
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…
