Once upon a time there was a chiropractor with a great team of chiropractors and CAs. This team was good – really good. They could pack the office full of people and provide them awesome service.
At least, that’s what they were capable of…
You see, the chiropractor could only really get about two of them to do what he wanted them to do at any given time. The rest might get involved, but often they would get caught up in any number of distractions. One might be busy thinking about sending a friend a birthday present. Another would be concerned about a conversation she knew she needed to have with her partner, while a third kept thinking about the reports he had to write by the end of the week. Some would be immobilized by various negative emotions as a result of unresolved issues, and others still just kept being pulled away by an urge to eat, or check their e-mails or Facebook, or any number of other cravings for instant gratification.
Any of these distractions could have been dealt with, leaving the practice free to achieve greatness. But rather than taking action, they simply tolerated these conditions. This, of course, limited their effectiveness – and that of the team as a whole.
People knew what these chiropractors were capable of, but very often their work fell short of their promise. Eventually, the practice’s business dwindled dramatically, as the team was performing just enough to keep them from going under completely. Shame, really. They really sold themselves short, and short changed those who they could have benefited with their life enhancing care. Just think what they could have done with a larger percentage of the team on the job more often.
As you may have guessed, you are the chiropractor, with this amazing crew potentially at your service. The few or so team members at your command represent a fraction of your mind that is under your conscious control. The rest is the subconscious.
You are extremely powerful – far more than you can know – but it can be handicapped by tolerations. For example, is there a cobweb in the corner of an adjusting room and every time you see it you think, “Gosh…I should clean that up?” You’ve just left part of you there with that cobweb – part of your mind will continue to dwell on it.
If it isn’t something you can take care of at the moment, make a note of it, so that another part of your mind isn’t then delegated to trying to remember to do this task otherwise its like a number of your team being limited in their ability to work because they are busy reminding each other to remind each other to do something.
You have within you the ability to achieve all that you want to be, do and have – as long as there are no interferences. What could you accomplish if you weren’t tolerating things? What successes are you denying yourself and your practice? What cost is it to the world at large?
Commit this week to stop tolerating those factors that hamper your potential – that distract your work team – and watch your practice soar.
