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 2016 whilst at the same time also consider that which could have been during the year.
During the year, we at Quest have seen huge changes occurring in the chiropractic profession. While some have gone into ‘reset’ mode and shrunk in the face of antipathy many chiropractors have kicked back and ‘kicked butt’ making massive shifts both personally and professionally.
While serving more people and getting better results is great for yourself, your business and your bank balance the trail of benefit that this leaves on people’s lives is truly immeasurable. Only time will tell the significance of you plying your philosophy, science, art and politics with excellence.
On the flip side I am sure that you have areas of your life and practice that over the past year you know you could have done better.
Many occasions would have occurred where you were not totally on your game during the year. It may have been the opportunities to give another person access to chiropractic care, it may have been an adjustment a person didn’t get because you were unfocussed or tied up in your own ‘stuff’ at the time, it may have been an opportunity to give back to chiropractic that you didn’t take, or it may have been the e-mail or letter or conversation in defence of your profession that you didn’t enrol in.
In short, you most likely, in 2016 will have caused many people to not receive the most from your insight, your knowledge, your care or your wisdom.
What more (or less) could you have done this year to have given more, served more and got even more profound results with this gifts that you have?
The week of Christmas is a reminder for us to think of others, to give from our own abundance. It is not about the gifts, it is about the thoughts and the intent that goes behind the gift that makes the WOW factor.
The same could be said that the key ingredient that determines accomplishment in any endeavour in life and especially practice is the passionate opening of the heart. It isn’t a lack of knowledge, resources or skills that makes us achieve less than optimal. Of course these are necessary but they are limited in their ability to accomplish great outcomes without the spark that fuels them.
The real decider in a life of results is the heart connection. Knowing your reason for doing what you do along with your willingness to fire your package into action. This is what gets results.
So, looking towards next year how would it be for you to up the legacy that you leave? To be totally on your ‘A Game’ every moment of every day? You eagerly grasp the opportunities to give another person access to chiropractic care, you are free of your own ‘stuff’ and every adjustment that you give is totally focussed, you relish in the numerous opportunities to give back to chiropractic, and you are proactive in e-mailing, writing or conversations that need to be conducted when political pressure comes to bear on your profession.
As you celebrate the essence of giving this week and prepare for that transition to a New Year next week consider what it takes for you to leave a Merry Legacy that you are proud of.
