Are you considering Quest Coaching services? Our very first step is to run office evaluations. We run this evaluation to find out the strengths and the weaknesses of your practice to provide advice. If your not ready to make the coaching leap but want to evaluate your practice, we have a few tips for you. Evaluating your practice will help you analyse and make the adjustments you need. What we analyse in a Office Evaluations What has been the most…
This article is one of mankind’s mistakes proposed by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43BC) entitled “The Six Mistakes of Man”. I believe that these ‘mistakes’ are as common today as they were over 2000 years ago and I am sure that you will notice parts of you that participate in these mistakes. Mankind’s Mistake #4 is “Refusing to set aside trivial preferences”. Life is full of distractions. Every second of your life you are confronted with choices. Do you go…
This article is one of mankind’s mistakes proposed by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43BC) entitled “The Six Mistakes of Man”. I believe that these ‘mistakes’ are as common today as they were over 2000 years ago and I am sure that you will notice parts of you that participate in these mistakes. Mankind’s Mistake #3 is “Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it”. Because you haven’t been able to achieve something does it mean that you…
This article is one of mankind’s mistakes proposed by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43BC) entitled “The Six Mistakes of Man”. I believe that these ‘mistakes’ are as common today as they were over 2000 years ago and I am sure that you will notice parts of you that participate in these mistakes. Mankind’s Mistake #2 is “The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected”. How often do you find yourself entertaining worry about something, person, event,…
This article is one of mankind’s mistakes proposed by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43BC) entitled “The Six Mistakes of Man”. I believe that these ‘mistakes’ are as common today as they were over 2100 years ago and I am sure that you will notice parts of you that participate in these mistakes. Mankind’s Mistake #1 is ‘‘The illusion that personal gain is made up of crushing others’. Now, more than ever in the history of mankind is this approach erroneous….
Are you considering chiropractic practice sales? Maybe you are thinking of moving on to bigger and better things and want to buy or sell a practice. Great news! Our team has years of experience in this area. You might be confused on where to start. There are so many things to consider. Is this the right choice for you? Where do you want to locate? What about your current practice members? To help you answers some of the questions you…
On the back of our discussion last week on the value of making mistakes and drawing distinction and learning from them I thought this piece adapted from “From Space” by James A Michener quite appropriate to illustrate the power of creating ‘Learning Experiences’. “In 1943, Wernher von Braun was working on a rocket the Germans hoped would destroy London and end the war. Producing this rocket required new metals, new fuels, new guidance systems, new everything. Von Braun’s superiors were…
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…
Sometimes we find ourselves in a conflicting situation and we wish that we had someone to bounce ideas off. You may be a chiropractic associate practice or locum with a difficult principal or team member to deal with. You may be a practice principle with a challenging associate or locum to deal with. We love hearing from chiropractors in these conflicting situations and helping them resolve their issues. An associate practice can be heaven or hell, we know plenty of associate…
One of my heroes is Buckminster Fuller. He was a brilliant man who is a source of great inspiration and has transformed my thinking showing me how to live life differently. He is arguably one of the most fascinating and original minds of recent history. He is one of the world’s first futurists and global thinkers. Born in 1895, Fuller rejected the established religious and political notions of the past and the conventional disciplines of the current universities. He was…
Consider your heritage next time you feel hard done by. Just as heat tempers steel and makes it tougher so does adversity make a stronger more resolute chiropractor. You may face challenges in your quest to realize your vision of clinical excellence and practice success along with higher aspirations like maybe the worldwide leadership of health care in the chiropractic model. You may feel overwhelmed, frustrated or despondent as you deal with the economics of the 21st century health care…
