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. Theme – Have a high degree of discipline The word discipline comes from the same Latin root as disciple….
As we progress through 2016, it may be useful to reflect upon the vision for outcomes that you created at the beginning of this year or for 2015. Let’s ensure that your steps to accomplishment are on track. A vision of possibilities is essential to achievement. Just check that you have defined your vision for this year fully. Many people find it valuable to create a vision board and stick it in a prominent place as a constant reminder of…
Watch a toddler as he or she is exploring the world. They trip, they fall, they get ‘ouchies’ but they just get straight back up again and carry on their way. Sure there may be a few tears but they don’t last and soon all is forgotten and they plough headlong into what it was they were about exploring at that moment. Adults, on the other hand have a tendency to let the situation determine who they are – “I’m…
Continuing on from where we left off last week I wanted to look a bit deeper at how it is that we created what we have created in the course of the year just gone. With this distinction we can chose to ensure that the upcoming year doesn’t see the same pattern. If you are like most people there are areas in your life where you are not where you thought you would be by now, either in this year,…
With the end of the year fast approaching I am sure that you are hearing others (and maybe yourself) saying – “OMG, where did the year go?” Quite a valid question, I would say. Are you and your practice where you thought you would be by this December when 2015 began? How does your reality line up with the reality that you imagined at the beginning of the year? Have your plans resulted in the outcomes that you set 12…
At the Madikwe reserve in the far northwest of South Africa near the Botswana boarder I had the opportunity to observe the animals of the high Veldt in their natural habitat. These animals roam freely and live by the law of the land – they know that they either kill or flee or be killed. They receive no assistance in getting their daily food from anyone. What is interesting is that even though they have to fend for themselves they…
Every moment we spend in our office is an exchange of a part of our life for the experience of connecting with those people we serve. We invest an irretrievable unit of time with every person we see. There are so many people in our 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…
I came across this letter from Albert Einstein to his daughter, Lieserl. This is one of 1,400 letters written by Einstein and donated to the Hebrew University in the late 1980’s. They contained orders not to publish their contents until two decades after his death. “When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world. I ask you…
Every moment we spend in our office is an exchange of a part of our life for the experience of connecting with those people we serve. We invest an irretrievable unit of time with every person we see. There are so many people in our 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…
It would seem that a huge thrust of people is to have balance. Balance in their life, their home, business, practice, team etc. Much time, energy and money is spent trying to bring life into balance and yet all too often this goal is not accomplished. Maybe our perception of balance has a missing component to it. I suggest that the thing that gives balance its form is time. Without the vantage point of looking at events from a bigger…
Following on from last week I suggested that you consider the reason that you got into chiropractic in the first place and what your vision is for the part you wish to play in your profession. I suggested that you might like to have a clear statement of this purpose written out. The message that chiropractic brings to the world is very different from the myths that we are engulfed in propagated by our medico-politico-corporate monopolies. The chiropractic vision includes…
It is undeniable that we are engulfed in a rapidly changing world, both local and global. The world is changing and like it or not we are a part of it. As we have reached the half way point of another year it may be useful to reflect on where we are, where we have been and where we wish to be. Are you where you want to be? Is your practice where you want it to be? Is your…
