How often do you hear yourself or someone else say something like: “It won’t work” “It can’t be done” “It didn’t work before therefore it wont work this time” “It wont happen in my town” Too often we generalise a little bit of knowledge of a past event out to include everything in the future – not very smart and it is very paralysing to human endeavour. This puts the operative person into the state of victimhood and helplessness and…
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. You have a huge life spirit just itching to get out and express. The power and wisdom within…
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. Your values are the drivers of your life. We often take on our values and their subsequent hierarchy…
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. My thought goes to an experiment in education that was conducted way back in a time when ethics…
Many chiropractic practices operate in an ad hoc manner. It is a “Do as I say not as I do” environment where everyone makes it up as they go. There is no overall purpose and no purpose broken down to every action. There are few if any written policies, procedures and scripts and the people who work there and worse still, the people who are serviced there just go with the flow and go by their own rules. Practice members…
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…
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…
As chiropractors we are, or aspire to be, highly invested and qualified in our science and all the intricacies of the chiropractic knowledge base. We put much attention and energy into the application of our calling in the form of the artistry of chiropractic technique plus the communication that is necessary to relate to our practice members, clients and people. These aspects of our professional package are essential components to ensure that we are safe, give good service and get…
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn How often do you fail to inform a person on the relationship between their spine, nerve system and health? How often do you not recommend optimum frequency of care for a person? How often do you not recommend appropriate care beyond symptoms for your people? How often do you not take the time to explain to…
Rather than setting the usual big resolutions for 2015 that are usually impossible to achieve and often easy to break, I suggest that you act small and locally – very locally in fact. The vision for, and the associated actions that you have for your team and practice members along with those people close by is your most effective instrument of empowerment. Your ability to affect your immediate sphere of influence and their future is profound. Everything you think, say…
I couldn’t let this week’s blog go by without a comment on what I got up to this past weekend. In fact, as I think about it there are a number of messages that I will convey to you based on this experience over the next few weeks. Anyway, I attended the Rolling Stone’s 14 Australia tour performance in the Hunter Valley, NSW and oh, what a show. 20,000 people of all ages and generations rocked to the music that…
