“When I came out of chiropractic school, I was on fire for chiropractic and I was determined that I was going to do this on my own…”

 The Doctor from Illinois continued… “I didn’t need anybody to tell me how to do it”.  But as a business owner, she started to lose her passion.  Feeling overwhelmed with the business side of things, she wasn’t exactly enjoying life anymore.

 Stories such as these are heard over and over in our profession.  Remember the “myths” we discussed in my last post.  Hers was a common one… “I was on fire for chiropractic… I didn’t need anybody to tell me how to do it”. 

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Why Most Chiropractors STRUGGLE in Practice – Part I

It’s safe to assume most students and newer docs have dreams of success. 

But dreams based on myths don’t come true.  Here are some of the most common myths about practice success that plague the minds of chiropractic students and graduates alike:

• If you graduate from “this” school…or hang “this” sheepskin on your wall…
• If you use “this” technique, that’s all you need… 
• If you use “this” piece of equipment… 
• Just get good results with your patients, and it’ll open up the floodgates of referrals into your practice… 
• “I’m intelligent, I’m a Go Getter, I’ve always been successful at  anything I’ve done, I can figure this out on my own… (How hard can it be?)”…  
• Or BJ’s famous, “just drive your car ‘til you run out of gas, and build your clinic there.”

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The Power of Action – for the chiropractic student

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”      -Goethe

Hello, and welcome!!  Last post we discussed moving a resolution or a goal from “thinking” to reality.  The above quote commonly attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is one of my favorites.  He was known as Germany’s “Shakespeare”, and he would have been a fan of this topic. 

How do I know?  Check out a couple more from the man, who incidentally is also credited with being the first to identify the Incisive bone, part of the Premaxilla (Ahhhh, flashbacks of Gross Anatomy):

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Goal-Setting Hangover

      There’s something extra special about this time of year.  The awesome reverence of celebrating the birth of Christ on Christmas always makes December special.

     And then there’s that week between Christmas and New Year’s, where people and things seem to move at half speed.  Work still gets done, but the feeling is like a ship that cuts engines and drifts into port. 

     Many people look upon the New Year as a chance to hit the reboot button.  It’s a clean slate.  A time to start over, or to reinvent one’s self.  There’s a feeling of hope… tomorrow’s going to be a better day.  And so new year’s resolutions are made, and new goals are set.

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