Dr D that is probably the most profound advice I have heard to date! No matter what sport or profession some one chooses to excel in, success can be an arduous process. It does indeed take all those things you suggest from hard work, persistence and indeed love for what you do! But what is great is that success can be possible if one is willing to walk that extra mile! Like patients we all respond and react differently, some do make it look excruciatingly easy whilst the rest of us find it more difficult. Yet you can guarantee Dr Heather that each and everyone of us has found ourselves in a dark place at some time or other. Call it desperation or frustration or even envy, it does not matter but it can lead us to do many rash things - quit the profession, quit coaching, quit growing, wasting money on the quick fix solutions etc etc. Yet what is so great and reassuring is that our thoughts and our actions are in our direct control and as such we have the ability to change our own destiny! I cannot remember who said it but "there is no shadow without a light!" Also none of us would be here now if our coaches, friends or family did not believe in us nor have faith in our ability!
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Dr. B, if it is any consolation, I was seriously looking into the American Culinary Institute at the time I met Dr. Sovinsky. I had calculated out tuition and living expense for me and my family while going to school. Yes, I did cook Thanksgiving dinner.:)
For you and anyone else who has not read 'The Dip', I could not recommend it highly enough. It really puts into perspective what 'Staying the course' really means and it also discusses quitting. One of the major points is don't do anything halfway. Pick a path and give it everything you have. When our effort is diluted that is exactly the results we should expect to get, but also if our effort is focused and our ability is there to back it up then it is just a matter of time. Our coaches help to show us direction so from there it is purely choice since everyone I've met in DC Mentors appears to have the ability. Look at "success" as a choice, not a possibility and it will pay off.
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Thank you guys for all the encouragement. Dr. D, you're right, it's a choice. And you have to choose every day, every hour, whether to be alert and focused and have a FLOW experience, or shift down into mind-numbing time wasting activities. We don't climb the mountain just to stay at the top of that mountain, it's cold and lonely there. You then want to climb another mountain, but to get there you have to go down into a valley. That's where I am, in a valley about to climb to the next peak. It's hard work but the pay-off is so worth it. Sometimes we get into the terrible too's, it's too hard, it's too overwhelming....that's a choice too. I still have big things to do, get a new office, a new floor plan, new tables, myovision, etc. It's interesting to hear that even when you get all that "big stuff" set up, it's still the little things that matter most in the success of the practice. And the little things are what I do have control of, no matter whether I can afford all the big stuff right now. It takes discipline, love for what I do, and attention to the details. And don't do anything half-way, go big or go home. I'll look to get The Dip and Dr. Perron, when can I come for dinner :)
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Absolutely, I could not agree with you more, in my experience the "big stuff" was definitely far easier than the smaller things! Reason being I think is that it enabled me to completely focus my energy and attention only on them. When I was changing techniques, implemeting systems, CA training etc I did nt have time to think about any thing else. There was no room at all for all my baggage and not surprisingly my clinic increased by almost 300% in the first 12 - 18 months! But once the big stuff was done and dusted sadly the distractions took over! My inner voice took over and the fixation with numbers began! And the numbers began to slide! So in reality the real challenge only begins once we have the foundations in place. Whereas I sadly became complacent and forgot the minutiae. So the challenge is not to get growth but to actually sustain it and that is where the small precise steps are imperative!And why ongoing coaching and learning is so imperative!
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Here, here! Old chap. or is it (Hear, Hear!)
Now is that 300% as impressive when it takes you from 20 up to 60 a week? :))))) I could not resist and I know that my practice has yet to match your best, so you continue to be my master. It is really just envy that brings this out of me. I am feeling punchy today. It should be a good day. Maybe it was the group interview last night. Does anyone else get a kick out of those. Does your inside voice constantly say "Are you serious?", I am always amused at how shocked my staff is when they see things from our side. Thank God I only need one because the masses ain't pretty.
Good Day to all!
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Punchy eh? Maybe you should take out and use the 7 iron as well!!
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I will leave that to Tiger's wife. I've got a practice to build.
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