When You Think You’ve Had Enough

Inspired by a blog on lifestyle design that I read regularly by Tim Ferriss, I want to share this profoundly inspiring video:

Get Back Up

The truth is, you are not alone.  Every person and every chiropractor, no matter how successful, has thought to themselves at one time or another, “I’ve had enough”.

Maybe it’s the global economy tanking and your practice is going down.  Maybe it’s the Canadian media telling the country that a chiropractor ’caused’ another stroke.  Maybe it’s the medical professionals in your community who slander what you do.  Maybe it’s the person who says they’re not coming back because their insurance ran out.  Or maybe it’s something entirely different.  But we’ve all been there, at one time or another.

As a coach, I work with chiropractor’s head space and mindset on a daily basis. Oh yeah, and I work with my own too (which is much more difficult)!  It is up to us if we are going to manage the dialogue we have with ourselves, day in and day out. It is a choice to decide if we press on, or quit.  When you think you’ve had enough, do you get back up?

One of the most powerful phrases I have ever learned is from a previous coach of mine, Bart Precourt, DC. And it goes like this, “So What?  Now What”?  So what I am down in the dumps; Now what am I going to do about it?  So what I just ate a piece of cheesecake; Now what am I going to do about it?  

The power comes to release ourselves from the downward spiral of self-abuse with “So What”.  One of my life lessons is not to take myself so seriously.  This frees me from the regret and the guilt of a bad decision.  And the “Now What” empowers me to take action.  Because every choice I make either moves me toward what I want, or away from it.

So the next time you think you’ve had enough, remember Nick Vujicic and get back up.  Your community needs you to be a beacon of light now more than ever.