Real Chiropractic Dynamics

Pat McMahon and I have made something special for you.
During the lockdown we made this 6-part series discussing and summarising the book 'The Science of Getting Rich' written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles, all the while examining how the books teachings can be applicable to chiropractic and how we practice.  This summary of a classic book is made BY chiropractors FOR chiropractors. 
It’s a great dynamic because you have myself reading it fresh for the first time and asking questions as the young chiropractor contrasted with Pat who has read the book 100 times and applied its teachings to his success in practice, building Syntropy and being a strong force within our community.
Each episode is 30-45 minutes long, Pat gives a tonne of value guiding me through the book and also throwing in plenty of advice for life and practice.  
These episodes will help chiropractors navigate through this book for many years to come. 
I am very excited to see what you all think of it. 
Love to you all. 
Z

Pat McMahon and I have made something special for you.
During the lockdown we made this 6-part series discussing and summarising the book 'The Science of Getting Rich' written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles, all the while examining how the books teachings can be applicable to chiropractic and how we practice.  This summary of a classic book is made BY chiropractors FOR chiropractors. 
It’s a great dynamic because you have myself reading it fresh for the first time and asking questions as the young chiropractor contrasted with Pat who has read the book 100 times and applied its teachings to his success in practice, building Syntropy and being a strong force within our community.
Each episode is 30-45 minutes long, Pat gives a tonne of value guiding me through the book and also throwing in plenty of advice for life and practice.  
These episodes will help chiropractors navigate through this book for many years to come. 
I am very excited to see what you all think of it. 
Love to you all. 
Z

Pat McMahon and I have made something special for you.
During the lockdown we made this 6-part series discussing and summarising the book 'The Science of Getting Rich' written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles, all the while examining how the books teachings can be applicable to chiropractic and how we practice.  This summary of a classic book is made BY chiropractors FOR chiropractors. 
It’s a great dynamic because you have myself reading it fresh for the first time and asking questions as the young chiropractor contrasted with Pat who has read the book 100 times and applied its teachings to his success in practice, building Syntropy and being a strong force within our community.
Each episode is 30-45 minutes long, Pat gives a tonne of value guiding me through the book and also throwing in plenty of advice for life and practice.  
These episodes will help chiropractors navigate through this book for many years to come. 
I am very excited to see what you all think of it. 
Love to you all. 
Z

Pat McMahon and I have made something special for you.
During the lockdown we made this 6-part series discussing and summarising the book 'The Science of Getting Rich' written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles, all the while examining how the books teachings can be applicable to chiropractic and how we practice.  This summary of a classic book is made BY chiropractors FOR chiropractors. 
It’s a great dynamic because you have myself reading it fresh for the first time and asking questions as the young chiropractor contrasted with Pat who has read the book 100 times and applied its teachings to his success in practice, building Syntropy and being a strong force within our community.
Each episode is 30-45 minutes long, Pat gives a tonne of value guiding me through the book and also throwing in plenty of advice for life and practice.  
These episodes will help chiropractors navigate through this book for many years to come. 
I am very excited to see what you all think of it. 
Love to you all. 
Z

00:25 My dilema
01:33 Ken’s ‘Sigafoose story’
03:40 Reaching out to mentors for help 
08:15 Fall in love with the profession and your partner
09:00 Can you have a great family life AND a high volume practice 
11:40 Can you do both?
14:15 What advice would you give to your younger self with regard to building your practice and your relationship
17:15 Giving/Loving/Serving in your practice and personal life
19:00 Bringing people in
19:30 Staying open through COVID
22:18 What kind of volume are you seeing
24:00 Seeing volume
25:06 The energy you want in your office
26:25 Should you marry a chiropractor
31:30 Calling people out on their shit
34:00 Listening to Sigafoose weekly
35:25 Getting yourself out of scarcity mindset and into abundance
38:40 As the doc you are not above the mundane things
44:21 Why you should join Sigafoose Weekly

00:20 – Introduction to Vismai
1:40 – How did you get a PVA of 2000 and accepting only 4 people per year
3:20 – The cause of all chiropractic business problems
5:00 – The myth of the chiropractic profession
7:30 – The birth of ‘My chiropractic sweet spot’
9:00 –  Phase 1 (foundations)
11:00 – Phase 2 (culture) 
12:00 – Phase 3 (scaling)
13:00 – Book recommendation ‘Legacy’
15:00 – Most business problems come from foundations!
16:30 – Financing your life as a chiropractor
21:30 - PVA is the result of when private and professional values align
23:30 – Chiropractic sweet spot explained
28:00 – Advice for your first six months in practice
33:00 – Book recommendation ‘The 4 hour work week’ 
35:00 – Zarak’s dilemma.  Family life or 1000 per week
45:00 – Begin with the end in mind.  Your first paycheck. 

Many students have questions about the advantages and disadvantages of being a locum, an associate or starting your own practice straight out of school. 
I gathered some questions that students had and asked three of my friends with experience in these roles to answer them.   
The chiropractors in this Q&A are
@aleconte_
@audrey_jnn
@samuelhiggsdc

To respect your time, here are some time stamps to the specific questions I asked them.

(12:50) why did you choose this route rather than another one?
(23:45) What were the challenges you faced that maybe you did not expect?
(27:37) What advice would you give to your past self on graduation day?
(33:11) How many hours were you expected to work during the week?
(37:45) Do you feel you were compensated well financially in this time?
(41:20) Do you consider that you are serving your personal purpose?
(47:31) What do you wish you spent more time on in school?
(49:32) How can we improve our communication during school?
(53:21) What were the start up costs to open a practice and how did you finance it?
(56:52) Start off small and build or open the practice as you envision it straight away?
(58:25) How did you negotiate salary?
(1:2:47) What are you glad you did in school that made it easier for you as a graduate

As long as there have been chiropractors, there have been differing opinions on how chiropractic should be practiced.  While this wasn’t really the start of mechanism, understanding how the insurance model originally entered the scene is interesting to see how we got into the situation we are in today.  

Here Danny and I play a clip from the legend Dick Santo and then discuss it in more detail. 

I also ask if the pain model is something you can advertise in order to ‘meet the patient where they are at’ before educating them once they are in the office.

In this video I read the script of Sigafoose's X-Ray report, take what you like from it and implement into your visits.  I love how direct he is and not afraid of confrontation.  At the end of the video there is also a special offer from Carey Sigafoose to help you with the quarantine.  

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