How to Align Your Financial Model with Your Practice Philosophy:  Building Recurring Revenue Through Cultural Alignment 

If you want to understand the true culture of a practice, follow the money.  Show me how the money works in a business and I will show you the culture of that business.  Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete unpack a powerful truth: your financial model is a direct reflection of your philosophy, and any misalignment creates friction that limits growth, retention, and impact. They break down the three primary barriers to long-term patient success—time, convenience, and money—and reveal how mapping, efficiency, and recurring revenue models eliminate friction while reinforcing a wellness-based vision. When your payment structure aligns with your clinical recommendations and your belief about lifetime care, you create a culture where patients stay, teams are energized, and predictable revenue fuels sustainable growth.

In This Episode You Will:

Episode Highlights

01:07 – A deeper look at why the way money moves through a practice quietly reveals what the business truly stands for.

03:25 – The moment retention shifts from a metric to a responsibility rooted in long-term patient outcomes.

05:31 – Where patient consistency really begins to break down and the subtle friction most practices overlook.

06:47 – The leadership habit that keeps vision alive inside the team instead of slowly fading into the background.

10:35 – What full congruency actually looks like when philosophy shows up in every corner of the practice.

11:35 – Why pre-mapping patient visits changes the entire retention conversation before problems start.

13:08 – The mindset shift that reframes what patients are truly paying for in modern chiropractic care.

14:17 – The quiet power of separating clinical commitment from financial commitment.

18:51 – What starts to break down operationally when friction builds inside long-term patient experiences.

20:56 – How the membership model begins to relieve pressure while creating more predictable growth.

24:44 - Dr. Rachel Hovey is joined by Dr. Naota Hashimoto to explore how Success Partner, TrackStat helps chiropractic practices operate smarter. From AI-driven workflows and no-show automation to real-time stat tracking and recall prioritization, the platform streamlines operations, strengthens accountability, improves retention, and empowers teams to make confident, data-driven decisions that fuel sustainable growth.

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/  

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

For more information about TrackStat please visit: https://www.trackstat.org/

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

For 135 years Chiropractors have been lied to…They’ve been told that you are either in it for the patients - or in it for the money.   Nothing could be further from the truth.  Where you land on this issue can be the #1 determiner of your practice and business success - and the joy that you experience from both.

Most chiropractors say they want to grow, but very few are truly fluent in the language of money. In this final installment of the five-part series on the two sides of the chiropractic coin, Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete unpack the financial side of a Remarkable Business and why understanding revenue, margin, and profit is not optional for sustainable impact. They clarify the distinction between a healthy practice and a healthy business, introduce the five essential financial KPIs every CEO must master, and challenge the belief that working harder solves financial problems. When you understand how money works, you stop guessing, start leading, and build a business that funds your mission rather than drains it. 

In This Episode You Will:

Episode Highlights

01:53 - Discover the critical distinction between the practice side and the business side of the chiropractic coin and why mastering both is essential for long-term success.

02:30 - Understand that greater impact and greater income are naturally connected when your business is structured properly.

04:40 - Recognize that a remarkable practice does not automatically equal a remarkable business and why both must be intentionally built.

11:40 - Reflect on the limiting belief that making money is enough, when true stewardship requires understanding how money actually works.

12:21 - See how avoiding accounting creates blind spots that prevent optimization and leave profit on the table.

16:09 - Learn why tracking collections consistently is foundational to operational and financial control.

16:39 - Clarify how Collection Visit Average reveals whether you are truly profitable per adjustment.

17:53 - Discover why Monthly Recurring Revenue creates stability, predictability, and long-term sustainability.

22:11 - Understand that gross profit margin determines whether scaling your practice is wise or financially dangerous.

26:28 - Recognize that net profit margin and absolute net profit are the ultimate indicators of financial health and CEO-level leadership.

27:34 - Dr. Kevin Day is joined by Success Partner, Dr. Jeff Langmaid of The Smart Chiropractor to discuss using consistent email communication to improve patient retention, reactivations, and overall profitability. They discuss key metrics like net momentum and lifetime value, emphasizing that keeping and reactivating patients is far more cost-effective than constantly acquiring new ones, leading to stronger, more sustainable practice growth.

Resources Mentioned

To download your copy of the Practice and Business Metrics, please visit:  https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast-ep346-metrics

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/  

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

For more information about The Smart Chiropractor please visit: https://thesmartchiropractor.com/   

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

Most teams are capable of far more than they are currently giving, but the gap is rarely about effort or attitude. Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete break down why discretionary energy is the true driver of performance and how leaders unintentionally suppress it by failing to connect people to the business model. When team members understand how their daily work influences revenue, profit, and opportunity, alignment replaces compliance and energy rises naturally. By shifting focus from motivation to measurement, leaders gain a clear framework for evaluating managers, strengthening team capacity, and creating sustainable growth without burnout.

In This Episode You Will:

• Identify where discretionary energy is being lost inside the team
• Recognize which people metrics reveal leadership effectiveness
• See how manager performance shows up through team results
• Evaluate when team capacity is approaching a breaking point
• Apply clearer financial alignment to increase focus and engagement

Episode Highlights

01:33 - Discretionary energy is introduced as the hidden gear inside every team member that leadership either activates through alignment or suppresses through misalignment.

02:19 - Financial alignment is framed as the missing link between daily responsibilities, revenue, profit, and why team members should care about business performance.

03:17 - The four requirements of a world-class team are clarified as right people, right seats, right work, done the right way.

04:46 - Employee stickmo begins, revealing how long A players actually stay and how turnover often exposes management or cultural breakdowns.

06:38 - Employee net promoter score is introduced as a leadership diagnostic measuring whether team members would enthusiastically refer others to work in the organization.

09:39 - Internal patient referrals from staff are positioned as a real-time indicator of engagement, belief, and cultural buy-in.

12:22 - Direct report goals completed is identified as the most powerful KPI for evaluating manager effectiveness and team performance.

13:26 - The 80 percent goal completion standard is defined as the benchmark for healthy management and accountability.

14:43 - Labor cost begins as a COO-owned metric directly tied to profitability, cost of services delivered, and operational stewardship.

17:03 - Revenue per employee is introduced as the key indicator for identifying $250,000 growth breakpoints before capacity strain causes the business to stall or break.

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/  

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

Most practices track numbers, but very few track the metrics that actually drive growth. Dr. Pete and Dr. Stephen break down the ten measurements that determine whether a practice is building momentum or quietly leaking it. This conversation reframes metrics away from surface-level activity and into leadership tools that reveal retention, stability, and profitability. By clearly separating practice metrics from business metrics, the framework shows how operational performance and financial outcomes are directly connected. The result is clarity and control. When the right metrics are measured consistently, decisions become simpler, leadership becomes stronger, and growth becomes predictable.

In This Episode You Will:

• Understand the10 core metrics that determine retention and long-term growth
• Learn how practice-side metrics and business-side metrics work together
• See why retention begins at conversion and compounds through compliance
• Discover which numbers reveal truth versus vanity
• Clarify how better measurement leads to better leadership decisions

Episode Highlights

06:34 - Dr. Pete frames the series around the two sides of the coin and why commitment is the center that makes both work
08:30 - Dr. Stephen clarifies the three identities required to grow: doctor, operator, and business owner
14:26 - The conversation defines KPIs as the measurement system that organizes focus and exposes what to fix

Practice Metrics

19:14 - Stick rate defines how long people stay under care and where retention breaks down by visits, months, or milestones
22:32 - Kept visit average (KVA) is introduced as the daily retention signal showing how consistently people show up as scheduled
25:24 - Compliance percentage is established as the core retention driver indicating whether patients follow care recommendations
26:37 - Inactives and churn rate expose how many people are silently leaving and why defining “active” matters
31:30 - Total active patients reframes growth away from visits per week and toward the size of the active care base

Business Metrics

33:29 - Collection visit average (CVA) measures what the practice collects per visit and can be segmented by stage of care
35:06 - Lifetime value (LTV) connects retention to economics by combining patient visit average with collection visit average
39:49 - Total revenue is tied back to retention through volume of visits driven by people staying in care
40:29 - Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) and annual recurring revenue (ARR) are positioned as the stability engine of the model
41:51 - Retained revenue measures the durability of the recurring model by showing how much revenue stays after churn

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/  

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

Growth does not break down because chiropractors lack passion. It breaks down because conversion systems and metrics are either unclear, slow, or unmanaged. Dr. Pete and Dr. Stephen break down the exact conversion and sales metrics that separate busy offices from scalable, profitable businesses, and why mastering them is no longer optional in 2026. They unpack how speed, clarity, and conviction drive patient commitment, how operational KPIs translate into real revenue, and why recurring metrics reveal the true health of your business. This conversation reframes conversion as belief transformation, sales as service, and growth as a measurable, repeatable outcome.

In This Episode You Will:

• Break down which conversion numbers actually matter and which ones are noise
• Walk through the five KPIs that determine whether patients commit or disappear
• Understand why speed, timing, and follow-up now decide conversion outcomes
• See how recurring revenue reveals the true health of your business
• Identify the knowledge gaps that quietly cap your growth

Episode Highlights

01:15 – Why this episode marks the shift from marketing conversations into conversion and sales as the next growth constraint

08:09 – How ROI should be evaluated through lifetime value, not short-term expense

09:33 – The financial reality of stagnation and why not growing creates compounding problems

10:26 – Redefining success benchmarks and why three million has become the new one million

14:37 – The core truth that frames the episode: you can only help the people you convert

15:02 – Reframing sales as care, conviction, and responsibility rather than persuasion

18:05 – Breaking down attraction, conversion, and retention as a sequential operational system

25:28 – Introducing the Rule of 72 and how speed now determines conversion outcomes

30:14 – What actually drives Day One to Day Two follow-through and patient commitment

36:15 – Translating conversion into business health through recurring and reactivated revenue

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/

Golden Ticket Giveaway to the Upcoming Immersion - DM the words ‘Podcast Business Immersion’ on The TRP Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/theremarkablepractice/

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

The PRACTICE is the Clinical Entity that exists to deliver better health outcomes for the PATIENT.

The BUSINESS is the Economic Engine that exists to drive Profit for the Owners and the Team.  

Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete kick off a powerful five-part series that reframes growth through a clear distinction most owners struggle with: the difference between a remarkable practice and a remarkable business. And this struggle is costing them in terms of impact, income - and sleep!

Using MARKETING data, KPIs, and real-world examples, they unpack how your practice ATTRACTION operations drive patient impact while your business’s MARKETING metrics determine sustainability, profitability, and freedom. 

This MARKETING conversation sets the foundation for 2026 by showing how aligning teams not just with purpose, but with financial clarity, becomes the true growth accelerator. When the practice and business work together, momentum follows.

In This Episode You Will:

• Understand the difference between a remarkable practice and a remarkable business
• Learn why practice success does not automatically create business health
• See how KPIs clarify accountability on both sides of the coin
• Discover why teams must understand profit, not just purpose
• Clarify how practice metrics and business metrics drive different outcomes

Episode Highlights

00:57 – Learn why this episode serves as the foundation for a five-part series separating the responsibilities of the practice from the realities of the business.

01:43 – Discover how assigning clear KPIs becomes the fastest path to clarity, accountability, and meaningful traction.

04:32 – Recognize why elevating business understanding across the entire team is essential for the future of chiropractic.

06:37 – Reflect on how leadership is tested when personal loss intersects with professional responsibility and organizational culture.

09:28 – Understand why emotional resilience and relationships are as critical to sustainability as systems and strategy.

14:31 – See the defining distinction between the practice as a clinical entity and the business as an economic engine.

16:44 – Clarify how financial alignment transforms team motivation by connecting effort to shared outcomes.

18:15 – Discover why owning both sides of the practice and the business reshapes leadership and team engagement.

23:57 – Learn how operational systems drive patient outcomes while business systems determine financial performance.

35:20 – Recognize how mastering a small set of business metrics replaces marketing anxiety with confidence and peace of mind.

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/

Golden Ticket Giveaway to the Upcoming Immersion - DM the words ‘Podcast Business Immersion’ on The TRP Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/theremarkablepractice/

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

What does the founder of a chiropractic enterprise at the center of a nine-figure exit know about buying and selling practices?  A lot. 

The difference between a profitable exit and walking away with nothing is not timing - it’s planning. When you plan your exit early, every decision in your practice starts to work differently.  Building a practice to sell - with “the end in mind” - is a cultural thing that shapes and improves everything.   Production, delivery, systems, team, collections and profit all go up; but so does impact, fulfillment and fun. 

Dr. Stephen sits down with Dr. Stuart Bernsen to break down what real exit planning looks like for chiropractic practices today. They unpack the difference between owning a job and building a business, why most practices never sell, and how private equity and rollups are already reshaping chiropractic. You’ll hear how Dr. Stuart scaled Chiro One from a single practice to a multi-state platform, what investors actually look for, and why exit readiness creates freedom long before you ever sell. This conversation reframes exit planning as a growth strategy, not a finish line. 

Interested in learning more about corporate roll-ups?  Would you like to make a bigger income today - and a sexier exit tomorrow?  Want to know how to engineer your own Remarkable Exit?  This episode is for you.

In this episode you will
• Understand why most chiropractic practices never sell and what creates real value
• Learn the difference between a Main Street exit and a Wall Street exit
• See how exit readiness improves profit, freedom, and options today
• Discover what investors look for when buying chiropractic businesses
• Learn how to shift from owner-operator to true business owner

Episode Highlights

00:54 – Why exit planning needs to start while you are still actively growing your practice
02:30 – How moving from clinician to CEO is an unavoidable shift as a practice scales
05:12 – Why many chiropractors reach a point where their practice becomes too large to sell
06:36 – How building standardized systems creates leverage beyond the owner
09:17 – Why business breakpoints are a normal part of growth, not a sign of failure
10:55 – How speed of response matters more than avoiding mistakes during breakdowns
12:48 – Why most chiropractors do not realize they already function as shareholders
15:37 – How understanding the three ways owners get paid changes business decisions
19:07 – Why waiting until you feel ready to exit often destroys long-term value
21:21 – How key person risk becomes the biggest concern for buyers
23:59 – Why preparing a practice for sale mirrors preparing a house for market
27:45 – How exit readiness creates flexibility even if you never plan to sell
30:12 – Why optionality becomes the real reward of building a true business
33:39 – What private equity actually looks for in healthcare businesses
37:37 – Why standardization across providers directly increases valuation
40:41 – How consolidation has reshaped other healthcare professions
47:23 – Why chiropractic is still early in the exit and rollup cycle

Resources Mentioned

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

Why does chaos rear its ugly head in your practice?

Your practice is a set of systems - and systems move from a state of ‘Order to Disorder’ unless energy is introduced to reorganize the system.  This is the Law of Entropy in action.  Your practice systems - and your people - will naturally “drift” off track if you let them. 

This episode gives you a clear roadmap to stop ‘practice drift’, protect your core values, and run your chiropractic business at speed without losing control. Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete unpack the Porsche drifting metaphor, the law of entropy, and a simple three-step framework to operationalize, professionalize, and optimize your practice. You will see how to use delegation, identity, and a stronger training culture to keep your team aligned with your vision story so you grow volume, profit, and impact without burning out.

In this episode you will:

• Understand how practice drift shows up across adjusting, education, front desk, and reports. 
• Learn the three-step framework of operationalize, professionalize, and optimize for sustainable growth.
• See why entropy is always pulling your systems off course and what to do about it.
• Discover the delegation method of identify, train, trust, and verify so the right people own the right roles. 
• Get practical ideas to build a training culture that protects alignment, profit, and purpose in 2026 and beyond.

Episode Highlights

03:55 – Learn how Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete take complex business problems and simplify them so you can make a bigger impact.

04:23 – See how the Porsche drifting experience became a picture of what happens when your practice drifts off mission.

05:39 – Understand success as alignment between core values, vision story, and daily behaviors in your chiropractic business.

06:10 – Learn the three-step process of operationalize, professionalize, and optimize and why the order matters for growth.

07:09 – Discover how operationalizing systems across attraction, conversion, retention, team, and collections creates scalability.

08:47 – Understand why professionalizing your business means hiring people who are better than you at their role.

09:47 – Discover how the law of entropy explains practice drift and why every system moves from order to disorder without energy.

11:03 – Explore the delegation methodology starting with identity and why the wrong avatar in a role leads to churn and lost referrals.

12:13 – Learn why a great adjuster who does not educate quietly erodes stick rates, reconversion, and internal referrals.

15:49 – See how misalignment between core values, vision story, and behaviors shows up in adjusting, education, and patient experience.

17:09 – Hear a vivid picture of clinical drift as doctors abandon agreed systems, scripting, and patient flow.

18:18 – Understand why most practices suffer death by a thousand cuts and how regular audits and training plug those leaks.

19:10 – Learn why training is the antidote to drift and how cycling training across all functions keeps teams aligned.

23:22 – See the math behind training ROI and how one hour of CEO time can influence more than a hundred hours of team performance.

28:06 – Set training, systems, scripting, and SOPs as a core theme so your practice runs at speed without drifting off mission.

29:58 - Dr. Pete is joined by Success Partner, Dr. Roger Sahoury from SprintSet, to show how practice owners can add a proven lifestyle system that drives retention, referrals, and new revenue. You’ll learn how SprintSet fills the lifestyle gap, supports patients with real coaching and technology, and helps practices stay in the conversation beyond pain care. The discussion breaks down impact, scalability, and what it takes to implement without overloading your team.

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

For more information about SprintSet please visit: https://sprintset.com/ 

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcastor follow on your favorite podcast app.

The MOST expensive thing that your business could do in 2026 is NOT grow to your potential. 

In this episode of the Remarkable CEO Podcast, Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete reveal the 2026 Theme of the Year and explain why every chiropractic business will face predictable breakpoints as it grows. They walk through how constraints show up in marketing, conversion, operations, team, and collections, and why seeing those constraints early determines whether a practice stalls or accelerates. This conversation reframes growth challenges as signals, not failures, and shows how operationalizing systems, professionalizing people, and committing to optimization creates the momentum needed to move through the next level of practice growth with clarity and confidence.

In this episode you will:

• Understand why predictable breakpoints show up as a practice grows 
• Recognize how constraints form across marketing, operations, team, and collections 
• See the difference between a breakpoint that stalls growth and one that creates momentum 
• Clarify what operationalizing and professionalizing actually change at the next level 
• Walk away knowing why not growing is the most expensive decision in 2026

Episode Highlights

01:38 – Why choosing a yearly theme creates focus before planning even begins.

02:01 – How separating the practice side from the business side changes growth decisions.

06:38 – Discover what shifts when assessment and vision casting are done together.

07:11 – Understand how toxicity and deficiency interfere with growth inside a business.

09:03 – Why constraints quietly turn into breakpoints that slow momentum.

10:27 – Learn how seeing the next breakpoint early changes the outcome.

11:12 – Discover where predictable revenue breakpoints show up as a business scales.

12:03 – Why 2026 is framed as a year of breakthrough rather than maintenance.

12:20 – Understand how momentum is built through repeated daily decisions.

15:29 – Learn what optimization adds after systems and people are in place.

16:39 – Discover how missed attraction goals create ripple effects across the business.

18:16 – Why accountability reveals where growth actually broke down.

21:26 – Understand what shifts as businesses move through the one, three, and eight million levels.

24:18 – Learn how capacity exposes the real size of the growth problem.

25:22 – Discover why choosing not to grow carries the highest cost heading into 2026.

26:09 – Dr. Pete is joined by Success Partner, Dr. Roger Sahoury from SprintSet, to show how practice owners can add a proven lifestyle system that drives retention, referrals, and new revenue. You’ll learn how SprintSet fills the lifestyle gap, supports patients with real coaching and technology, and helps practices stay in the conversation beyond pain care. The discussion breaks down impact, scalability, and what it takes to implement without overloading your team.

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

For more information about SprintSet please visit: https://sprintset.com/

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.

Remarkable leaders don’t rush past reflection. They slow down long enough to learn. In this final episode of 2025, Dr. Pete and Dr. Stephen look back on the lessons that shaped their year as chiropractic CEOs, coaches, and fathers - and will shape their 2026 and beyond! 

This conversation centers on margin, delegation, long-term thinking, heart health, and leadership decisions that actually create peace and growth. They share real experiences from running busy practices, leading teams, coaching clients, raising families, and navigating hard conversations. This episode is about closing the year with clarity so you don’t carry unfinished business into 2026.  

If you want to grow your practice without burning out, lead your team with trust, and make decisions faster with confidence, these lessons will challenge how you think about time, coaching, leadership, and your own heart. 

In this episode you will:

• See how creating margin changes the way you lead and show up
• Understand why better delegation creates scalability and peace of mind
• Explore why long-term thinking matters in coaching and leadership
• Recognize how awkward conversations repair broken alignment
• Discover how caring for your heart impacts your effectiveness as a CEO

Episode Highlights

04:46 – Hear why looking back is a required discipline before planning what comes next as a CEO.

06:59 – See how an overpacked calendar slowly removes margin, clarity, and leadership effectiveness.

07:45 – Understand why margin does not appear accidentally and must be built with intention over time.

09:27 – Hear how creating space in your schedule changes the way you show up for work and family.

13:26 – Learn why poor delegation quietly turns business ownership back into a job.

15:29 – See how the 20-60-20 delegation framework creates trust without micromanaging your team.

21:49 – Understand why some relationships require both quality time and real quantity to grow.

25:46 – Hear why coaching works best as a long-term relationship, not a short-term fix.

30:30 – Learn how one awkward conversation can reset misalignment in a strained relationship.

31:42 – See why waiting for issues to resolve on their own only makes them harder to fix.

34:00 – Understand how neglecting your own heart eventually limits your leadership capacity.

37:38 – Hear what it looks like to live fully and leave an impact beyond business results.

40:27 – Learn why faster decisions come from preparation, clarity, and trust in your instincts.

42:35 – See how urgency paired with vision shapes momentum heading into the next year.

42:51 - Dr. Pete is joined by Success Partner, Dr. Roger Sahoury from SprintSet, to show how practice owners can add a proven lifestyle system that drives retention, referrals, and new revenue. You’ll learn how SprintSet fills the lifestyle gap, supports patients with real coaching and technology, and helps practices stay in the conversation beyond pain care. The discussion breaks down impact, scalability, and what it takes to implement without overloading your team.

Resources Mentioned

Learn more about the TRP Remarkable Business Immersion March 6 - 7, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ and March 20 - 21, 2026 in Brisbane, AUS - https://theremarkablepractice.com/upcoming-events/

To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit:  http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo

For more information about SprintSet please visit: https://sprintset.com/

Book a Strategy Session with Dr. Pete - https://go.oncehub.com/PodcastPC

Prefer to watch? Catch the podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRemarkablePractice1

To listen to more episodes, visit https://theremarkablepractice.com/podcast or follow on your favorite podcast app.