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Focus Factor for sale!

If only we could really guarantee that buying a product would help our focus, or better yet our focus on the right things.  It is said that we get what we focus on!  What really does that mean?  Focus deals with what our attention is on.  Many of us keep our attention on our problems, therefore we have our focus on our problems.  So by all technical means our focus directs our future, and if our focus in on our problems.  Then our future is full of… yikes.. that is right problems.   Wait, that is not what I signed up for, but it is exactly what I got, is what you might be thinking!!

So the key is that your focus must get past your problems and go immediately to your solutions, so that your focus can be on the solution.  Therefore, our live can be full of solutions.  The reality, our life will always have problems and challenges, therefore you will always have to choose what you will focus on.. Choose today to focus on your solutions.  Ask better questions about the challenge and create a solution that you don’t see right in front of you.  Choose solutions from this point forward.  It is never easy, but always worth it.

Enjoy solutions!

Dr. W

Instead, work to keep them from being demotivated.

How do I motivate my staff? That question seems to baffle most chiropractic offices. Motivating people seems to be more elusive than almost any other aspect of management. For that reason there are countless articles and classes devoted to it.

But, in reality, the strongest business leaders don’t motivate their employees.

That’s right, as a business leader, your job is not to motivate.  It is your job to make sure the right people are on the bus, as is describe in the book “Good to Great”.  Your other job is making sure the right people are in the right positions. 

Humans come naturally to hard work and sacrifice; these traits are essential to the survival of our species. The brain is  hardwired with the desire to do quality work. You may view motivating employees to be a critical aspect of your job, but have you ever had an employee express the need to be motivated? Do you need a boss to motivate you to do your job in the office? Unless you’re a very unusual person, your answer to both questions is no. You can be certain that most employees feel the same.  

If an employee is truly unmotivated, it’s probably time to take him/her off the payroll. Meanwhile, the critical issue isn’t how to motivate but, rather, how to keep people from becomingdemotivated. And the strongest business leaders understand this distinction.  De-motivation happens when someone is out of their natural gifts and/or they don’t see the bigger picture.  Having a clear vision is critical to avoiding de-motivation. 

You can be certain, for example, that everyone on your staff wants the following from you and always will: (1) clear direction (both in job description and vision), (2) the resources to perform as required and (3) never to be treated disrespectfully. A work environment structured to provide those three things is also exactly what deliver the experience that our loyal patients want too..  Provide your employees these three things, and you will be on your way to leadership greatness. Fail to do so, and you may be an adequate leader but you’ll never be a great one.

All Chiropractors can be great leaders if they work to understand how to lead.  

Enjoy!  Loving and Livin,

Dr. W