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Bill Walsh, Head Coach of the 49ers, conferring with Joe Montana.<\/p>\n
I enjoy sports.<\/p>\n
Well, enjoy<\/em> isn’t quite right\u2026 Enjoy is too passive. I don’t think you can just “enjoy” sports.<\/p>\n It is an activity you play to win<\/em>.<\/p>\n That summarizes it. You embark on a pursuit where you want to achieve something \u2014 but you may not. You may lose! So, you have a goal \u2013 to win<\/em>. And not<\/em> to lose.<\/p>\n But I think the keyword is\u2026”PLAY.”<\/p>\n I will come back to this.<\/p>\n All Kinds of Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n Many of you have kids or grandkids involved in some kind of sport \u2014 baseball, track, chess, even online games. Maybe you play yourself.<\/p>\n I recently bought a book for my grandson who pitches. It’s called Ninety Percent Mental<\/em> by Bob Tewksbury, a former Major League pitcher. Reading it, I realized his tips apply just as well to running a practice \u2014 because where you work has all the elements of a sport:<\/p>\n Tips on Winning in Your Chiropractic Healthcare Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n Tewksbury talks about two things that stuck with me:<\/p>\n The “Little Man”<\/strong> \u2014 the inner voice that tries to derail your performance with negative thoughts. Learn to recognize it and silence it.<\/p>\n Pre-game Routines<\/strong> \u2014 controlled breathing, visualizing success, positive affirmations. These help players stay calm and focused when it counts.<\/p>\n Here are two of my own:<\/p>\n 1. Stay focused on your Goals.<\/strong> This means both the big ones \u2014 your purpose, your why<\/em> \u2014 and the practical ones, like what you want to achieve by the end of the week. Visualize them. Commit to them.<\/p>\n But then\u2026play<\/em>!<\/p>\n 2. The importance of Play.<\/strong><\/p>\n A sport is an activity you play to win. The keyword is PLAY. Not fight, not stress \u2014but play.<\/em><\/p>\n When work becomes too serious, mistakes multiply and stress fills the room. In a chiropractic practice, patients feel that. Trust me \u2014 I’ve seen it work both ways. A too-serious office, and numbers go down. A focused but playful office, and numbers go up.<\/p>\n Bill Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n When I lived in San Francisco, I was a huge 49ers fan. Before Super Bowl XVI in 1982, coach Bill Walsh arrived at the team hotel in Detroit a day early \u2014 and paid a bellhop $20 to borrow his uniform.<\/p>\n When the team bus arrived, Walsh \u2014 in full bellhop attire \u2014 tried to grab Joe Montana’s luggage (Montana was the starting quarterback). Montana, not recognizing him, brushed off the “silver-haired bellhop” and told him to get lost. When the team finally recognized their coach, the place erupted in laughter.<\/p>\n The relaxed 49ers went on to win their first Super Bowl, beating the Bengals 26-21.<\/p>\n Regardless of your role \u2014 doctor, owner, front desk, or bellhop \u2014 be goal driven.<\/p>\n But playfully.<\/p>\n Ed<\/em><\/p>\n This weeks cool tune is from the Playing for Change series: The Weight<\/a><\/span>, with Ringo Starr and Robbie Robertson.<\/strong><\/p>\n By the way, Joe Montana said this about chiropractic: \u201cChiropractic care works for me. I\u2019ve been seeing a chiropractor and he\u2019s really been helping me out a lot. Chiropractic\u2019s been a big part of my game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bill Walsh, Head Coach of the 49ers, conferring with Joe Montana. Practice Management as a Sport in Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Business I enjoy sports. Well, enjoy isn’t quite right\u2026 Enjoy is too passive. I don’t think you can just … Continue reading \n