Q:  I grew up with a poverty mentality. How do I change that to an abundance mentality and how do I keep it?

You're not alone. Many people not only grew up with a poverty mentality but they took it all the way to their adult life. They still have it and their practice (and life) reflects it.

That mentality is a belief system. As I've said before,

Q:  How can I better focus and be present with what I am doing at any given moment? I've read and listened to many great leaders, but I still struggle with distractions of many thoughts at once.

Do you also lose your keys a lot?  Do you fidget and squirm in your seat?  Do you blurt out answers before the question is finished?

If so, you may have a disorder known as Attention Deficit Disorder, or 'ADD"

Damn... sounds just like the diagnostic criteria the medics use to addict... I mean 'help' kids by putting them in chemical straight jackets - oh wait, it is!

Don't get me started on the whole ADD thing.  Nothing gets my blood pumping more than a group of people pushing class II controlled substances on 6 year olds!

Oh yeah, you had a question.

Q:  What are the top three ways to stay focused on your purpose?

I'll share three ways that will help you stay focused on your purpose which will translate to increased volume and income:

Q:  Do you think we chiropractors love to go to seminars and get 're-dipped' because we can't keep ourselves motivated due to the fact that maybe deep down many don't really believe in what we're doing?

Hmmm... I sense that you may already know the answer to this question...

Q:  Is the mindset really that critical? There are lots of successful chiropractors out there that don't spend time meditating, reading green books every day, and they seem to do just fine. Sometimes I think mindset, or headspace, is a cop out to explain away poor results. So the question is do you really think it's all about what we think or is that overblown?

My answer is yes and yes. Mindset is where it all begins but it can (and often is) overblown or used as a scape goat. Many in our profession are

Q:  What do the extremely successful chiropractors, seeing say 3,000 people a week, know or do that sets them so far apart from everybody else? I'm not looking for vague 'they're on purpose' but specifically what do they do and think that make those results happen?

Damn... I was hoping for a little fluffy and vague answer; I know how we all like those so much!

Seriously though, here's what separates them:

Q:  How do you truly maintain focus with all that a small business owner has to juggle in the effort to maintain work, life, and spiritual balance for one's self when the funds are not yet adequate to hire and delegate projects, responsibility, or anything else to a third party?

That's a great question. How do you maintain all of these things when you're the one cleaning the toilets, putting out the sign-in sheets, welcoming people in, answering the phone, adjusting patients, doing your reports, and taking care of new patients? The answer is

Q:  Do affirmations work, and if so how?

Yes they work, but the interesting (and critical) thing to understand is that they work for good and evil!  Additionally, what most docs consider 'affirmations' are not the only ones you have to be concerned with and in fact, are many times useless unless you become conscious of all of the 'other' affirmations affecting you.

Q:  I know it's easy to get into a pattern or rut of doing the same thing over and over again. How do I keep fresh and new with each patient encounter?

It is easy to fall into a rut and who wants to do that?  It's just no fun to be bored!

Many times it's simply (ok... it's not so simple) a matter of

Q:  What do I need to do on a daily basis to get patients into the healing mindset?

I like the fact that you're even asking this question.  It shows that you are focused on 'them' and not just 'you'

Just as your mindset is critical, so is the mindset of your patients. This is why it's so important to