Power Hours

December 8, 2010

I like asking chiropractors what they enjoy most about practice. It’s an insight into the person and typically starts an enjoyable conversation. The most common answers are when the house is packed, the energy is upbeat and the doctor’s “in the zone” – going from one table or room to the next, confident, having fun [...]

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What I Learned From Oprah

November 24, 2010

Oprah had a group of very heavy women on her program. The subject was the heartbreak of diets that don’t work. It could have just as easily been men, but men don’t always care about the weight and hey, this is Oprah.  Each of the women had lost 100-plus pounds only to gain at least [...]

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What plays in Vegas can change your life…

November 12, 2010

I like Vegas, but not for the usual or obvious reasons. There are better hotels, better entertainment for my money and better food in a number of other cities. Given a chance to visit any city, I’d go to quite a few before Vegas. However, all but one of the 30+ times I’ve visited Vegas [...]

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Success Language

October 6, 2010

One of the best parts of my job is the front row seat on life change. I’ve seen discouraged and defeated doctors, just days away from packing it in, go to incredible heights – loving the journey and process as much as the destination. It’s my job as a coach is to find and fan [...]

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The Quick-Fix Is Neither

September 23, 2010

The Quick Fix Is Neither AND the REAL $1,000,000 Secret Sorry to break it to you, but I think you already know: the quick-fix is neither quick nor a fix. Look around you: What do they call the quick-fix dieter? Plump. What do they call the quick-fix exerciser? Out of shape. What do they call [...]

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Developing Successful Associates

September 16, 2010

“Well Noel, you need a two-level fusion – 5-6C and 6-7C. We can do that now, or a year from now when you’re screaming in pain.” How’s that for a close to an ROF? I knew it would be a cold day in hell before I’d let him cut on me. I’ve seen the human [...]

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7 Ways to Boost Patient Compliance

September 9, 2010

If I have any regret surrounding chiropractic it is that too many of my patients didn’t follow through on good chiropractic care plans to get the “big picture” and the best that chiropractic has to give. I’m a lifetime chiropractic patient, why aren’t they? The simple fact that they just didn’t stick around long enough [...]

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I said good-bye to my father…

June 2, 2010

Stanley Wayne Lloyd November 5, 1921 – May 30, 2010 My dad spent WWII in England as a ball-turret gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress. There’s no way to convey in words what my dad gave me. It’s taken me decades to understand. However, it does have a name – unconditional love. By God’s grace [...]

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Haven’t seen you for 39 years…

May 25, 2010

In May of 1971 I left Palmer College and Davenport, IA never expecting to come back. Loved chiropractic, but didn’t care for the way I was treated at Palmer or living in Davenport. That was 39 years ago. Last week I returned and was I surprised. I was invited by a nice young student named, [...]

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A Sales Contest

April 26, 2010

A doctor approached me wanting to know if I thought I could help him with his practice. After 40 minutes and exhausting every strategy I could think of, I finally said “Wow. You really love these problems, don’t you?” He looked at me like I had 2 heads. “What in the world do you mean?” [...]

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