Over the past 26 years I have been on a journey. What began as a quest to grow a successful Chiropractic practice has turned into a life endeavor of exploration. I feel like an archaeologist digging for secrets. In the process of seeking clues to building both my chiropractic and then legal practices I have found a number of great ideas. Some of these ideas I have used, and some I have discarded. Not everything works for everyone. I believe we must personalize the resources around us. Opportunities are everywhere. There is no one way to get to where you wish to go. In fact what makes it all so mysterious and fun is that many paths can lead us to the same place. Finding the one or ones that work for you is the real key. So let us begin with a few of the first keys I discovered:
1. I learned that success comes from you not to you.
You are the success you seek. Some have called this the BE-DO-then HAVE formula. This is more than a simple platitude. Great things come to those that choose to work on themselves. It begins on the BEING level. It is always an inside-out project not an outside-in project.
My first brain explosion occurred when I realized I needed to be a certain person to obtain a certain level of success at anything. Take a person with a successful professional practice and place them in another person's failing practice (area, location) and they will turn it around. In the same way when someone with a failure mindset buys a successful professional practice they will run it into the ground in a very short time. This is also evident in those that win large sums of money in lotteries and gambling. Chances are that the money will dissipate quickly from their lives. Successful businesses are grown, sustained, and maintained by those with a certain set of beliefs.
Always look to model and embrace more than what you can readily see, find out what is happening on the inside. Fathers can use great fathers as role models but not only of their behavior but also concerning their beliefs and thought processes. How these fathers choose to see the world, their children, and their wives made them who and what they are.
2. Success is what you define it as.
Now that we know that success comes from us and not to us let's explore the real definition of success. First, success is always personal. Your personal assessment or measure of what you think success is may not be the same as someone else's. Some people measure business success as a certain level of annual income while someone else may define it as someone who makes their own hours. Success to one person may in fact be considered as failure to another. You can have a definition of success for every area of your life.
What is a successful marriage? Is it merely a long one or something more? In my mind merely staying or living together is not my personal definition of success in this area.
What does it mean for you to be healthy (health success)? Or to be wealthy (wealth success)?
3. Values are the key to your discovering your own personal definitions of success and failure.
Your values will emerge as primary filters in your deciding to define success and failure. What you consider important is what you truly cherish and place a high value upon. People choose to set their priorities based upon their own unique set of values. One person may hold their family as a number one priority. These people may also choose to place business dead last on their list of values.
Someone who has a similar set of values may think this person is a great life success while another who places business first may think they are a life failure. The key here is to realize that how you set (prioritize) your values may change throughout your lifetime. As a younger person or an older person what you think or see as more or less important may indeed change.
Always consult with an attorney about any criminal or non-criminal charges you have pending to discuss your options and/or defenses. I am an attorney, former chiropractor, coach, advisor, and professional speaker.
My online materials include over 500 + blog posts, dozens of articles, and over 500 + informative videos on my youtube channel. I have authored and co-authored numerous books and articles on law both universal and man-made.
I was selected by Super Lawyers as a Upstate New York 2013 Rising Star in DWI/DUI Defense based on my experience, contributions, and professional standing.
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