BARC Basic Activity Recovery Cycle
Otherwise known as taking a break We need to take breaks. Small breaks every few hours, longer breaks every week, even longer breaks...
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Ed Petty
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Your Patient's New Year's Goals
How Best to Help Them Achieve Them Your patient's goals are why we are here. They are why your staff came to work today and why you went...
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Ed Petty
- Dec 27, 2022
- 3 min
The Future
It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future. (Viktor Frankl) Traditionally, the first of any New Year is an...
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Ed Petty
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Grateful for the Future
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. (Cicero, Pro Lancio, 100 BC) As many of us in the U.S....
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Ed Petty
- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
PTC and the Subtle Art of Being There
It was in the 80s at a Parker Seminar, which was in Reno that year, that I first heard the term. In the opening session, Dr. Jimmy Parker...
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Ed Petty
- Oct 18, 2022
- 2 min
In Praise of Geekiness
Are you a chiropractic geek? Are you a health geek? Here is Merriam Webster: Geek: “…a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in...
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Ed Petty
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Case Management for Better Service and Retention
Start Each Day with Service First Do you want a fast, simple and very effective procedure that Improves patient retention Improves...
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Ed Petty
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
Goals, Motivation, and Discipline
“People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing -- that’s why we recommend it daily.” (Attributed to Zig Ziglar) I want...
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Ed Petty
- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
Going Public or Going Purpose
The chiropractic model for care follows three main stages, according to many patient educational articles. These are 1) Relief, 2)...
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Ed Petty
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
Starting Your Day!
We are starting a new month… and the 2nd half of the year. For all doctors and practices, the action of STARTING is important. In fact,...
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Ed Petty
- Jun 7, 2022
- 3 min
3 Effective Methods to Amp Up Your Team's Motivation
Do you sometimes feel that you are just reporting in to work on Mondays because you have bills to pay? How about your team members? Do...
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Ed Petty
- May 24, 2022
- 2 min
The SPARKLING Practice and How to Achieve It : Synergy is the Key
We just awarded a two-doctor chiropractic office employee the SPARKLE award for outstanding service to patients and team members for 21...
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Ed Petty
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Improve Patient Retention Through Gamification
It all comes back to goals – helping patients achieve Last week I discussed improving patient retention through excellent onboarding....
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Ed Petty
- May 3, 2022
- 2 min
Call Your Mom
When we dropped off our son at college as a freshman that late summer day years ago, I told him: “Call your mom!” And he did, but not...
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Ed Petty
- Mar 28, 2022
- 1 min
Make each day an Ode to Joy!
“Music is ... a higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy” ― Ludwig van Beethoven Take 5 minutes. This is is an inspirational...
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Ed Petty
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
What You Must Do Before You Try to Improve Your Practice
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Will Durant Too often, we stop doing what worked and yet...
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Ed Petty
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min
Motivation
No matter how many goals you say you have or how you write them out, unless you have the motivation to achieve them – you won't....
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Ed Petty
- Mar 1, 2022
- 3 min
Everything Else! Why The Goal Driven Practice is More Profitable and More Fun
What gets in the way of you growing your business? What holds you back from your growth? From increased services and profits? What keeps...
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Ed Petty
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Are Your “Engines” Driving Your Practice?
Any practice has 5 separate engines that work synergistically to drive the practice towards its goals.
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Ed Petty
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
The Cathedral, Stone Blocks, and Your Goals
(This is the third in our series on goals.) The Cathedral, Stone Blocks, and Your Goals Christopher Wren was one of the greatest English...
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