Posts Tagged ‘serve’
Grab your shovel to uncover your people
The people you serve best are buried in the bulldirt of the internet and waiting for you to find them. Questions that drive to heart of their needs and the empathy it takes to see the world from their eyes are your tools. They are your shovel. It’s not easy work, but when you dig…
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Chiro Q&A: Business loan
Question from a chiropractic student asking how to get a business loan. Step one. Identify who you want to serve. If you serve gym rats who just want to give you cash for a one-off adjustment on a portable table, you could do a split with the gym owner you don’t need a business loan.…
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Light is not the absence of darkness. Health is not the lack of disease. Life is more than driving a carcass. Wealth is giving loved ones the keys.
Read MoreOn contribution: 34 words after 34 years on Earth
Identify (1) simple solutions (2) to unnoticed problems (3) that genuinely need to be solved, and (4) deliver them with language that can be received, (5) starting with a “shotty first draft”, then (6) repeat AOAP (as often as possible).
Read MoreThe master of change
You want to be able to wow someone with your service. Perhaps you’ve seen masters change people’s lives with their craft and you want to be serving on that level. You know you have all the tools, but there is something unseen to you that is holding you back from unleashing the magic of those…
Read MoreThirst for empathy
When someone shares with us a struggle that they’re encountering, it’s similar to someone telling us they’re thirsty. Telling the first person how to fix their problem when they didn’t ask for your advice is like throwing water at the thirsty person when they’re not looking. Coaching or guiding them with questions is like holding…
Read MoreThe point of the game
If your goal is to get someone to do something that doesn’t serve them for your own personal gain then every time you win, you both lose. You may win a point, but that’s not the point of the game. You lose integrity. They lose trust in humanity. Instead of putting effort into manipulating people…
Read MoreNobody can make you feel
Nobody can make you feel wrong. Nobody can make you feel stupid. Nobody can make you feel. You’re more powerful than that. 1) You notice someone do something. 2) Your mind gives meaning to what they did and determines if it contributes to your life, or doesn’t. 3) Then you feel. When you take ownership…
Read MoreThe greatest service
Your profession, technique, or application is only one element of your service. Who you are, who you are becoming, and how you move through the process is your greatest service. Just like kids will do as you do and not as you say, the biggest impact you have on the lives of those you serve…
Read MoreContribution
When your ancestors traveled in tribes, it’s hard to believe that the equivalent of the modern day couch potato would have been allowed to suck up resources without contributing to the lives of the other tribe members. Multiply this over millennia and you have the need for contribution built-in as a survival mechanism to the…
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