2011: Core Traits of Wealthy Chiropractors
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 9:35PM 
Vince Covino
Legacy Wealth Management Group
Boise, ID
Vince Covino is a Chiropractic Wealth Advocate. He currently helps over 200 doctors in 37 states in creating meaningful financial abundance.
INTRODUCTION
All chiropractors live principle- based lives. The difference between wealthy and broke chiropractors is merely the nature of the principles they practice. Some principles will enslave, while others will set you free.
As I have observed my most successful clients I have noticed a singular trait in each of them: they consistently identify the limiting principles in their lives, and metamorphose each into its liberating counterpart.
The key to transformation is reflecting on current behaviors and identifying patterns in your life. And what about changing the way we see ourselves, the way we handle our money, the way we relate to other people, the way our marriages function, the way we raise our children, or the way we feel? There are multitudes of self-help books on the market full of programs, methods, and theories, but most of them seem to work in the same way as a typical diet: short term results that fade leaving you in a situation often worse than it was originally. Why is it so hard to change? Is it even possible to permanently change the way we manage our financial affairs?
NEUROADAPTATION
The brain works based on a principle called neuroadaptation. Neuroadaptation functions on patterns of behavior that become hard-wired into our brains over time. The same kinds of patterns of behavior, whether we notice them or not, take over other aspects of life as well: how we work, how we talk to patients or co-workers, how we relate to our spouses or respond to our children, even how we relax or process a new technique our coach is teaching us. The extreme side of having hardwired brains is that we develop routines or scripts that inculcate bad habits, negative emotions (such as fear, anxiety, or depression). We can encrypt into our brains routines that turn into seriously addictive behaviors which are ultimately self-destructive.
Principles and Practices
Review the following list and identify two principles where there is room for improvement in your personal or professional life. Once these are identified you are in the position to make a daily practice of transforming the principles on the left to the essential counterpart on the right.
- Doubt to Inspiration
- Fear to Faith
- Contention to Collaboration
- Ignorance to Enlightenment
- Blame to Responsibility
- Despair to Diligence
- Illness to Wellness
- Selfishness to Compassion
- Estrangement to Intimacy
- Entitlement to Gratitude
- Shame to Humility
- Deceit to Integrity
- Arrogance to Confidence
Each principle can be targeted with specific practices which, when done consistently, have the ability to change the way the brain is hardwired (neuroadaptation).
Each practice has a corollary promise, a reinforcing drive to continue, which starts the moment the practice is initiated and grows with each successive trial.
Liberating principles and practices won’t eliminate sadness or guarantee a stress free life; nor will they bring immediate wealth Negative emotions have value and we are wired to experience them for a purpose. They are a function of the reactive (limbic) brain and will never disappear completely. However, when we practice these principles regularly, we become more resilient and better able to bear the financial, relational and other problems we face in life.
In the end, challenges that once seemed insurmountable become minor hurdles. It’s not that the challenges or struggles themselves have not changed, but our ability to bear them has increased. When this happens, escape strategies we once used to self-soothe are abandoned in favor of actions that empower us.
SUMMARY
Neuroscience has shown - just in the past decade - that the brain can change the way it is wired through consistent practice over at least two months. Similar to regular adjustments changing the curve in a spine, acting consistently is the unglamorous but essential practice of refinement that drives enduring progress. Strengthening positive qualities through practice fortifies the behaviors and their associated chemical responses in the prefrontal cortex so that the brain itself undergoes change. In turn, these habits can transform current ways of relating to the world into catalysts of growth and personal potential. In other words, you can change, not only for a moment, but forever.
As a chiropractor, you understand well the concept of identifying the root cause and then applying appropriate treatment such as mirror-image adjusting.
Email me at vince@legacywealthmg.com for 26 treatment practices that are specifically targeted to reverse your limiting principles into liberating principles. As you work on your core, you will find financial abundance begin to flow into your life.