THE QUESTIONABLE SOCIALOGICAL DISADVANTAGE
A mentor of Dr. Schiffman and I over 20 years ago said, “You are your practice.” The meaning applies to all of life. If you are growing body, mind, and spirit – so is your work. At CCC, the focus is building a healthy life which will equate to an exponentially growing, supernaturally successful practice. This parable from the Bible below illustrates this point well.
In an effort to get ahead and fend for their families, men will often become classic workaholics. There is a story in the bible that describes the new millennium male very well. In this parable the man works and works to fill his barn, never making time for what is important. The question that is asked is, “What will he do with all he has stored up when he is dead?” (Luke 12:20)
There is a very common, modern day example of this story. A man works hard at his business to get ahead, often working 7 days a week and long into the night. Although he rarely spends enough time with his wife or children and they even go to all many of life’s important events without him, he convinces himself that he is doing it all for them and he will give them more time “as soon as things settle down.”
When his waist line starts getting bigger and his neck and back hurt after about 3 or 4 hours at the computer. His wife starts bugging him about his weight and telling him he needs to go get back to the Chiropractor and the gym. “Who has time to exercise or go to a doctor?” he says to himself. “But I’ll start again as soon as things settle down.”
Eventually his business is doing well and he tells his wife “We are finally about to be able to do a lot of the things we dreamed of doing; buy that bigger house, get the nicer car, take a Caribbean vacation, and put the kids in private school.” However, there is one more move he must make. If he works nights and weekends he can get it done before the New Year. “Then things should settle down.”
Unfortunately, one night at work he had chest pains and was rushed to the hospital. The doctor told him he had to slow down and start exercising. He was good for a few weeks but soon it was back to his old habits. One night working late on his laptop at home, his wife asked him if he was going to bed. He said he’d be up in a few minutes, but when his wife looked over at 3:00 in the morning he was still not in bed. She thought, “This is ridiculous!” She went down to get him and saw him slumped over his computer. When she went over to wake him up, he was dead of a massive heart attack.
At his funeral, everyone talked about what an “innovator” he was, a “leader in industry,” and a “great husband and father.” But, according to Luke 12;20, God had only one thing to say about him, “YOU FOOL!” The moral being that your spiritual life, your family life, and your health are the priority. Ignore them and pay the price no matter what the millennia.
Cause of heart attack studies show that the problem is actually less of a heart problem and more of a brain problem. Focus on your WHOLE being; body, mind, and spirit and you’ll have heart health, family health, financial health, and practice health as a result. You are your practice.
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Remember, with God – all things are possible,
Dr. Ben
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