Dr Gilles Larmarche shared empowering insights on “The A.R.T. of Responsibility” at the Parker Seminar in Sydney Australia in 2011. I share here some of the insightful remarks from his presentation. Responsibility begins with how you wake up in the morning: YOU are responsible for your first thought. Do an honest check in with yourself -do you wake up excited about the day and believe that “Today I choose to show up as the best version of ME”. It is our response to waking up in another magnificent day and our ‘ability’ to respond that sets the scene for the rest of our lives, not only today! A powerful tool Dr Lamarche shared in his presentation is when you wake up, ask yourself “Who do I want to become today?” and don’t get up until you’ve made the decision to become that person. I like to add here Dr John Demartini’s ritual of when your feet touch the ground say “thank you” using your left and right feet - a word for each foot – thank you, thank you, thank you, left, right, left, right, left, right until you reach the bathroom, being grateful for everything in your life.
These steps set you on course for the day even before you say your affirmations or read the Parker Principles. “WHAT?” you ask ‘”read The Parker Principles EVERYDAY?” Yes, many of the Parker speakers (if not all) read Dr James Parker’s principles everyday creating a positive mindset and astronomical momentum in their lives. I have watched, listened and learned from these amazing men and women and they are walking, talking, living legends and advocates that, the Principles for Success Health and Happiness - The Parker Principals – work. With the positive influence of my mentors, I too have taken more responsibility for my life and I read the Parker Principals daily (well, almost daily, as humanness does creep in!). People behave based on how their leaders behave. You are a leader – people get excited about being around people who lead.
WHAT YOU FEED YOUR MIND MATTERS MOST.
Ask yourself:
“DO I SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY READY
TO BE MY BEST or to be mediocre?”
Taking responsibility means thinking bigger than the way you are behaving. Your Success, Health and Happiness (SHH) comes from consistently making wise choices. Many success experts have taught us that when we change how we think, our brain chemistry changes (Be - Do - Have). All that you are is a result of what you have thought.
Responsibility requires courage. Are you more responsible and accountable to someone you love than to yourself? If you don’t take care of yourself, how will you ever take care of anyone else?
Personal responsibility is the KEY to making changes in the world.
Past performance does not equal present potential. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall as long as you get back up. Your future is a blank canvas. Life is a canvas and you are the artist.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. Jim RohnHow can we learn more about taking responsibility? We can applaud and support behaviours that we are looking to create. How easy is it to acknowledge the people in front of us and to acknowledge our clients, Chiropractic Assistants and colleagues? Start with self-acknowledgments, then spread this out, genuinely, to those around you. Strive to see the good in everyone. The easiest way to see the good in others is to see it in yourself. The absolute best thing you can do is to fall in love with yourself. (You may think this is going overboard, but it’s not. Honestly, how can anyone else be expected to love you if you first don’t take responsibility of loving yourself?). This is the way to move into the state of responsibility!
The price of GREATNESS is responsibility.
Winston Churchill
For changes to occur, you must change first. Nothing changes until you take full responsibility. Changes cannot be a ‘should’ or ‘hope to’. For change to occur, you MUST!! Are you doing what you could be doing to create the life you want? I repeat - for any change to occur YOU must first change. This is your decision. Dr Lamarche concluded his powerful presentation by stating “it is in the moment of decision that you shape your destiny”.
Next came Dr Lamarche’s challenge to the audience (and to all of us). It was a call to action from a book called “The Obvious” by James Dale, to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. Just say “I WILL DO IT.” These four words will separate you from the pack. Most people will not do it…The few who really do it, inevitably become the bosses of those who don’t.
Wayne Dyer teaches us:
Responsible People Are Inspired People
When you are inspired by some great purpose:
Your thoughts transcend their bonds
Your mind transcends limitations
Your consciousness expands in every direction
You find yourself in a new great world
Dormant forces, faculties and talents come alive
You discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed to be
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.
Les Brown
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming any misfortune. The moment you take responsibility for your life EVERYTHING will change!
Do you choose to take ‘response- ability’ and transform your values into actions and create what it is that you are setting forth to create? Do you choose to move the Chiropractic Profession ahead (or any profession you are passionate about)?
Ask yourself:
“Who could I choose to become if I took full responsibility for my life?”
Berni Ireland CCA lives Chiropractic. Berni is a Mentor, Coach and Principal CA Tutor for The Centre for Powerful Practices. You hear of awesome Chiropractic Assistants who have an unstoppable passion. Berni surely fits into this dynamic group and is a leader and inspiration to the Chiropractic community.
Berni has had great success in helping her clients transform their lives and create their dream practices. She has also become renowned for her transformational work in Life Coaching. Berni lives with her husband Michael on the Gold Coast Queensland Australia.
Many Chiropractic teams demonstrate a reluctance to use scripts routinely in practice. There is no doubt that they can work very well, but in some cases, the reluctance may only come from 1 or 2 team members. The most common reason for a practice or team member to not use scripts is that they sound “un-authentic” to them.
