Today and over the course of the weekend, a few thousand of our Chiropractic brothers and sisters will be sweating it out taking their national board exams.
I have seen them put countless hours of study, record levels of stress and extremely hard work into these exams. And it is of critical import that they pass these tests so that they can go forth and serve humanity.
But I sometimes wonder if we put the same amount of effort into our businesses as we do (or did) to passing these exams. Does our business garner the same level of attention, hard work, levels of stress and anxiety that boards do? Should there be a "national board" covering the success of your business?
When you think about failing boards, you realize it costs a significant amount of money and time to do it over...
What does a failed business cost?
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Hard question to answer. We pass the boards so that there is a certain standard we can show the public and our counterparts that we are graduating individuals who are competent to take care of people. On that note, we should also have entrance exams as well. But running a business is tough work. And some very competent doctors fail at this. Success means different things to different people. I don't need to see 500 a week to consider myself successful. But the Chiro Colleges should and have the resources to teach MUCH better business classes, not the generic class we were forced to take that taught me and many others absolutely nothing. Too many people fail in practice and it is not because they don't know how to take good care of people. It's the business side of what we do. Whether you can't pass the boards or your business fails, it is a HUGE price you pay.
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