Familiarity
You know the old saying: Familiarity breeds contempt.
As the father of a teenager, I've noticed that nothing exemplifies this wisdom more than the way Karisa will have a favorite song on the radio today... but in two weeks or less she will have grown to hate it.
"I can't stand that song anymore!" she'll say.
"Why? I thought that was your favorite."
Rolling her eyes, she says, "I'm sick of it. They play that song so much over and over and over again."
As a chiropractor, I must safeguard myself against this type of familiarity trap every day. Seeing patient after patient lying prone on the adjustment table and palpating spine after spine after spine may slowly transform a love of chiropractic to drudgery. Familiarity. Routine. Boredom. Any of these sets in and I am doing a diservice to all my patients.
So what is the antidote? How do we prevent the AT40 hit song from dropping out of the charts?
Make every time the first time.
See things with "new" eyes. Listen with "new" ears. Touch with "new" hands.
This may be my 50th adjustment for the day, but I'll look at it like it's my first. First ever.
This may be the 157,453rd adjustment of my career, but I'll look at it like it's my first. First ever.
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