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How do we help improve the lives of those at the bottom of the economic ladder? Teaching them the importance of investing in their personal residence should be at the top of the list. My parents bought a home when I was 5. They bought a farm when I was 14. Dad built his own office when I was in college....

Teach kids: The difference between the top and bottom. How do we help improve the lives of those at the bottom of the economic ladder? Teaching them the importance of investing in their personal residence should be at the top of the list. My parents bo…

Is everything illusion?

What is reality really? I took a box out of the back seat of my car and noticed a brown line across the seat. At first, I thought something had spilled, but I saw no source. Turns out the line was a separation of the fabr…

A friend shared a meme in Facebook that said, "Children shouldn't be deciding if they want to be a boy or a girl. God already did that for them." When is surgery going against God's will and when is it part of the plan? The question is especially interesting for me. As a chiropractor, I didn't understand the position of some that chiropractic was an "unscientific cult." I finally got it....

Irony In Healthcare A friend shared a meme in Facebook that said, “Children shouldn’t be deciding if they want to be a boy or a girl. God already did that for them.” When is surgery going against God…

"ONLY YOU
To me there is only YOU
TO ME THERE IS ONLY YOU
All that I have is YOURS
ALL THAT I HAVE IS YOURS
All that I am YOU ARE
ALL THAT I AM YOU
For only YOU, my love
FOR ONLY YOU, MY LOVE"
page 160 The Spirit of Reiki, by Carolyn Jackson

Focus to be more successful.

Focus! One of the most difficult things to do is focus our efforts. We all have many interests. If you look at the different categories of this blog, you will find that I have many interests and opinions.…

Do you have choices? Can you change your life? Most agree that the answer is yes.
Newton's law of inertia is that a body at rest remains at rest and a body in motion remains in motion in a straight line until acted upon by an outside force.
Where does the force come from? Chiropractic says Innate Intelligence.

My mother gave me books she thought would be helpful. She told me to put them on a shelf and they’d be there when I was ready.
I’ve written books with the same idea. If I forgot to tell you, or you didn’t hear me, look in the book.

For those taking the Udemy course, next week's office hours will be on tweaking your website to improve conversions. Watch your messages. Don't miss it.

As with so many of our polarizing discussions today, if we don’t understand the history and context, we argue ignorantly. We are trained to believe that proper treatment begins with proper diagnosis. If the diagnosis is incorrect the treatment will be incorrect, and the patient will fail to get well. If the diagnosis is correct and an effective therapy is prescribed, the patient will get well....

Looking Back to Move Forward – Chiropractic Approach to Health As with so many of our polarizing discussions today, if we don’t understand the history and context, we argue ignorantly. We are trained to believe that proper treatment begins with proper diagnosi…

Thoughts on The Law of Appreciation

The Difference Between Gratitude and Appreciation What is gratitude? Psychology Today states the following: “Gratitude is the expression of appreciation for what one has. It is a recognition of value independent of monetary worth. Spontaneou…

The Secret Doesn’t Work! A friend posted that idea in Linkedin today. He is giving the neuroscience point of view. He stated that when you create vision boards, etc. what you are really doing is programming your subconscio…

A friend posted that idea in Linkedin today. He is giving the neuroscience point of view. He stated that when you create vision boards, etc. what you are really doing is programming your subconscious mind. I replied. "It is interesting when coincidences seem to reinforce the idea that we can do things similar to what the secret might suggest. I started a page Fill Lake Mead on March 24....

The Secret Doesn’t Work! A friend posted that idea in Linkedin today. He is giving the neuroscience point of view. He stated that when you create vision boards, etc. what you are really doing is programming your subconscio…

20/20 Business Education for Healthcare Entrepreneurs Spend 20 Minutes/Day for 20 Days to Achieve the Success You Desire

Would you like to add $20,000 to your after-tax income doing what you enjoy, without selling worthless products or buying high-end coaching?

20/20 Business Education for Healthcare Entrepreneurs Spend 20 Minutes/Day for 20 Days to Achieve the Success You Desire

Poking a little fun at healthcare science.

Back Pain – is being overweight the cause? I posted the following in Facebook: Back pain? Being overweight is rarely the problem. Skinny people have back pain too. Three chiropractors jumped on it thinking fat is causing back pain. I was sh…

Here are a few ideas for those who want to give themselves a $20,000 raise this year.

Healthcare Entrepreneurs – Give Yourself a $20,000 Raise No, I’m not trying to get you to sell something. If you are an entrepreneur, you get to set your income goal. Yesterday was tax day in the USA. Would you like your income after tax to be $20,…

We start out as babies. We can't control anything. We cry, if we're fortunate, someone tries to figure out what's wrong. We get fed or changed. We begin to learn to control our bodies. How does it all work? Our parents teach us to talk. We learn to identify things. We go to school. We are taught how the world works....

How Does It All Work? We start out as babies. We can’t control anything. We cry, if we’re fortunate, someone tries to figure out what’s wrong. We get fed or changed. We begin to learn to control our bo…

https://robertaffolter.com/2023/04/01/success-education-for-busy-healthcare-professionals/

Success Education for Busy Healthcare Professionals “I can take a doctor who is seeing 50 patients a day and put him in a practice that is seeing 10 patients a day. Within a few months the practice will be up to 50 patients a day. I can take t…

"I can take a doctor who is seeing 50 patients a day and put him in a practice that is seeing 10 patients a day. Within a few months the practice will be up to 50 patients a day. I can take the doctor who is seeing 10 patients a day and put him in the practice that is seeing 50 patients a day and within a few months the practice will be down to 10 patients a day....

Success Education for Busy Healthcare Professionals “I can take a doctor who is seeing 50 patients a day and put him in a practice that is seeing 10 patients a day. Within a few months the practice will be up to 50 patients a day. I can take t…

Another bank faces collapse and the Federal government is stepping in to protect depositors. Some are blaming deregulation of small and medium sized banks. Some are comparing bailing out the bank to bailing out students for their loans. There is certainly a lot of finger pointing. We must realize the difference between a depositor in the bank and its shareholders. The shareholders own the bank....

Thoughts on Silicon Valley Bank and Student Loans Another bank faces collapse and the Federal government is stepping in to protect depositors. Some are blaming deregulation of small and medium sized banks. Some are comparing bailing out the bank t…

Philosopher Karl Popper stated that we can never prove anything to be true. No matter how often something has happened in the past, there is always the possibility that it won’t happen in the future. We can prove that something is false. If something is false, we can discard it. In A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking mentioned Popper’s idea....

The Science of Failure Philosopher Karl Popper stated that we can never prove anything to be true. No matter how often something has happened in the past, there is always the possibility that it won’t happen in the futur…

That is obvious right? If you want to walk somewhere, you must put one foot in front of the other. The business application really hit home this week. I was thinking of the woman I had worked with that never went beyond on-the-job-training (OJT). She had been to college for a couple of years. She had not developed marketable skills other than waiting tables....

You Must Step Forward to Get Ahead That is obvious right? If you want to walk somewhere, you must put one foot in front of the other. The business application really hit home this week. I was thinking of the woman I had worked with …

I do my own books for three small businesses. One is a real estate business that my son and I own. We use the business for commission income when we buy/sell real estate. Those events typically happen a few times per year. In January, I was wondering if I needed to prepare any W2 forms. Quickbooks is the software I use for accounting....

How I Catch Mistakes in My Bookkeeping I do my own books for three small businesses. One is a real estate business that my son and I own. We use the business for commission income when we buy/sell real estate. Those events typically hap…

The key to practice growth.

Marketing: What Is the Key to Practice Growth? I was talking with a colleague during a break at a seminar. He was still enjoying his practice, but not getting the financial rewards he wanted. I mentioned marketing. He said, “We don’…

Stop personal attacks. Focus on issues.

Politics: Focus on Issues – Not People My friend, Rick Raddatz, has established Pentanomics, a new way of thinking about politics. He divides issues into things we can prove and things we can’t prove. If we can prove an approach i…

Learn to value your business to create your retirement nest egg.

Will You Sell Your Business to Fund Your Retirement? That seems to be a sound strategy. You spent years building a business. Now that you’ve achieved success, selling the business to someone else gives them a profitable business and gives you a…

We often think about information, when we think about learning. An ah-ha for me was when I realized there are two basic definitions of intelligence. One definition is information. You’ve probably seen a movie where someone asks for the latest “intel”. They want the latest information. Think of it as data. The second definition of intelligence is the ability to adapt to new and trying situations....

What Is the Most Important Thing You Ever Learned? We often think about information, when we think about learning. An ah-ha for me was when I realized there are two basic definitions of intelligence. One definition is information. You’ve probably s…

What If You Could Get a 10-100 Times Return on Your Tuition? Can you imagine getting a 10-times return on your investment in your education? For investments we think in terms of percentages. If I get a 10% return, I expect to earn $10 per year for every $100…

Can you imagine getting a 10-times return on your investment in your education? For investments we think in terms of percentages. If I get a 10% return, I expect to earn $10 per year for every $100 invested. A 10 times return would be $10 earned for every dollar invested. That is my goal with Affolter Academy. How many dollars would you like to invest if you could get a 10x return?...

What If You Could Get a 10-100 Times Return on Your Tuition? Can you imagine getting a 10-times return on your investment in your education? For investments we think in terms of percentages. If I get a 10% return, I expect to earn $10 per year for every $100…

I’m reading The Gospel of Thomas (translation and annotation by Stevan Davies) and listening to the History of Christianity (by Luke Timothy Johnson). Always good to remember that the victors write history. In the History of Christianity, the teaching of Jesus is given about 3 sentences and described as difficult to understand. The course is over 17 hours long. The primary points of modern Christianity happen after the death of Jesus and what he actually taught is seldom…...

What Was Jesus’ Teaching? I’m reading The Gospel of Thomas (translation and annotation by Stevan Davies) and listening to the History of Christianity (by Luke Timothy Johnson). Always good to remember that the victors write…

Thoughts on self-improvement.

There Is Nothing Wrong with Me I’ve been exercising for three minutes per day for about 14 months. I feel and look better than I’ve felt and looked in years. What makes this progress incredible is that I was feeling …

Thoughts on marketing and my example of finding ideal students.

Marketing Wants vs Needs Do you spend a lot of time and money marketing to people who really need your goods or services? That can be very frustrating for one simple reason: People buy what they want not what they need. He…

Want to be wealthy?

How Do Physical Laborers Become Wealthy? It is always fun to hear about a mechanic or a maid who leaves over a million-dollar estate to a college or charity. How do they do it? In every case, they do what most people won’t. They wor…

There is an idea going around that people who do physical labor "actually do all the work" that creates wealth. The next step in the argument is people don't get rich by working hard. I agree with the idea of three levels of work: 1) physical, 2) mental, 3) spiritual. The people swinging hammers are working - they by no means "do all the actual work."...

Do People Get Rich Because of Hard Work? There is an idea going around that people who do physical labor “actually do all the work” that creates wealth. The next step in the argument is people don’t get rich by working h…

My thoughts on hydration.

How Much Water Should I Drink? A group of chiropractors watched a video on the importance of nutrition and gut health to our mental health and immune systems. After watching the video, the host asked a question patients often as…

President Biden’s State of the Union speech was well done. I expect every president to use the opportunity and the data to the best of their advantage. I thought President Biden did that. We can agree that many good paying jobs have been sent overseas. How many left because Americans didn’t want those “dirty” jobs in this country? How many left because the cost of meeting the ever-increasing regulations made it uncompetitive to stay?...

A Few Thoughts on 2023 State of Union Speech President Biden’s State of the Union speech was well done. I expect every president to use the opportunity and the data to the best of their advantage. I thought President Biden did that. We can ag…

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Build a Better Mousetrap... "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door", attributed to Emerson. Sometimes we can take that to mean that if we are not experiencing financial success, our service must not be any good.

Today's episode: How you can be in tune with the infinite.

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