Reluctant justification factor

Whenever we are asked to do the simplest things or the most complex, something clicks in our heads that will either create a decision - or not.  It can happen with any decision that continues to go unmade.  It becomes a mountain from a mole hill.  This is that period of time from conception of an idea or thought to the decision-making process that you have patterned to be active or inactive.

Choices are always our own, and too often, many of our choices are put on the back-burner.   If it is a decision based on life or death, obviously there is little choice but to make it.

We are faced with several decisions per hour in our personal or professional life and some we simulate and take action on and others we let simmer until it’s a bigger issue.  Why?  The reason is easy to understand.  We are justifying our inaction to make a decision through a process of thinking called Reluctant Justification. This process is the overpowering urge to do nothing rather than something based on a rationalization of current thought patterns that are your defense or barrier from getting things done.

Guess what….it is contagious.  I would venture to guess that many of the people around you have this same problem, because we tend to migrate toward people that have our same patterns.  The birds of a feather that flock together and there sit in preponderance of what is necessary to make changes.

The factor that creates this paralysis is generally the fear factor or the lazy factor. Patterns show that doing the same thing over and over leads to the same results, yet breaking those patterns unless recognized and changed, will continue to justify why you are where you are.   What are you willing to change in you…to change where you are? Certainly, if you can justify not doing it if you change on the inside first, you can change on the outside. It comes from your true determination and regained confidence in what you are and what you do.

Let’s face it, if you want to change, you need some help along the way.  What does your Goal Wall look like?  What affirmations do you have pasted to your mirror?  A friend of mine reminds me that thoughts are things, so what are you thinking to justify where you are?

My affirmation as a coach is simple, I believe that we need people around us that have more experience and will help us to focus and center.  The affirmation is as simple as what it reflects and that is……ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Reluctance justification means that you are willing to suffer a consequence due to procrastination based on whatever you can justify in your mind. If you want more, do more.  Without risk and change, it can’t happen.  Make a list and follow thru with your change and stop blaming the economy, your wife, your CA, work comp, insurance or anything else. The first person that needs convincing is who is looking back at you in the mirror.  Sometimes you have to get mad before you do anything about it.   It could be a course in self-analysis but whatever it is, find out what drives you to change, buckle your seatbelt, and get going.

Despite whom you would like to blame - you are the only hold-back. Start reading books and start defining yourself to be what you want to be, not what someone else expects you to be.

Start acting the part of a doctor and healer.   Ohhhh, did I say healer, I hope so.  Be more compelling and controversial rather than trying to fit in. Find the true you, and become comfortable with who you are and what you represent in your practice, your community, and this wonderful profession.  Constantly work on learning technique, philosophy, procedures, and implementing new ideas. The idea that you live in the world of many who suffer from the plaque of justifiable reluctance stops right here - right now.   

This is your time go out and prove yourself.   If you are not a member of your association or not sending money for political action in your area, start there.  Then, join the thousands that are already members of the alliance because we can make the big difference together. Become justifiably willing and a part of the solution and forget the past. This profession is all about you and your contribution to chiropractic so get started NOW!