Don't Be An Idiot.: Recent Episodes

Dr. Jean-Marc Slak

The Guide to Doing Life Right. Dr. Jean-Marc Slak; chiropractor, teacher, coach. Achieving ongoing, lifelong wins requires skills, patience and support. Let's work this out. Dr. Jean-Marc arrived in the USA at age 20 with a couple hundred dollars in his pocket. 35 years later, he sets the example for balanced success. One of the fundamental tenets of this outcome is the ongoing desire to help, share and elevate others to their best and peak potential.

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Chiro couples!!!  How do we do it?  Decades working and living together and still being in love with our work and each other.

Then, I kick the hornet's nest and talk technique.  Ouch, I'm going to hear about this...

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Dr. Jean-Marc Slak is joined by Dr. Alithea Corter, Dr. Stephanie Rozenhart and Dr. Nicole Smith to discuss doctors' and candidates' wants and needs from an associate position.  Deep dive from all angles.  Listen before you dive in.  Big thanks to the above doctors as well as Dr. Dusty Dubois, Dr. Pam Jarboe, Dr. Stacey Rogers, Dr. Linda Slak, Dr. Dan Bai for putting it together for me.

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Dr. Jean-Marc Slak and Dr. Alithea Corter discuss the need to prepare and make backup plans for practice and family life.

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For doctors and professionals have their own version of Sophie's Choice.  Life may force us to choose between our life work and our parenting responsibilities.  Dr. Alithea and Dr. Jean-Marc discuss how these challenges came about and how they managed them.  Warning: we disagree...

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Dr. Alithea and Dr. Jean-Marc share how they made the tough choice.  When your child is sick, can you be both the best parent and the best doctor?  Or do you have to choose?  We talk about the process and transformation.  An important conversation.   I wish someone would have spoken to this before I had children!

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In this episode, Dr. Jean-Marc Slak and Dr. Alithea Corter discuss the unexpected aspects of their birth experiences.  They spell out the wonders and the terrors of this amazing moment.

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Life is sweet.  And hard.  And then you have kids...  Alithea and Jean-Marc talk about the joys and challenges of raising healthy kids in a crazy world.  We take a holistic view of life.  How do we bring up children who are healthy physically, emotionally and chemically?  Share your insights on the Don't Be An Idiot page.

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In this episode, Dr. Dan Bai reveals what happened and the internal and procedural keys to surviving business disaster. Together, we explore steps to gain and maintain success. For more info on Close for Chiro go to closeforchiro.com.

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If there is such a thing as a chiropractic super hero, Dr. Peter is one.  He does much more than anyone I know, he does it well and he does it consistently.  In this episode, we dive deep into his process and discover what makes him TIC, one action at a time.  Super dense and rich conversation.

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In this episode, Dr. Jean-Marc deploys rational arguments as a foundation for smart market positioning and logical pricing.

Price.  Commodity.  Uniqueness.  Market forces.  Supply and demand.  Why high prices are an easy key to separating you from your competition.

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In this episode, Dr. Jean-Marc explores the impact of this often forgotten chiropractic concept.  

Cataclysmic fast destruction.  Slow construction.  Relationships:  The wrong word.  Health: Growing a body, good food, exercise/accident and trauma.

Be patient with growth, deal with destruction. 

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In this episode, Dr. Jean-Marc reveals long held secrets to inner peace and life-long success. Commitment, discipline, ease of life.  The value of trustworthiness.  Self-trust and certainty.  Being helpful.  Certainty, confidence, influence.  Fear of being found out.

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In this episode, Dr. Jean-Marc lays the framework for the podcast.  Life is full of choices.  Good ones, bad ones, confusing ones, stupid ones.  How do sort them out.  Values and value-based decision making.  The power of decisions.