Think about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers—They went toe to toe, and she had to do it in heels.  We have to hold ourselves to higher standards.

I remember leaving my chiropractic practice to go to one of my children’s ball games. The patients were irate. Two patients even told the receptionist, “If the doctor isn’t serious about the practice, I’m going elsewhere.”  So, I stayed, missed the games, missed the award ceremonies, missed my children’s lives, but I stayed in the office and over-delivered.

Years later my son joined my practice. The patients referred to him as “the doctor,” and to me as, “the mother.” One day, he left to go to his son’s little league game, and I covered the practice. The patients kept telling me what a great father he was.