In his presentation, Dr. Breck Beasley
said that in order for someone to achieve
success, one needs to be receptive to it. |
During the opening of Palmer Destination
Success: A Journey From Within on
March 31, Vice Chancellor for Student
Success Kevin Cunningham, D.C., Ph.D.,
told the audience that “at Palmer College
you’ll gain the knowledge you need to
have a successful chiropractic career.”
This new center is dedicated to excellence
in the development of chiropractic business
skills, Dr. Cunningham said, through
modules that teach students how to do
community health talks, provide information
on office software packages and practice
management programs, and a mentoring
program with alumni.
Chancellor Larry Patten challenged students
in the crowd to “find the delight of
your life, and then commit to what you’ve
decided, trust and believe in yourselves,
then wait, because the world doesn’t run
on your clock.”
Another speaker, Arlen Fuhr, D.C., president
and co-founder of Activator Methods
International, Ltd., spoke about how to
establish cultural authority, for individuals
and for the chiropractic profession. If only
seven percent of the population go to a
chiropractor, then 93 percent of the population
needs you, he told the audience.
Cheryl Langley, D.C., spoke about
“Mastering Your Lifetime Care Practice.”
She said that because she wanted to
build a practice for families and children,
she started attracting families with
children to her practice and then their
extended families.
Dr. Frank Sovinsky told the audience, “If you’re compassionate, the law of attraction
says you’ll attract people who really need compassion.” |
Later, the presentation by Frank Sovisky,
D.C., Davenport ’81, featured a backand-
forth banter with the audience.
“Are you in it to win it?” he asked. The
audience shouted back, “I am in it to
win it.” He told them, “Chiropractors
don’t always agree, but we are loud and
the world will know we are here.”
The audience then learned about the six
principles of success as presented by
Chuck Gibson, D.C., Davenport ’55.
“First,” he said, “you must have a belief
with absolute conviction. Secondly, you
must be an optimist, and third, you must
have courage. The fourth principle is that
you must have character, and the fifth is
that you must have relentless preparation.
The sixth principle of success is to learn
to communicate.”
Between sessions, 8th trimester Davenport
Campus student Geoff Huls explained
why he originated the idea of Destination
Success. “When I got into school here at
Palmer, I realized the business skills were
lacking,” he said. “All I could think about
was this center. We could lead and inspire
people at The Fountainhead.”
Mr. Huls then passed his ideas on to a
group of other students. Then they took
his concept to the College, which saw an
opportunity for the program to provide
opportunities for graduates as well. “Now
it’s become the Palmer Center for Business
Development–Destination Success,” he
said. “This will allow us to develop the
business skills we need to be successful.
It’s going to be an amazing resource for
students. This has been a partnership
between the students, the faculty and
the staff at Palmer College.”
Dave Campbell, another Davenport
Campus student who helped develop
Destination Success, had one word to
describe the event. “Phenomenal,” he said.
“It’s better than I could ever have imagined.
The energy is fantastic.”
From the alumni side, Lisa Killinger,
D.C., Davenport ’83, of the Palmer
Center for Chiropractic Research, also
saw a value for graduates who already
have established practices. “I hear from
so many alumni that they truly value
the education they’ve received at Palmer
but would like to be able to learn more
about the business side of chiropractic,”
said Dr. Killinger.
The inaugural Destination Success event
was also host to dozens of exhibitors during
EXPO in the Lyceum Hall Ballroom.
One of the vendors who regularly appears
at events throughout the country said that
it was the best event of its kind that he’d
ever been to. The venue also gave students
and chiropractors a place to meet and network
between sessions.
“It’s a dream come true, and it’s brought
excitement back into the lives of the students,”
added program originator Geoff
Huls. “People are on fire for chiropractic
and their future.”