From: Dr. Margolies

E-mail message: Being in the Zone

Wežve all heard the term „playing in the zone.ū An athlete like Michael Jordon plays 
the basketball court as if he owns it .. his level of comfort .. adrenalin rush .. focus .. is 
at its peak when he is on the court. Every opposing player is a pawn on his chess 
board as he weaves and jumps to the excitment of the fans and his accountant. A 
great pianist sits before an audience and with every agile and delicate movement of 
flying fingers adds life to wooden keys .. is this not true with every great individual? Is 
greatness within our mortal reach .. or .. is it given to others we can only watch from 
afar?

During my three years of teaching to 14th quarter students at Life University with only 
weeks prior to their walking papers and professional journey .. Ižve sensed who will 
be the winners and who will have to work harder to reach their potential. I know who 
sits up and pays attention and those that would rather sleep through their most 
important class in years. I acknowledge those that have the need to absorb class 
material and ask questions either within class or during breaks and office hours. These 
are the searchers .. leaving their school experince assured that prior to their 
graduation date they leave chances aside and demand answers to the many questions 
that are circling within their heads. The winners, I know will have highlighted their 
Smart Start textbook and spent a few minutes a week visualizing implementing these 
practical and successful ideas 

Seems that when students reach this pinnacle of education they have a mindset and 
many have firmed up their opinions .. you know .. theyžve primed their pisiforms and 
are ready to go out amongst the masses.  In my class each are given the tools to 
succeed but many stare at it and still wonder where itžs at. Some will await their fate 
by working as journeymen and women hoping to get a glimpse of the possibility and 
have others guide them .. like searching pilgrims. Some have the illusion that by 
spending thousands of even more borrowed dollars on post graduate programs they 
will be given the keys to success and then place the material they paid dearly for 
under their office telephone and by default itžll ring with new patients. Some have 
become techno terriorists .. with the belief that as a whole our profession is fraught 
with frauds and only their technic works therefore rather than working together we 
often work a part. Trust me .. Ižve encountered it all .. and from my vantage point .. 
Ižve decided that power (being in the zone) comes from many sources .. and that 
getting to the zone is a daily journey .. when it happens the gifted know it but the 
majority stare at it and let it just pass them by.  So .. is it within reach of every person 
reading this e-mail? Ižve become more docile in my mature years .. more understanding 
since being in the training camp of a chiropractic college .. more giving to those 
searching for answers and those on the fringe of their personal zone. I know it is 
available to all.


Being in the zone includes your staff. How often do you attend a seminar and walk 
amongst the doctors and staff and as you leave you just know that this or that group 
have their act together. Itžs not their external features .. size .. age .. tint of hair but 
itžs the collective them. They seem confident in their level of knowledge .. their ability 
to work the court as if they own it .. their ability to weave and jump with the variance 
of external factors .. such as managed care .. patient upsets .. whatever. They .. as an 
office .. are agile enough to play their community like the strings on a great violin .. 
allowing the waves of sound to flow from within giving a soothing comfort of caring to 
those they meet and provide their wonderful service to. They have confidence in their 
product .. chiropractic .. and as a team they work in harmony .. they are truly in the 
zone. 

Being in the zone .. as a journey .. requires work. I realize these e-mails go throughout 
the world and reaches doctors preaching from many pulpits. Some are super successful 
and probably find these messages redundant .. while others are either new .. 
floundering .. or stuck at a level of success they wish to move towards further 
greatness. The super successful .. whether they know it or not .. and beleive me they 
know it .. have to maintain their greatness with continued successful procedures and 
service. They cling onto those that share their vision .. they understand that the 
mysterious stream of success is as demanding today as it was the day they started. 
Those less fortunate have the gift to reach levels of success they only see within their 
minds eye. They need to begin with the basics .. strengthen their power base with 
continued belief in their knowledge .. technic .. procedures .. scripts. They must believe 
in themselves .. in chiropractic .. in the innate power of the body to assist them in the 
patientžs quest to be well. They must attract like minded people .. staff and patients .. 
and by doing so expect .. not hope .. that this enthusiam and strength is the draw that 
brings their community closer to them. The power of the zone is as close as the beat 
within your breast. If you look outside for an inside flame it will only delay its intensity 
and continuity. Being a Michael Jordan may be a stretch but being more of you than 
you have dreamed is possible. Start by deciding where your professional strengths are 
.. focus on this .. share it with others. At this point the search is over .. you are in the 
zone .. now enjoy the ride. 

Dr. M