Everyone wants a bigger Vision Story of Success, but very few people have a decision-making framework strong enough to protect it. Dr. Stephen and Dr. Pete unpack why core values are the invisible force behind sustainable growth, resilient leadership, healthy relationships, and thriving businesses. Through practical frameworks and deeply personal stories, they reveal how alignment between values, vision, and daily behavior becomes the difference between burnout and peace, between chasing success and actually living it.
If success has ever felt harder than it should, the answer may not be working harder, but getting clearer about what truly matters. This episode will help you get there.
In this episode you will discover:
- Why some of the biggest business struggles are actually values problems in disguise.
- The surprising reason highly successful leaders walk away from opportunities others would chase.
- A simple framework that exposes whether daily decisions are building success or quietly working against it.
- The hidden difference between having values and actually living by them.
- How one deeply personal story reveals the real cost of making decisions that conflict with what matters most.
Episode Highlights
01:15 – Core values can shape wealth far beyond finances, influencing business, health, marriage, family, and everyday life.
03:11 – Meaningful growth requires values strong enough to build resilience, character, and leadership capacity.
04:39 – A simple distinction reveals whether core values are guiding the business or merely decorating the wall.
08:04 – Sustainable success looks very different from a short burst of growth followed by exhaustion and burnout.
09:14 – The relationship between core values, vision, and behavior determines whether a leader is truly operating in alignment.
11:47 – Calendars, spending habits, attention, and energy often reveal personal values more clearly than words do.
13:55 – Misalignment between values and daily behavior creates stress, friction, and unnecessary difficulty.
16:49 – Burnout may be signaling something deeper than workload alone.
19:12 – Leaders can use core values as a practical standard for personal accountability, hiring, and team culture.
23:40 – One framework helps organize aligned values across life, marriage, parenting, finances, and business.
27:23 – A major personal dream becomes a real-world lesson in using values to make difficult decisions.
31:23 – Saying no to the wrong opportunity can protect freedom, peace of mind, and long-term success.
33:02 – The right technology should give chiropractors more time to care for people, not more work to manage. Dr. Pete speaks with Gabriel Doty from Success Partner ChiroHD about building smarter practice management software that streamlines workflows, improves efficiency, embraces meaningful AI innovation, and helps chiropractic practices scale with confidence while preparing for long-term success.
Resources Mentioned
To learn more about the REM CEO Program, please visit: http://www.theremarkablepractice.com/rem-ceo
For more information about ChiroHD visit: https://content.chirohd.com/remarkable-practice
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