Aug 17, 2026 · 50 min · 17 segments
What separates a knowledgeable chiropractor from one who builds lasting patient relationships and a thriving practice? In Part One of this Chirosphere conversation, Dr. Dennis Short joins Dr. Ray…
Dennis ShortGuest
Ray FoxworthHost
Yeah, I don't remember the full story about Warren Buffett, but, uh, the bits and pieces I remember of, of him talking to a, a group of graduating seniors and him making some kind of promise that if they would go through public school, or, or excuse me, public speaking, that he would back them financially in whatever business they went in, and he would get 10%.
Because, you know, he found out that the most important skill that he had was his ability to communicate.
Um, let's face it, it seems the younger generations, uh, whether it was through COVID or, uh, just the evolution of social media, they kinda withdrew.
And, um, I mean, I've done interviews with potential employees, and they can't have a conversation-
... because they're usually, you know, like this, or they communicate in BRB and LOL and, and they, they, they just don't have the communication skills.
So have you seen people that have maybe been, uh, very involved in social media, the ones that kinda tend to self-isolate? Um, has that had an impact on the, on the students that you guys are training, or, or have you seen that?
Like I said, we see students definitely come in that ha- that struggle with their communication skills.
You know, our school is still small, so I have the ability to go in and cherry-pick people and say, "Hey, you're struggling with this.
Let me help you through all that," and try to help them through, you know, communications.
Um, apparently, I'm intimidating too, right? Uh, so what it comes down to it is they don't necessarily open up to me, but I force them to say, "Okay, let's have a conversation." And so they get warmed up to that.
And if they can, you know, warm up to me, they can tr- kind of warm up to anybody.
But, you know, think about now, um, when we think about things that are worth a lot in this world, something that's high value, it's because it's rare, okay? Gold is rare.
So in, in the world today, I think there's a higher percentage of people that are very introverted, that are just would rather communicate with you through a screen.
So now the people that are succeeding in our profession, for instance, that have that great gregarious, outgoing, you know, talk, talk to anybody, that type of thing, that person is booming in practice.
Yeah, I don't remember the full story about Warren Buffett, but, uh, the bits and pieces I remember of, of him talking to a, a group of graduating seniors and him making some kind of promise that if they would go through public school, or, or excuse me, public speaking, that he would back them financially in whatever business they went in, and he would get 10%.
Because, you know, he found out that the most important skill that he had was his ability to communicate.
Um, let's face it, it seems the younger generations, uh, whether it was through COVID or, uh, just the evolution of social media, they kinda withdrew.
And, um, I mean, I've done interviews with potential employees, and they can't have a conversation-
... because they're usually, you know, like this, or they communicate in BRB and LOL and, and they, they, they just don't have the communication skills.
So have you seen people that have maybe been, uh, very involved in social media, the ones that kinda tend to self-isolate? Um, has that had an impact on the, on the students that you guys are training, or, or have you seen that?
Like I said, we see students definitely come in that ha- that struggle with their communication skills.
You know, our school is still small, so I have the ability to go in and cherry-pick people and say, "Hey, you're struggling with this.
Let me help you through all that," and try to help them through, you know, communications.
Um, apparently, I'm intimidating too, right? Uh, so what it comes down to it is they don't necessarily open up to me, but I force them to say, "Okay, let's have a conversation." And so they get warmed up to that.
And if they can, you know, warm up to me, they can tr- kind of warm up to anybody.
But, you know, think about now, um, when we think about things that are worth a lot in this world, something that's high value, it's because it's rare, okay? Gold is rare.
So in, in the world today, I think there's a higher percentage of people that are very introverted, that are just would rather communicate with you through a screen.
So now the people that are succeeding in our profession, for instance, that have that great gregarious, outgoing, you know, talk, talk to anybody, that type of thing, that person is booming in practice.
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