Turning your ‘I HAVE-TO’ into an ‘I GET-TO’ …..

Today, I was asked the exact same question by two completely different people.

The first was my hairdresser. I popped into my local hair salon first thing this morning for a quick wash and straighten before heading off to the airport in order to get to Sydney to present my Private Practice Success one-day workshop. The second was my airport shuttle bus driver.

Both asked me….

“So, are you off to Sydney for work?”

Seems like a pretty normal question when making small talk, but in both instances I found myself pausing before answering.

The natural response would be to say yes.

But it felt like it would be a lie and I don’t like lying - not even small little white lies. 

So I paused……

The thing is, what I do is really not work to me. But saying something like ‘No, I’m flying to Sydney to change lives’ or ‘No, I’m flying to Sydney to have a day of growth, learning and fun with a room full of private practice owners’ would just sound so douche baggie (if that’s even a word). 

And who wants to be that…!

Still, that is what I GET TO do – how lucky am I ?!

All the guru’s tell you that you need to find your passion, that you need to find your meaning, and to pursue that….. and for me to know, each day, every day, that THAT is what I get to do is just so amazing. 

This morning I….

….GOT-TO drop my kids at school,

….GOT-TO have my hair washed and straightened at the salon,

….GOT-TO walk into my home office with my PA already waiting and making sure everything is packed for our Sydney trip,

….GOT-TO have breakfast without having to run around doing last minute chores before going off to the airport,

….GOT-TO be picked up at home by the airport shuttle and dropped off at departures,

….GOT-TO Voxer my Principal Psychologist (running my practice FOR me) and sharing with her the two priorities I want her to attend to this week,

….GOT-TO fly to Sydney

And tomorrow I will….

….GET-TO share my experience and knowledge around running a successful private practice with a room full of private practice owners,

….GET-TO make connections and build relationships that will last beyond just that one day,

….GET-TO to see the penny drop (multiple times) as what I teach expands the minds of those attending with permission, with potential, with empowerment of how they can help more people in better ways. 

Yes, I will walk away tomorrow night totally exhausted – having given it my all – but happy as I GET-TO to what I’m here to do.

I don’t tolerate HAVE-TO any more. 

When I have that ‘HAVE-TO’ thought, I ask myself….

Do I REALLY HAVE-T0?

Who said I HAVE-TO?

Is there someone else better suited to do this HAVE-TO?

If not, how does this get to be a GET-TO?

Whether you HAVE-TO or whether you GET-TO is really your choice. 

Don’t wait for someone else to make that choice for you. 

Embrace the GET-TO.

Release the HAVE-TO.

Now go and do you J

Yours in Private Practice Success,

Gerda

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GET-TO….

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About the Author:

Gerda Muller is a Clinical Psychologist and owner of two Award-Winning Brisbane-based Group Private Practices, The Psych Professionals.

After starting her PhD on the topic of "Psychologists as Practice Owners: Current Challenges, Coping & Success Predictors", Gerda was appalled at the lack of support for Allied Health Professionals going into Private Practice and decided to do something about it. This was the start of Private Practice Success Australia. E: [email protected] | W: gerdamuller.com.au

WINNER: Queensland MENTAL HEALTH Achievement Award for Best Small Business 2015