Dr. Wayne Pernell shifts his mindset from 'have to' to 'get to' by starting each day saying thank you. This simple practice transforms how he experiences a packed schedule, turning obligations into opportunities and dread into appreciation.
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I really appreciated what you were saying about in one of your prior podcasts about looking at what we have not as what we. Looking at work is not what we have to do, but what we get to do and seeing it as more and more of an opportunity. And I feel that that is so true for me, particularly now, because it's so. I'm so incredibly busy, and I get up every day thinking, I have to do this. I have to do this. But at the same time, it's joyful when I'm actually doing it, I'm like, I really love this, you know, so it's true. There's, like, so much, you know, joy that comes out of it. And I'm happy that I get to. To do the work that I do in terms of you when you live in gratitude. Right? So I start my day with. Right. I start my day with, thank you. Yes. And then instead of looking at my calendar going, oh, my gosh, what's the day hold? It's like.