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Complaining goes nowhere
Do you complain?
Do you like to complain?
I'm going to tell you to stop complaining. Stop right now.
And hear this: Successful people are not complainers.
There's plenty to complain about:
- Your boss.
- Your spouse.
- Your kids.
- The government.
- The weather.
- The greedy driver that took your parking place.
- The rude clerk at the store.
- The price of gasoline.
- Having your favorite TV program preempted.
- The people at the office that gossip all day.
- Hey, I bet you complain about stuff I never thought of.
Just sit still for a couple minutes and think what good comes from all this complaining. None. It gets you absolutely nowhere.
After you've done your complaining, whatever you complained about is still there. Nothing has changed.
You have totally wasted your time because nothing has changed. And you have totally bored whoever had to listen to your whimpering and whining.
If you really want to change something so you'll be happier, and everyone around you will be happier, then simply stop complaining.
For one day, just one day, do not complain. Not even once. Not about anything.
At the end of that day, I guarantee you that you will feel better and you'll be a more likeable person.
How about you?
- Do you complain, gripe, whine, or grumble?
- Can you think of one thing you actually gain by complaining?
- Can you get through just one day without complaining?
- Now that feels better. So try it for one more day.
Ross Runkel, Post Office Box 1031, Salem, Oregon
97308-1031.
Phone 503-399-8028. Fax 503-566-8844. email Ross@LawMemo.Com
