The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work
by Jon Gordon
published
June 23rd 2008
by Wiley
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Hardcover, 176 pages
isbn
0470279494
(isbn13: 9780470279496)
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"It’s Tuesday morning and Hope walks into her office with puffy eyes, a swollen head and a broken heart. Unfortunately her company, EZ Tech, is in worse shape than she is. The fact that their computer batteries are catching on fire are the least of their problems. Employees have been posting negative comments about management on internet blogs for the world to see, the media is attacking the credibility of the company, morale is at an all time low, negativity is at an all time high and the stock price is falling faster than the Titanic. As head of Human Resources, Hope is charged with finding a solution to overcome the biggest challenge in her company’s history. In the process of battling her own adversity she discovers The No Complaining Rule and other positive ways to save her company and herself from ruin." ...more
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Read in August, 2008
I just finished this book and it is marvelous. I have heard of the Complaint Free World concept and actually have the purple wristband. This book is NOT affiliated with the above mentioned organization, but does acknowledge them in the book.
The concept is simple, stop complaining for one day. Use resources such as when you think of a complaint add a but. For example: The mechanics are taking much too long to fix my...more
The concept is simple, stop complaining for one day. Use resources such as when you think of a complaint add a but. For example: The mechanics are taking much too long to fix my...more
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"The No Complaining Rule", by Jon Gordon, is about positive ways to deal with negativity. Jon writes, "In fact I use to be a professional complainer. I blamed everyone else for all my problems…My complaining and negativity got so bad that my wife gave me an ultimatum. Change or I was off the bus. I was dejected, rejected, and about to be ejected!" He further tells us he came from a long line of complainers, he is Jewish-Italian.
The book is about ending mindless, chr...more
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Read in August, 2008
My boss gave me this book to read and she wants the two of us to start the "No Complaining Week". The idea behind the book is good: Positive thoughts lead to postive outcomes. Complaining and being negataive is a cancer in life, organizations and teams. True, but not very orginial.
The book is poorly written using the character "Hope" to explain the ideas. The "No Complaining Rule" solves her problem at work, reunites her with her teenage kids, helps her through ...more
The book is poorly written using the character "Hope" to explain the ideas. The "No Complaining Rule" solves her problem at work, reunites her with her teenage kids, helps her through ...more
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I read this in a couple of hours. It's somewhat simplistic, but it also has some very good ideas—mainly, that we all do a lot of mindless complaining which means we're not looking for any solutions to the problems we are complaining about, and therefore we're making things worse. A lot of complaining is just a bad habit.
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I tried really hard to finish this book but it was impossible. The margins and text were large and the content was less than tolerable. I had high hopes for some good tips on promoting positive attitudes in the workplace. But it wasn't anything new and could have been a much smaller book.
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Read in November, 2008
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Everyone!!! This is my favorite book.
