The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work (Jon Gordon)

by Jon Gordon

Step 2. When you do complain, because you most certainly will—everyone does—use your complaining to your advantage. You see, every complaint has an opposite. If there is something you don’t like, then there is something you do like. If there is something you are not happy about, then there is something that would make you happy. Complaining can actually be a gift if we use it correctly. If we pay attention to our thoughts, words, and complaints, we will learn a lot about what we don’t want and don’t like. We can then use what we don’t want and don’t like as a catalyst to help us determine what we do want and do like. The fact is, we will never completely eliminate complaining from our life. The key is to turn complaining against itself and make it work for us. Instead of letting it generate negative energy, we can use it for a positive purpose.