Break The Habit: You’re Complaining To The Wrong People

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Complaining Won’t Change Anything: Motivational Minute Ep. 009

On today’s episode of Live Lean TV, I’m sharing why complaining to the wrong people can keep you stuck in a cycle of frustration.

This is episode 009 from my Motivational Minute video series.

I want to talk about a topic that’s not necessarily related to Living Lean, it’s more about your life in general.

Think about the last time you complained about something.

Now think about who the person was you complained to.

Does that person actually have any control or power over fixing your complaint?

95% of the time they don’t.

You’re Complaining To The Wrong People

Think about it.

You complain to your:

• Husband or wife about your job.
• Mother about your husband or wife.
• Friends about the bad service you received at a restaurant.

The common variable is this.

The people you’re complaining to aren’t the cause of the complaint, so they can’t directly fix the problem.

However, you choose to complain to them because it’s more comfortable, rather than taking the risk and being open and honest in communicating with your husband, boss or the business, about working together to fix the issue, to help you get to your desired result.

Whether that result is better planning to make each others lives easier, or just paying more attention to each others needs.

This Is How Successful People Operate

When a situation arises, they don’t complain, they just take action and have that uncomfortable conversation in an attempt to fix it with the people directly involved in the situation.

If the situation is really important to you, you have to make the decision if it’s time to move on and find a new job, find a new partner, or find new friends.

I know it’s tough, because I’ve actually personally lived it.

However, when all the dust settles, I’m happier now, then I was then.

So remember, when you complain about something, you’re aware that things could be better.

But rather than just taking the action to fix it to get to that desired result, you decide to complain and dump that negative energy onto your husband or wife.

Next time you complain about something, either accept it, take responsibility for it and stop complaining, or take the action to go directly to the person that is involved, and work together to fix it.

Here’s Your Next Step: Think And Live Lean

Chapter 2.2 of my book, “Think And Live Lean“, is called Developing A Success Vs. Failure Conscious Mindset.

Within this chapter I include a quote that says, “Success Trains. Failure Complains.“

At the end of the of the chapter I outline the actionable steps designed to help you apply these principles to your daily life.

You can find “Think And Live Lean” in paperback, e-book, and audiobook versions, all available for purchase on Amazon.