Don’t let anyone rain on your parade
Don’t let it rain on your parade
Another favorite complaint area is the weather. It starts to rain and people say, “What a lousy, miserable day.” Why does some moisture from the heavens make it a lousy day?
When someone makes that remark to me, I respond, “It’s wet out – but it’s a great day!” By associating rain with “lousy day,” you’re programming yourself in a negative way. Furthermore, your complaints about the weather won’t change the conditions. It simply makes no sense to get upset about things over which you have no control – and which have no significant impact on your life.
Finally, there are the petty complaints, such as “The waiter didn’t come over to take my order for five minutes” or “John got an office with a larger window than I have.” Life presents too many difficult challenges for us to get bogged down with silly things like that. And when you gripe about insignificant things, you’re also saying something about yourself. If I’m your employer or a member of your team, I’m wondering how you’ll react when we really have a problem worth worrying about!
