The Mindset Mentor - Complaining is Not a Strategy

Episode Date: June 13, 2016

Episode 127 - Every time you complain to take a step away from your goals. Complaining has no value. Complaining is a cancer that eats you from the inside and it is completely self inflicted. In this episode I talk about the CEO Amazon and his thoughts on complaining. Want to learn more about Mindset Mentor+? For nearly nine years, the Mindset Mentor Podcast has guided you through life's ups and downs. Now, you can dive even deeper with Mindset Mentor Plus. Turn every podcast lesson into real-world results with detailed worksheets, journaling prompts, and a supportive community of like-minded people. Enjoy monthly live Q&A sessions with me, and all this for less than a dollar a day. If you’re committed to real, lasting change, this is for you.Join here 👉 www.mindsetmentor.com My first book that I’ve ever written is now available. It’s called LEVEL UP and It’s a step-by-step guide to go from where you are now, to where you want to be as fast as possible.📚If you want to order yours today, you can just head over to robdial.com/bookHere are some useful links for you… If you want access to a multitude of life advice, self development tips, and exclusive content daily that will help you improve your life, then you can follow me around the web at these links here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYoutube

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I have for you is, are you a complainer or do you know a complainer? Are you a recovering complainer that's clean and sober from complaining? Or do you complain in your head? And that's the thing. You might not always complain verbally, but you might complain in your head as soon as something happens. And that's what most people don't think about. And we all know those people that if you just, you know, just more than anything else, they love to complain. It's no matter what it is, they're a complainer, it festers in their head. And we all know those people. And if you're one of them, let me give you some advice on why to change your mindset and why this will change your life. Like I said before, there is no good, there is no bad, only the labels that we attach to them. So if you're complaining about something,

what you're doing is you're automatically taking a step back. You're not going forward, you're taking a step back. And we all know that you're either green and growing or you're brown and dying. And if you're complaining, you're brown and dying and going backwards. Everything in life is a learning experience. Therefore, there is no reason to complain. Let me say that again. Everything in life is a learning experience. That's how it should be treated. And therefore, there is no reason to complain because no matter what happens, it is quote unquote good because you learn from it, even if it should be considered a quote unquote bad. And this is very, very important for you to understand. The hardest things in life are the best things for you to learn. Some of the hardest things you'll go through in your entire life are

some of the best learning experiences that you'll ever have. Complaining is a disease and it does no good. It does no good for you. It doesn't make you go further. It makes you go backwards. It actually makes you take a step back and making you even further from your goal than you want to be. So if you're a complainer, you either need to start looking for the good in every single thing and challenge yourself to do that, or you need to learn to develop thick skin. And one thing that I loved and where this all came from is I was thinking about it and I heard a quote from Jeff Bezos and he was in an interview and somebody asked him, he said, there's almost no margin and you're taking almost no margin on some of these products and you're prepared to make it so thin, the margin's so thin that you can drive

people out of business. And you have that kind of strength. And the worry is, is Amazon ruthless in their pursuit of the market share? And that's the question that he asked him. Jeff Bezos, if you don't know, is the CEO and founder of Amazon. And Jeff Bezos said, the internet is disrupting every media industry. You know, people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. Amazon is not happening to book selling. The future is happening to book selling. And at that point in time, if you know what a mic drop is, that would be a mic drop right after it. Here's the thing. What he's saying is that Amazon is not putting these companies out of business.

is that Amazon is not putting these companies out of business. The internet, the world, everything that's changing, technology is putting them out of business. Amazon just happens to be at the forefront of it. So let me say this again. The internet is disrupting every media industry. You know, people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. Amazon is not happening to book selling. The future is happening to book selling. The future is happening to book selling. So if you own a business, lots of entrepreneurs love to complain, but complaining is not a strategy to make your company make more money. And Gary Vaynerchuk says this perfectly. He says, there was something I was watching the other day and he was talking to a guy who's doing a question answer at South by Southwest. And this guy lives

in Houston. And he was just complaining about the fact that marijuana is not legal in Houston yet. So he can't open the business that he wants to. And he literally says, nobody gives a F about your feelings. Entrepreneurship doesn't give an F about your feelings. Nobody in this room gives an F about your feelings. He said, unsuccessful entrepreneurs are the ones that complain about stuff instead of actually going out and looking at the world for what it is and making adjustments where they need to make adjustments. So same exact thing that Jeff Bezos is saying

about Amazon. It's not that his company is putting these companies out of business. All of the other companies are putting themselves out of business because they're not making changes quick enough or they're complaining about the fact that they can't stay open because they have to take low margins. So what I'll say to you is if you are an entrepreneur, if you're anybody and you're trying to make changes and you're trying to become better and you're trying to grow your business or you're trying to grow your personal brand, complaining is not going to get you anywhere. If you work for somebody, complaining is not going to get you anywhere. You have to learn to make adjustments. The world is changing so fast and in the next five years, it's only going to

change faster. And the people who can stay on top of the change and ahead of the curve are going to be the most successful people in the world in the next five years or so. So I challenge you, my challenge for you over the next couple days is can you find a way to spin every single thing that's negative that happens to you into a positive? Can you find a way to spin everything that happens to you, no matter what it is, into a positive? If you get hit by a car, can you figure out a way to spin that into a positive? Because naturally what most people want to do is complain and complaining gets you nowhere because complaining is not a strategy. Complaining is a cancer that eats you from the inside and gets you nowhere and

actually makes you go further from your goals. Complaining is a cancer. Get rid of it and you will be happier and you will be more successful. So with that, once again, if you are interested in group coaching, go to mwfmotivation.com slash coaching to go and learn about group coaching. For me, there's a video up there so you can see that. If you're interested in being my social media manager, send me your information, rob at mwfmotivation.com. And with that, I'm gonna leave you the same way I leave you every single episode.

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