Last week my kid had a small cough. And even though the doctor checked him out, said everything was fine, wrote a note, etc… the teachers wouldn’t let him back at school until the cough was gone. So, he stayed home with me all last week. Anyway, he’s better now, back at school, but yesterday Read more about Should I be hurtful or helpful? 🤷♂️[…]
One day, a friend of a friend went on Amazon and searched for “pet supplies”. He sorted all the listings by popularity to find the absolute best selling products. Then he clicked into these top products, and went down to the customer reviews section. But, he wasn’t searching for good reviews, he was only interested Read more about Looking for problems (to solve)[…]
If I told everyone a joke, many of you would laugh… But if I told the exact same joke the next day, only a couple people would laugh… And if I told the same joke a third day in a row, nobody would laugh. You’d all be thinking, “hey dude, go get some new material! Read more about Stop complaining… People don’t like broken records.[…]
Alan was a senior manager at a big engineering firm. He always kept a chicken timer on his desk. 🐔 Whenever an employee came into his office to complain about something, Alan gave them the chicken timer, and told them to go into the bathroom and set the timer for 3 minutes. He said for Read more about The Chicken Timer[…]
I found a cool trick to help me create a habit of complaining less… It started last month when I realized I was complaining a lot to my wife. Every day when she got home from work I would unload the details of my day on her and complain about all the little things that Read more about No complaining until April 1st![…]
“You are living someone else’s dream life” Let’s think about this for a second… There is someone out there in the world right now that is less fortunate. When they close their eyes and dream of the perfect life, they picture your current situation. What you have, what you do, your freedom, etc… Given Read more about Don’t complain… because…[…]