Comments on: My 7-Day "No Complaining" Wrapup, or "How to Acknowledge Yourself 101" http://www.erica.biz/2008/my-7-day-no-complaining-wrapup-or-how-to-acknowledge-yourself-101/ Erica Douglass, "temporarily retired" after selling a successful business at age 26, writes thought-provoking blog entries challenging you to change your life and daring you to become more successful. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:01:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alexis http://www.erica.biz/2008/my-7-day-no-complaining-wrapup-or-how-to-acknowledge-yourself-101/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Alexis Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:09:43 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/2008/my-7-day-no-complaining-wrapup-or-how-to-acknowledge-yourself-101/#comment-1026 I found your blog by stumbling upon your Twitter profile through ramit, and exploring it to find the ebook he thanked you for. I'm really glad I came across your site. Without being aware of this post, I actually tried to do a 30 day fast from complaining two months ago (hard stuff!). Keep up the good work. I found your blog by stumbling upon your Twitter profile through ramit, and exploring it to find the ebook he thanked you for. I’m really glad I came across your site. Without being aware of this post, I actually tried to do a 30 day fast from complaining two months ago (hard stuff!). Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Jamie Harrop http://www.erica.biz/2008/my-7-day-no-complaining-wrapup-or-how-to-acknowledge-yourself-101/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Jamie Harrop Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:49:26 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/2008/my-7-day-no-complaining-wrapup-or-how-to-acknowledge-yourself-101/#comment-1025 Here is how I would have thought about that, Erica. You didn't spend two days cleaning and doing something with no worth. You spent two days cleaning and organising a huge pile of items that will eventually better the life of somebody else when you donate them. You did your monthly, feel-good, help a person task. You didn't waste your two days cleaning. You dedicated your time to helping somebody. It's a different way of thinking from your way, but ultimately they do the same thing. They turn something that appears to be negative in to what it truly is... a positive. It's interesting to see how people think about things. One mans task to grumble about is another mans task to learn and grow. To answer your question, I haven't quite gone through a no complaining exercise yet, but I did go through a "no excuses" exercise. Not too long ago I realised I would find an excuse for everything I didn't want to do. I spent a week without any excuses and before I knew it I was getting lost in invoices and payments. :) Here is how I would have thought about that, Erica.

You didn’t spend two days cleaning and doing something with no worth.

You spent two days cleaning and organising a huge pile of items that will eventually better the life of somebody else when you donate them. You did your monthly, feel-good, help a person task. You didn’t waste your two days cleaning. You dedicated your time to helping somebody.

It’s a different way of thinking from your way, but ultimately they do the same thing. They turn something that appears to be negative in to what it truly is… a positive.

It’s interesting to see how people think about things. One mans task to grumble about is another mans task to learn and grow.

To answer your question, I haven’t quite gone through a no complaining exercise yet, but I did go through a “no excuses” exercise. Not too long ago I realised I would find an excuse for everything I didn’t want to do. I spent a week without any excuses and before I knew it I was getting lost in invoices and payments. :)

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