Coach Andrea’s Intro

This week’s Tip by Jon Gordon provides tools for reframing the way you look at work situations. If you have been following my Tips and doing the homework, you aren’t a person who complains about work, however those around you may not have evolved to this point. Feel free to share this week’s Tip with them. What’s the point in complaining? It drags down your energy (and the energy of those around you) and doesn’t provide solutions. It would be more productive to use this energy to create solutions (see 3. below).

Quote of the Week

“Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.”
~Anthony J. D’Angelo

Three No Complaining Tools

by Jon Gordon

1. The But – Positive Technique. This simple strategy helps you turn your complaints into positive thoughts, solutions, and actions. When you realize that you are complaining, you simply add the word but and then add a positive thought or positive action.
2. Focus on “Get To” instead of “Have To.” Too often we complain and focus on what we have to do. Instead, shift your perspective and realize it’s not about having to do anything. You get to do things. You get to go to work while so many are unemployed. Focus on what you get to do.
3. Turn Complaints into Solutions. The goal is not to eliminate all complaining. The intent is to eliminate the kind of mindless complaining that doesn’t serve a greater purpose and allow complaining that is justified and worthwhile. Every complaint represents an opportunity to turn a negative into a positive (Gordon, p. 49).

From: Gordon, J. (2008). The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Reprinted with permission from the OSU Leadership Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, (614) 292-3114, http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu.

What’s New

March 23, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Keefe Continuing Education

Empowering Yourself!

Do you feel like you need to make a significant change in your business or personal life and would like some support to address these issues? I will provide my 5-step program for gaining control of your life.

This seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Keefe Tech, Framingham, MA. To reserve your place, please call 508-935-0202 or go to www.ktconed.org/health_and_lifestyle.htm.

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