Have you heard about this campaign to encourage people to learn how to cultivate optimism and gratitude? The idea is to make or buy a bracelet that reminds you. Every time you catch yourself complaining you are supposed to switch the bracelet to the other wrist. If you can reduce your level of complaints, or even go without complaining all together, for a couple of weeks - well, you'll probably have changed your attitude. Interesting.
Here's the story the way the Denver Post tells it.
2 comments:
Hey Marti,
I read this book and am giving it a go. It's a great reminder to watch our words. I'm planning to do a talk sometime soon called something like "From Griping to Gratitude." It seems good to focus on replacing complaining with something positive.
Shane
It's so hard for me not to excercise my well-developed whining skills! Yet there seems to be a better option. Probably just "not doing" something is pretty tough; doing something else instead is more do-able for us. e.g., don't just fast, fast and pray.
Send me a link to your talk if it gets posted anywhere!
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