Developing Confidence is Easy, You Just Have to Lose the Complaining
A couple of years ago, I was at the airport just waiting to pick up my luggage after a long haul flight. People were milling around the conveyor belt while it stubbornly refused to start.
I looked around and saw an older gentleman whining loudly about the sorry state of the airport. By the time he was thirty seconds into his rant, a few more people had joined in.
A little distance away, a man was busy working while he had literally perched his laptop on the flat handle of the trolley while waiting for his luggage.
The older gentleman was still whining, still annoyed, was still complaining into thin air as he waited.
The other man who was dealing with the same situation was taking the time to do something important.
One is transforming a bad situation into a worse one.
The other is accepting of the situation and is making the most of it.
Which person do you think is more confident in their lives?
It’s hard not to complain
I bet it’s easy to sympathize with the older gentleman. He hadn’t done anything wrong after all. He was simply dissatisfied with the situation.
