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The best way to complain is to make things better.
Seth Godin • Complaints
If you go out and all you do is make the same mistakes that I could have gotten in some other company, then there's no ROI on this investment […] I can buy those mistakes somewhere else. I think that, in some ways, this pursuit of original mistakes is sort what one is doing as a startup founder in a constructive way, right? […] It's a huge red flag... See more
They say that the best way to complain is to make things better. It’s difficult to do that if you can’t spread the word, can’t share those ideas, or can’t get paid for the work you do. The first step on the path to make things better is to make better things.
Seth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Setting aside the normal day to day gripes, which aren't the problem, ask yourself this the next time you're tempted to complain: what have I done to fix this?
In our house, we have a rule: no bitching about something you haven't tried to fix. If you've made the effort to address an issue and been unsuccessful, ok. Bitching still isn't encouraged, b
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the best way to complain is to make things better.
Seth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Many complaints either fail to take into account the full picture or reflect a closed-minded point of view. They are what I call “chirping,” and are generally best ignored. But constructive complaints may lead to important discoveries.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
- Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started.
- Cohesive teams, the right combination of calmness and urgency, and unreasonable commitment are how things get finished. Long-term orientation is in short supply; try not to worry about what people think in the short t