Episode 89-How To Stop Complaining

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Today we cover...

How to stop complaining. Below are two links we talked about:

Psychology Today

Talent Smart EQ

And here are the 20 questions Tracy created for an exercise to see if you can process your "complaint" rather than complaining and come to some resolution or solution. 

20 questions to eliminate complaining

1. What is the complaint/problem?
2. Who is involved?
3. On a scale of 1-10 one being I have never seen them before and ten being I live with them, how important is this relationship to me?
4. How are they affected?
5. What are the unknowns?
6. How can the unknowns become known?
7. How would knowing the unknowns fix or exacerbate the problem?
8. Is there any other communication that needs to happen?
9. What is the best way for that communication to take place?
10. What parts of the problem am I grateful for?
11. How am I grateful for the people involved in this problem?
12. What are the threats to my relationship with the people involved?
13. How can I reduce those threats?
14. What is within my control relating to this whole situation?
15. What is not within my control relating to this whole situation?
16. What are my desired outcomes?
17. What are my options?
18. What are the risks of said options?
19. What is the best option with the least risk?
20. What option did I choose?

Tracy and Cathrine

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Tracy DeGraaf is a U.S.A. national touring comedian based in the Chicago area working primarily with churches and hospitals on outreach events. She is a Christian and a breast cancer survivor who combines two of her passions: Jesus and Mammograms into her comedy ministry. She loves Jesus, but doesn’t want women to meet Him just yet. At her church shows she points the audience to Jesus at the end and at her hospital shows she encourages all to get and stay current on cancer screenings.

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