Arnold Schwarzenegger once said:
“I have a rule: no complaining about a situation unless you’re prepared to do something to make it better. If you see a problem and you don’t come to the table with a potential solution, I don’t want to hear your whining about it. It couldn’t be that bad if it hasn’t motived you to try to fix it”.
I once had a manager that told me on day one that if I have a complaint, I shouldn’t say anything unless I have a solution.
I should bring her solutions instead of problems.
I haven’t seen the world the same since.
Now I see complaints for what they are: Empty words without action.
Solutions move us forward.
Whining leaves us stuck.
That lesson flipped my view of work and life.
Give me the solution, not the problem.