Welcome to the game to your life.

I'm Dave Anderson, and it's time for our Friday.

Two-minute warning edition, posted on Fridays to give you something to think about,

watch for, or do to finish your week strong and maximize your weekend. I will also include an

occasional red zone rant, and that happens today. I want to talk about stop the whining,

whether it's you or maybe there's someone you need to share this with.

Here is some insight, two minutes worth or so, on whining. You look up the definition of wine,

W-H-I-N-E, to snivel or complain in a self-pitying manner. What it really says is,

poor me, let me tell you what happened, I want to be a victim. Key things people normally whine about. They're not making enough money. Well, maybe you should be making more money, although maybe this is the case as well, whiner. Maybe you're complaining about the money you don't make from the work you won't do. Ah, maybe you need to work longer, harder, smarter. People say, well, I didn't get the promotion. and they like to whine about this in the workplace. Well, let me ask you this. Maybe you should have gotten it, but maybe you shouldn't have gotten it. Let's look at it honestly. Have you just been showing up or have you been stepping up? Did you do all you can or just what's required? Do you continue to work on yourself or just on your job? Do you help other people or you just in it for yourself? Oh, I don't get enough recognition. People claim others because they're not getting enough recognition. They're not getting enough credit. Well, let me tell you something. You shouldn't need it. Is it the right thing for someone to do? Yes, if you earn it and deserve it. It should be nice. It shouldn't be necessary because you should be so on fire from within. You want more recognition,

though? Here is a suggestion. Become more excellent. Create a higher impact. It's really hard

to ignore excellence and impact and contribution. Stop promoting yourself, start improving

yourself. Give that a try. And stop blaming bad luck.

Quit whining about that stuff. It's usually not bad luck. It's poor decisions. Quit blaming bad

breaks. What you need to break is the destructive pattern of thinking that gives you something to

whine about. Put the pacifier down. Pull your big boy pants up and take control of your destiny. Stop the whining. Focus on what you can control. Let me close with this. You may not be able to add years to your life, but you can add life to your years and you can start right now by stopping the whining if you're a whiner. If you're not a whiner, don't start. Stop being lived.

Start living. The game change your life. And we'll talk again real soon. You know,