Four Tweets from Dr. Bradberry's Journal on Complaining

I recently read Dr. Travis Bradberry's journal How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity.  I included the hyperlink in my following Friday's Weekly Agenda to Faculty and Staff as the "Link of the Week."  Here are four tweets from the article:

Repeated complaining rewires your brain to make future complaining more likely. Over time, it’s easier to be negative than to be positive, regardless of what’s happening around you. Complaining becomes your default behavior, which changes how people perceive you.- @talentsmarteq

— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) February 22, 2018

When you feel like complaining, shift your attention to something that you’re grateful for. - @talentsmarteq #leadupchat #edchat

— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) February 22, 2018

Per @talentsmarteq, if you have to complain, focus on solution-oriented complaining:
1. Have a clear purpose. 2. Start with something positive. 3. Be specific 4. End on a positive. #leadupchat #edchat

— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) February 22, 2018

If a person were smoking, would you sit there all afternoon inhaling the second-hand smoke? You’d distance yourself, and you should do the same with complainers. - @talentsmarteq #leadupchat #edchat

— Craig Smith (@CSmithGoBlue) February 22, 2018

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