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Get Off The Nail!

Guest post by: JoAnn Youngblood King

Article Overview: Take action towards your dreams and goals instead of complaining.

Get Off The Nail!

There is a story that I heard many years ago from author and motivational speaking, Les Brown. I share this story often and would like to share it with you today.

I was walking down the street and happened to see a man sitting on his porch. Next to the man was his dog, who was and whimpering. I asked the man "What's wrong with your dog" The man said "He's laying on a nail". I asked "Laying on a nail?, Well why doesn't he get up?" The man then replied "It's not hurting bad enough."

I love this story! If you don't like the way things are in your life, stop complaining and take some action! Get off the nail!

Many of us say that we are sick and tired of the way our life is going. However, how tired are we really? If you have been trying to accomplish something for a very long time and you're not seeing any results, you may have gotten accustomed to "whimpering" about it. I have learned that we can become addicted to our moods. Although we may not like being in a complaining mood, they are familiar and comfortable to us like an old habit. Knowing this is wonderful, because we have the power inside to change old habits as well as our moods.

Get off the nail! Stop complaining about what hasn't happened and what you want to happen or who is keeping you from making it happen. Get up, Get out and make it happen!

"If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you." -- Robert Collier

"Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain." -- Henry Ford

"If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it." -- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -- Shirley Hufstedler

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