No Complaining Rule

The above and this info came from my new email listserve--"Feed Blitz" for "Connected Principals." 

Jon Gordon's books are quick reads, but always inspirational with powerful, positive messages.  One of his books is:


Who doesn’t encounter issues of complaining, whether it’s your spouse, a colleague or even yourself?
Complaining is very prevalent, however, the negativity it spreads is like cancer. In Gordon’s book, he shares the cost of negativity:

• Negativity costs the U.S. economy between $250 to $300 billion every year in lost productivity according to the Gallup Organization.
• 90% of doctor visits are stress related, according to the CDC, and the #1 cause of office stress is coworkers and their complaining, according to Truejobs.com
• A study found that negative employees can scare off every customer they speak with–for good (How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath).
• Too many negative interactions compared to positive interactions at work can decrease the productivity of a team, according to Barbara Frederickson’s research at the University of michigan.
• One negative person can create a miserable office environment for everyone else.