The No Complaining Rule

When I was playing college basketball, I hated early morning workouts.  Every Friday in the pre-season we had a track workout, and the day before, we would have a team vote on whether we would prefer to workout in the morning before classes or wait until after classes.

Almost every time, my team would vote to workout in the morning, and every time I would groan.

One day, my coach called me out on it.  He asked me to find something positive to say next time instead of complaining.  When I would groan, it would bring down the energy in the room and have a negative effect on our energy.  My words impacted the energy in the room and it impacted our workouts.

I started to fake being positive about the early morning workouts, and it actually started to improve my attitude, my mood, and my work ethic.

I went from faking excitement to being motivated, to attacking our workouts.

The point of training and working out is so that we can improve and become the best that we can be.  We have to attack every workout to get the most out of it, and we need a positive attitude and positive energy to consistently attack our workouts.

This mentality can be carried over to school, work, and all parts of life.

For now on, watch your words and try to make sure that all of your words are positive and motivating.  For now on, attack your workouts!