EP97- What are you going to do about it?? Stop Complaining, Start Taking Action (10min Solo)

Ever found yourself stuck in a cycle of complaints without progress? Join me, Miguel Sanchez, as I explore how gratitude and a positive mindset can transform those moments of frustration into opportunities for empowerment. By shifting our focus to what we can control, we can transcend feelings of helplessness and begin making meaningful changes in our lives. This episode delves into the art of asking the right question: "What am I going to do about it?" and how this simple shift can lead us from stagnation to action, opening doors to personal growth and satisfaction.

As we journey through the challenges life throws our way, the key isn't to be uniquely different or extraordinary, but to harness the strength we've built from past experiences. I discuss the importance of embracing both life's unavoidable hurdles and the ones we set for ourselves, thereby reinforcing our faith in our abilities. By cutting through excuses and accepting reality, we prepare ourselves to confront obstacles with resilience and a proactive mindset. Listen in to discover actionable steps that will help you move forward with determination and the belief that you can tackle any dissatisfaction in your life head-on.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Take Action, Stop Complaining
• 9:38 Embracing Challenges and Moving Forward

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hello, hello and welcome back everybody to Compounding Daily. I'm your host, miguel Sanchez, and welcome back to another short solo episode. First and foremost, lately especially lately I've been expressing a lot of gratitude Gratitude towards the listeners, gratitude towards the following that I'm gaining gratitude towards the conversation and the quality of people that I'm meeting because of this journey that I'm on to create the community that's building from this podcast. So, first and foremost, thank you for being here. Secondly, I always like to address the beginning of a new week with the approach of a positive attitude. And yes, it's Monday, yes, it's cold, yes, it's super dark, early, but that's just the way life goes, and you can wake up and convince yourself that there's going to be just another week and just another Monday and you're just going to go through the motions, or you can have the possibility of entertaining the thought that just maybe you can think positive thoughts, you can tell yourself the things that you are grateful for, you can set goals for your daily activities, you can make your goals simply to be 1% better, and you can maybe approach the conversations of optimism instead of the conversations of pessimism. I'm a big believer, personally, and the day is only as good as our thoughts. So if your thoughts are mostly positive, chances are you're going to have a pretty good day. So, with that being said, happy Monday and let's get right into it. What are you going to do about it? It's a question people don't like to receive so bluntly, especially when they're in the middle of complaining about a certain scenario in life. But that's what I wanna talk about today. I wanna talk about the fact. Let's get this out of the way. You are not the only one going through difficulties. Let's just please, let's get that out of the way from the beginning. You are not the only one that life is challenging. You are not the only one that life is challenging. You are not the only one that had a difficult childhood. You are not the only one that's having difficulty as an adult. You are not the only one that life has maybe challenged a little bit more than others.

Speaker 1: 2:18

It happens, it's life, and most people entertain such conversations and allow those conversations to become the reasons as to why they are not putting effort forward, the reasons as to why they are not progressing in a direction that is bringing them joy, simply because their dominant train of thought is always focused on how things are against them and they feel as if they're a victim. They feel as if life is like almost bullying them specifically, and I'm here to tell you that that is not the case. Life is happening to you and life is happening to me, and life is happening to all of us, and it is up to us to. Yes, we can complain a little bit. We're human beings, right, you can vent a little bit, I'm sure if you got a good group of people, you want to be able to express your emotions and let them know your thoughts, but you should always approach such a conversation with a simple question followed what am I doing about it?

Speaker 1: 3:19

Because most people find themselves in that position of focusing on the wrong. The wrong is there, the wrong is present. So what can we focus on? I like to focus on what I can control.

Speaker 1: 3:33

Lately, I've been saying that there's a lot of wasteful thoughts that entertain my own personal mind, honestly, and those thoughts usually stem from I should have thoughts or if things were different thoughts. And what a waste of thoughts. Because things are not different, things are as they are and should have is too late, it's already happened. So now the dominant question becomes what can I do from here. What can I do? Moving forward?

Speaker 1: 4:01

And there is no better time than, as we approach the beginning of a brand new year, to ask yourself such a simple question what am I going to do about it? Because you're like, oh, what is he talking about? What am I going to do about what? About anything in your life that you are not satisfied with? Simple to the point, anything in your life that you are not satisfied with.

Speaker 1: 4:25

If you just ask yourself the simple question okay, I'm not satisfied with this, what am I doing about it? And if the answer is nothing, then I hope it's for the reason that there is nothing within your control that could possibly change that, which then means it shouldn't cause you any dissatisfaction because it's out of your control. Does that make sense? But if it's things that are within your control, then you can simply tell yourself well, what can I do about this scenario? Let's look at the things that I can control and this is my approach and this is my attitude and this is my plan of possible steps that I can take, possible steps that I can take.

Speaker 1: 5:09

And if I just start moving that needle a little bit forward with the choices that I make, then I know that if the question is brought up to me as I catch myself complaining yet again about some scenario, over and over again, when finally, I come across somebody and they say, well, what are you doing about it? I can say, well, this is what I'm doing about it, this is what I intend to do about it, this is how I'm planning to get out of this rut. This is how I'm planning to put myself in a position where I'm no longer complaining about my life, but instead doing something about my life, because my shoes are for me to fill and we all have difficulties that we're going through, and nobody cares about your difficulties, nobody cares about your problems, nobody cares about the challenges that you are going through, and it's not because they don't care about you. It's because they have their own problems too. So now, when we tell ourselves, what can I do from here? Allow your imagination to open the doors for you. Don't just say, well, this is it, this is where I'm staying, because now you're allowing time to pass to open the doors for you. Don't just say, well, this is it, this is where I'm staying, you know, because now you're allowing time to pass.

Speaker 1: 6:15

As the new year comes, you find yourself seeing those people that are telling themselves that the new year's resolution is going to change, and you'll notice that the problems that they're trying to change quote-unquote are the same problems that have been there for two years now. Those are the people that I'm asking the question to. Well, two years now. Those are the people that I'm asking the question to. Well, what are you doing about it? Stop complaining, sure, vent, but at the end of the day, ask yourself that question. That question has helped me drastically when I've caught myself being overwhelmed with emotions.

Speaker 1: 6:41

Despite the difficulties in front of me, I find myself maybe wavering a little bit, maybe contemplating, quitting, contemplating the idea of just simply giving up, contemplating the idea of well, you know, shit happens and I guess this is what it is. But if it's a reoccurring event in my life that I constantly keep experiencing and is bringing me, time and time again, dissatisfaction with my life, dissatisfaction with myself, then I had to reach a point where I had to ask myself all the time all right, you're constantly complaining about this, what are you doing about it? Because now you're starting to sound like a broken record to yourself. Your dominant thoughts are the constant thoughts about how things could be better. Things should be better. If only things were better. Okay, well, time has passed and you're still here in the same exact spot.

Speaker 1: 7:34

So what are you going to do about it? That is what's been on my mind a lot lately, not because I've caught myself in complaint, but because I've caught myself entertaining the idea of that life is challenging me purposefully. I always welcome challenge. I invite challenge into my life. I'm almost, I would say, dared to look life in the eye and say I welcome whatever you have to give me, because if it's given to me, I have the mentality of an individual that can most likely handle it.

Speaker 1: 8:11

And then life tests me and puts me in positions where, emotionally, I'm just like holy crap, this is difficult for me. An individual that can most likely handle it. And then life tests me and puts me in positions where, emotionally, I'm just like holy crap, this is difficult for me. What am I going to do from here? You know what can I do in this scenario, but time and time again, I've proven to myself just like I encourage everybody does the same put yourself in moments of difficulties and see how you react and learn that even if you don't react well the first time. That's okay, because that is the purpose of difficulties to figure out where you are and what things must be worked on. And when you put yourself in that position where you're entertaining all the possibilities of the changes you can create, then you simply tell yourself what am I doing about my life? What am I doing about the things that I'm dissatisfied with? What am I doing with this scenario?

Speaker 1: 8:56

And when I catch myself seeing life throwing challenge after challenge my way, I always ask myself okay, I can sit here and complain about how difficult things are for me, or I can share the perspective that I asked life to challenge me. And maybe life challenged me in ways that I wasn't satisfied with. I even entertained the idea of why me sometimes, and I immediately dismiss it and then tell myself okay, it's happened, what are you going to do about it? And then the action takes place and time and time again, my confidence builds because I know that I've proven to myself that in times of difficulties, I progress.

Speaker 1: 9:38

In times of difficulties, I grow. And it's not because I'm different, it's not because I'm special, it's not because I'm better than anyone. It's because, time and time again, I've proven to myself with the challenges that life has given me and the challenges that I've purposely placed within my own life, that I am a capable human. So I don't entertain the complaint so much anymore, I don't pull out the list of excuses so much anymore. Instead, I accept my reality. I see the difficulties in front of me and I ask myself a simple question what are you going to do about it? Think about that Until next time.