Monday Morning Momentum™: Be Happier - Let More Pass You By

                                

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Be Happier - Let More Pass You ByÓ

Many people complain

If you sit in a café long enough, you will hear people complain about almost everything.  And if you listen closely enough, the complaints are mostly about the behavior of other people. 

But, if you want to be happy…

But, if you want to be happy, you know that this is not the way to go.  You know one of the most powerful keys to happiness is to follow The Law of the Garbage Truck.  The key is to let the negative things you cannot control pass you by without taking them personally. 

This week

Do two things this week.

(1)  Make it a point to focus on what is important to you.  Don’t allow anyone or anything to distract you from what you care about. 

Try not to be bothered by any of the following:

• Bad drivers
• Rude waiters
• Poorly trained customer service representatives
• Aggressive sales people
• Insensitive colleagues
• People who don’t hold the door open for you
• Bosses who aren’t friendly
• Employees who criticize your ideas
• People on talk radio
• Negative television hosts
• Telemarketers

(2)    Who else should be on your list?  How many more people could you let pass by without taking them personally?  Add these people to your list now. 

And remember to breathe deeply each time you let a Garbage Truck pass you by this week.  And then congratulate yourself for doing it.

Invite your family, friends, and colleagues to join you.

Please post your experience this week, or email me at david@davidjpollay.com with your story. 

And if you want your family, friends, and colleagues to join you on your Monday Morning Momentum mission, send this post along to them.

Have a great week, and let me know how it goes!

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Comments

[David J. Pollay]

Lil,

Good for you! You let go what you couldn’t control! Awesome!

Best to you,

David

[David J. Pollay]

Congrats Max!

You demonstrated how easy you could have been sucked into whatever was bothering the driver behind you. And you stayed the course and did not let her dump on you. Good work!

Best,

David

[Lil]

David, I had to let you know that I just let a garbage truck pass by. I called a doctor's office and the reptionist put me on hold without saying a word, and I waited and waited. Finally, I had to hang up and call again. I almost became frustrated, and then I thought of the Law of the Garbage Truck and I let it pass me by. Thanks David
Lil

[Max]

Hi David,

This mornings Blog was so appropriate. Coming over a bridge near our home,I noticed a women driving behind me. Keep in mind I've been driving since I was 16...she seemed to be as close behind as possible. Since she could not pass me on the bridge, she looked angry, agitated, pounded her hand on the steering wheel , thinking I should be going faster. Applying the Law of the Garbage Truck, I settled into a peaceful calm..I even caught myself smiling..She was not going to dump me.
Thanks for the Blog. Keep 'em coming. Max

[Lil]

Thank you David for this very timely post. I try to let the Garbage Trucks of the world pass me by; sometimes it is easier said than done. We all can be thoughtless at times, but let's hope that the better part of ourselves can let the Garbage Trucks pass on by, and by example help others.
Thanks again, Lil