Don’t tell me what you hate.

Don’t tell me who you think is to blame.

Don’t tell me what you don’t like.

Don’t tell me about how s(he) doesn’t deserve to be so successful.

Don’t tell what you think is so wrong with the world.

Being critical is easy.

So easy that it’s seductive.

More than seductive. Insidious.

Why?

Being critical has its roots in being “right” about something.

If I tell you how bad something or somebody else is, my ego gets a little boost.

Being critical allows you to gratify your ego, to say “I am right about this. I know best.”

But our ego does not have our best interests in mind.

Never did. Never will.

Here’s the thing that most people do not get (and a key factor that separates people who live Very Cool Lives from The Herd).

When you take a moment to go inward, you’ll notice that being critical does not feel good.

Never did. Never will.

Your ego likes to try and fool you, but operating from the ego is like eating at McDonald’s. With the quick high of immediate, mindless gratification comes a predictable crash.

Becoming aware of this habit and making a new  choice takes practice.

Until you care more about how you feel than being right, you can expect to fall prey to the habit of being critical.

Towards others. And towards yourself.

The effect is that by connecting to this field of negative thoughts (critical thoughts are always negative thoughts), you’re choosing to poison your own well.

If you want a Very Cool Life, you need to be better than that.

So why not see what happens when you stop speaking, thinking, and posting about what you don’t like and start telling the world what you love?