Just to clear something up, I’m not being a hypocrite here and “whining” about this issue. I want to share my thoughts with you regarding people who complain non-stop, and at the same time make some of you realize that excessive complaining about your bad experiences will not get you anywhere!
I have met some people online who were sending their complaints to me via MSN OR e-mail almost everyday about their unfortunate internet marketing experiences. Ladies and gentlemen, they did continually send me messages without fail — even though I wasn’t replying to them! I have no idea why they were doing that to me, it’s not like I’m their counselor or something.
The thing is, they don’t realize that what they’re doing is just hindering them from attaining success. Sure, they can complain all they want, they have the right — I give them that. Nevertheless, if they’re complaining that their online businesses are not improving, then I guess I would say that they MUST stop whining AND start working in order for them to get what they want!
Whiners Are Losers
Why do internet marketers whine? It’s most probably because they fail(ed) at what they wanted to accomplish. To add some spice to this post, let me tell a story about a Thomas Alva Edison, a famous scientist that you should have heard of already.
Thomas Edison is credited for the invention of the light bulb. I reckon a lot of you know that he had failed more than 500 times in creating the light bulb, but did you know that he did not think of those as failures?
He once said, “I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.” [source]
Did he complain? No. Did he stop working on it? No. Instead, he continued on until he reached his goal, that is to create a light bulb! Now, he is known for what he did and humanity has thanked him for it. He is a winner.
Think about it this way: when you whine (instead of work), you are accomplishing nothing. Well, maybe you’re getting your thoughts heard, but then again that’s it. Nothing productive, just your feelings released to the public. What do we call people who use up a lot of their time doing something, and in the end not coming up with something good? Losers! I’m not saying that it’s bad to share your thoughts, or in some cases complaints, with others. I’m just saying that doing it excessively could result into unproductive use of your time.
If you’re still not convinced that whining makes you a loser, then here’s a little something I want to share with you.
“You only reduce your distance to success when you start working, not when you start whining.”
- Me
I hope I inspired you today. Wait! This post is not over yet. I, too, tend to complain sometimes. I have a counteraction to defeat my “complaining side” though, and that is focus.
Focus, Focus, Focus
If I were to give a one-word tip to internet marketers, it would be “Focus, focus, focus.” But that’s three words, right? No, there’s only one word there: focus, with a multiplicity of 3. 
I probably can not stress on this more, but in order to finish whatever you’re doing, you have to concentrate on it and do all that you can to achieve your goals.
Instead of whining your heart out, why not (whine not? 
sort of a good pun, huh?) put yourself in a state of total focus until you totally forget about complaining? Then, you WILL attain whatever success you desire.
Summary
Whining will not get you anywhere near success. Just think of Thomas Alva Edison whenever you’re about to whine because of your failures. He “failed” nearly a thousand times, but did he complain? No. He just worked on what he’s doing and eventually, he succeeded. Also, to further eliminate the thought of whining, try to focus heavily on your goal and what you’re currently doing. By doing so, the mere idea of uttering a complaint would soon diminish.
Have a great day everyone, I’m looking forward to your comments on this one. 
Readers have left 23 comments on "Stop Whining, Start Working".
Sounds like someones having a bit of a whine at the whiners
I do agree though, to get anywhere you have to focus on achieveing your goals rather than complaining that you dont have them already!
whinners are losers…. nice one there.
Nice quote you have there, I love quotes! I think whining is foolish and we should just all stick to blogging about what we love.
Good article, it is very true.
Now for the comical suggestion.
How about you tell the all to start a blog in the whining niche and sell motivational products to people that have low self esteem and like like they do. Then they might be able to whine and make money.
Adam
@Adam - Creadiv.com: Man that was some bad grammar and spelling. Next time I will have to proof read before submitting.
the = them and like like should be whine like.
Haha yeah, but then again I stated on the very beginning of the post that I was NOT whining.
Thanks Desmond.
Glad you liked it. Yes, I agree with you.
Interesting suggestion. You know what, I might start a blog in that “niche”!
Haha, I like the fact that you quoted yourself
I have to agree with you, making money online is hard work. People can’t stand the fact they have to start somewhere and make 0.20$ a day for a couple of months…Or even nothing!
When I first started making money online, I started by building websites and putting some AdSense advertisements. I spent so many time trying to monetize through AdSense, sleeping 3-4 hours a day trying to figure out what would work best and people thought I was a little crazy to spend that time for a couple of cents a day…But I loved what I was doing. Then I started making 100$ a month, then 200$ and so on. Now the same people talk to me and say “Wow it’s so nice to make money online, you’re lucky to have that passive income!”. I’m not lucky, I worked hard.
Good post man!
For the record whining improves my thinking process. Not really sure which wires it fires up but when I am really stuck then going around and whining a bit usually makes me think of a solution.
Whining wastes time, I just don’t see the point.
I know how u feel - I just can’t seem to get over the amount of people who continually whine and then wonder why their business or blog fails, and then they go and whine some more.
I mean, how hard is it to just focus for an hour a day or try to learn new things?
Its true. Whining leads to nowhere.
However, as humans, we sometimes need to have a bit of a whine. It just can’t be helped.
For me, a bit of a whine is fine… but if your whole blog is full of whining, thats another story altogether.
Thanks for sharing!
I keep the whining to my family and GF, that was am I completly whine free when I come online xD
“You only reduce your distance to success when you start working, not when you start whining.”
I’m loving this quote. Well, I don’t whine but I don’t focus either…:-). Still, very insightful article..
or maybe whine via comments so at least you’re building backlinks at the same time.
@Ben - frogstr.com:
you just made me remind my first efforts to make money with websites. man, how ignorant i was back then… if i have given up i couldn’t have reached the knowledge i have now. but yeah, i winned several times in the beginning hehe
Yup
Whining doesn’t get you anywhere. It jst proves you are lazy or just a whiny bi*** in my opinion. Just focus at the task a hand and you’ll se the results
@Dan: He should just stop that the whiners though. So many people are just whining about anything and everything. I have wrote a blog post just like this because it gets really old. The basic answer to everything is just work you’re ass off and market yourself to everyone you possibly can on the Internet.
@Danny Cooper: LOL. That is a great idea. Always keep your whining to your girlfriend.
Very good post; reminds me of one of mine, but mine wasn’t geared towards internet marketing.
I might be considered a whiner, but I hope not. As I write about my struggles as an internet marketer, I still plod along and have fun at it. I will detail certain things that happen along the way, not because I’m whining, but I feel that, by sharing, someone else might learn what to do or not to do.
However, I will keep whining when I talk to my wife about getting more cake.
Well said , I like to read motivational quotes
This post was very inspiring. Although, I feel that it is necessary to whine a bit to relieve yourself.
Whiners are losers… PREACH ON! LOVE IT
PS How can I get that little cloud before the comment link on the blog? Is that Haloscan and Blog template?
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