One night last week my 6 year old son, Aidyn, was doing his homework. One of his assignments was to write 3 sentences. Anything he wanted. One of the sentences he wrote was…
“I want to be a winer.”
He meant winner, of course. And while the “winner” and “whiner” may not differ much in spelling, they differ big time in other ways.
A whiner focuses on the problem. A winner focuses on the solution.
When there’s a problem, a whiner would rather quit. A winner would rather overcome.
A whiner views a failure as the end. A winner views a failure as a learning opportunity.
A whiner would rather get sympathy for their circumstances. A winner would rather receive praise for their perseverance.
A whiner prefers the discomfort of their current circumstances. A winner prefers to change their circumstances.
If you offer advice, a whiner will tell you why it won’t work. A winner will look at how it could work.
What other differences are there between a winner and a whiner? And which are you?