I guess I am a can do type of person. I don't generally think I can't do something. I just do it. It may not be perfect or 100% correct, but I try to get it done. It bothers me when people immediately take the opposite attitude of can't. I get extremely frustrated when I give ideas or advice and then immediately given reason why it won't work. THEN the person continues to complain about the situation that I was advising on.
I don't mind my ideas being shot down. What I mind is the immediate rejection, the whining about something and doing nothing to fix it and shooting done ideas saying they are impossible.
When I do something and run into obstacles, I try to figure out a way through it. I try to remain positive and to find the silver lining in less than good things. If one thing doesn't work, I figure something else out. I rarely give up something as hopeless. I guess that's why one of my fellow Scouters frustrates me so much.
This person basically voluntold me for something and asked me for my help and input, but constantly refuses my advice and tells me that nothing can be. It's just excuses, excuses, excuses. I feel that my energy and time are not being utilized well and that until the leader gets a better attitude, we are not going to be able to change or grow.
I think it's better to see what the possibilities are rather than why there can't be possibilities. There are going to be times when things look dark and bleak, but rather than accepting that and quitting and wallowing in self pity, you need to sit down and figure ways that it will work. My friend put this perfectly when he said "I'm sick and tired of people telling me why it won't work instead of trying to figure out ways that it will". My sentiments exactly!
If you have a negative attitude about things, all you're going to get is negativity. If you have a positive attitude, you will draw positive and good things to you.
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