Stop Complaining, Politicians
First Daughter Ivanka Trump is going to get some flak for this paragraph in her new book, Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success:
During extremely high-capacity times, like during the campaign, I went into survival mode: I worked and I was with my family; I didn’t do much else. Honestly, I wasn’t treating myself to a massage or making much time for self-care. I wish I could have awoken early to meditate for twenty minutes and I would have loved to catch up with the friends I hadn’t seen in three months, but there just wasn’t enough time in the day. And sometimes that happens.
.. Hillary Clinton, too, famously complained that she and her husband were “dead broke” when they left the White House, ignoring the millions they subsequently made trading off of their name and proximity to power.
.. While you may seem wealthy to the average American, you spend an inordinate amount of time asking even richer people for donations.
.. Though “check your privilege” may be an insufferable sneer usually aimed at delegitimizing arguments with which the sneerer disagrees, the phrase’s kinder cousin, “Count your blessings,” is always wise advice.
.. Legendary football coach Lou Holtz once advised, “Never tell your problems to anyone. . . . 20 percent don’t care and the other 80 percent are glad you have them.” That’s probably a cynical assessment, but generally good advice — particularly if you’re lucky enough to reach the halls of power.