Which sides can we control?

It's easy to feel helpless when things are outside of our control.

This begs the question of what we do have the ability to control and change. Changing a few small things can together have a positive impact on our productivity and general well-being.

• We cannot control most of the outside events and circumstances including our past, the weather, natural disasters or freak accidents.

• We cannot control what other people say, think or feel about us.

• What we can control is what we think, say or do. We can...

This fear can be helpful, but only in moderation.

There are key areas of life that we can and should control, like our schedules, our self-perception and the words we speak, but there are things in life that are outside our control.