You can't control everything that happens to you. You can only control the way you respond to what happens. In your response is your power.
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Reframing your mindset
Stop reacting to life and start responding to it.
If you want to really change, you need to start reframing your mindset. You’re not in control of everything that happens to you, but you are in control of how you respond to what happens to you.
The dichotomy of control
Because Stoics believe that true good resides in a person's character and actions, they would focus on what they can control, not what they can't.
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Focus on What You Can Control
Worrying about the result is a distraction from what you really should be thinking about: how you can respond, and what happens next.
Your work leaves your hands at some point and what happens next is almost always out of your control. People either like your work of art or they don’t.
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