“Worry only about what you can control.”
• You can’t control others’ opinions or the weather.
• What you can control: your reactions, choices, and mindset.
• Let go of anxiety over the uncontrollable.
Question: What’s one thing you’re stressing about that you can release?
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... and let go where you can’t.
When you focus on the things you can’t control, the pressure—and your anxiety—are intensified. Focus on the things you can control and let the rest take care of itself.
Ignore the rest. We worry about things that we have no control over. But worrying never fixed anything.
The stoics are saying that if you focus your energy on what you can change, you’re going to be a lot more productive and effective.
Change what you can control, let go of what you can’t and expect unfairness, difficulties and pain. Everything in your life is your responsibility, and what makes a negative occurrence bad is how you deal with it, not the thing itself.
Accepting full responsibility rids you of excuse...
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