Here’s the brutal truth: Most of your suffering comes from giving a shit about things you can’t control.
The Illusion of Control
We waste endless energy:
- Judging other people’s choices
- Worrying about things outside our influence (like the weather)
- Comparing our lives to others
Guess what? That’s a losing game, one that can NEVER be won.
What You Actually Control
Hint: it’s not much
- Your Reactions: How you respond to situations
- Your Effort: The work you put in
- Your Boundaries: What you tolerate
- Your Learning: Personal growth
- Your Choices: Daily decisions
What You DON’T Control
Hint: it’s pretty much everything else.
- Other people’s opinions
- External events
- Someone else’s behavior
- The past
- Random chaos
The Mental Freedom Equation
Stop entertaining thoughts that don’t serve you. Every moment spent obsessing over uncontrollable bullshit is a moment stolen from your potential. Why waste precious time over things we can’t even control? Worrying and complaining won’t really change much, besides make us more stressed and anxious.
Can you change it? Do something. Can’t change it? Let it go.
The Bottom Line
Your energy is finite. Spend it on what matters: YOU.
Mind your own business. Control what you can. Everything else is just noise, and the best part, the noise sucks once you tune into your own radio, like a bad song on repeat.
Joe DiAndrea 