You Can’t Control Anything but You
No matter how hard you willed it, no matter what secret decoder ring or
hero chant you used, you have never been able to control anyone else other
than you.
“You only have control over three things in your life—the thoughts you
think, the images you visualize and the actions you take.”
— Jack Canfield
Host: Tom Hering
Not your dog.
Not your wife.
Not your kids.
Not your boss.
No one.
And until you learned that lesson, you encountered a lot of frustration and needless stress.
Author Wayne Dyer says, “It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do not control. The activity of worrying keeps
you immobilized.”
No one wants to stay in the same place forever.
No one wants to be stuck in quicksand that keeps you from learning, growing and enjoying life.
So go ahead and enjoy your life.
And if you feel the need to worry, well, worry about yourself. Because you are all you can control here on the third rock from the sun.
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Live well.
In my book 51 Life Lessons Every Boomer Male Should Have Learned by Now, I write about key lessons that I believe every evolved boomer male needs to know to make his third act his best. They fall into one of three categories: health, wealth and happiness. Each lesson serves to inspire and motivate you.
