The Trichotomy of Control
Learn the art of controlling things on three different levels.
We opened this chapter with our protagonist worrying about the status of important tasks, whether they could have done better in the previous week, and whether or not their team was going to have everything done by Monday.
Focus on things that we can affect
Epictetus, a famous Stoic, stated that: “Some things are up to us and some are not up to us.” With reference to our protagonist, the dilemma that is disrupting their tranquility is the fact that they are worrying about things that are not up to them. They cannot change the past, nor can they change the outcome of the work that their staff are doing since it’s the weekend.
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Hang on a second. I’m sure that you, the reader, have some objections:
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Surely, this is an oversimplification! Everything that I’m going through in my managerial role is ...