FOCUS ON THE THINGS YOU CONTROL

[Matt Lyons]

Many of us struggle with handling issues and problems and challenges throughout the day and I wanted to share my general philosophy that I feel has helped me and may help you:

In life we control only TWO things. Literally, TWO things is all we have any control over.

We cannot control the weather, a profit, a vendor, a contractor, our kids, our spouse or our job!  We can leave a job and take another, but neither of those jobs did we control. In short, our days are filled with tons of crap that we have literally no control over at all.  Our frustrations come from trying to fix and change all these things we do not control.

Instead, shift your focus to the TWO THINGS in life you can control:

Your attitude and your effort!

If you focus on the effort you put forth and the attitude you employ things will most likely work out in your favor, and if they dont then there is truly nothing you could have done so why get upset about it.

Use your job as an example:

Your boss is a jackass, you did not get the promotion, you dont make enough money and your cubicle smells... all of this can lead to depression and allow the negative thoughts to snowball.  But if you shift your focus to your attitude and your effort then you will immediately figure out solutions to all of these problems and be in a much better place.  Having a great attitude will attract others to you and allow you to be seen as someone others want to work with, it will help in getting that next promotion (or at least not hurt you in your chances)... in the end people want to be around and work with positive people...be that positive person, control YOUR ATTITUDE!  In the same thought process, your EFFORT dictates so much in your life.  If you constantly out effort your competitors you are more likely to win where they lose

Some say "work hard and be positive" is the same advice, and it is a little bit, but this is more than that...plus I hate the word "work", thats not fun for anyone... If you have a great attitude and put in the effort more things will fall into place and your life will be better, and in the end, whether its investing or its a career, having a better, happier life is what we all want...CONTROL AND FOCUS ON YOUR ATTITUDE AND YOUR EFFORT....they are the only things you can do and remain sane!