"Are you stressful or successful?"

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As I speak to business groups and associations, one of my most requested presentations is "From Stress to Success." The second point I talk about in moving from being stressful to successful is to remind yourself of what you can and cannot control about your life.

There are some situations in your life over which you have some control. These I call "concerns." You may not have total control over them, but usually there’s something you can do about it or have some influence over it. For instance, you have unusually high medical bills. You can seek out help from certain organizations and you can earn extra income through a second job or through your current job. The point here is you can do something about it.

There are other life circumstances over which you have no control. These are "worries." There’s really nothing you can do to influence or change the situation so you worry about it. But does the worry resolve it?
Instead listen to your life for the wisdom to change the things you can, accept the things you can’t, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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