How perspective and competence affect what you can control

Hello, everybody, and welcome to another mini podcast of David Sammel Nuggets. This week's nugget is about controlling the controllables. I have a question: Does it depend on your lens, the way that you see things. We hear a lot about controlling the controllables which makes it somehow seem like it's the same for everybody. But the reality is very different for each person and changes according to our perspective of what is controllable. As an example, an accountant will find budgeting easy and controllable, whereas an untrained entrepreneur in accounting could easily struggle to understand how to control cash flow. An experienced athlete with years of managing his or her emotions will see them as controllable whereas a young teenager will see this as an impossible task when things are going badly. It's a good idea to understand this and begin to see controlling the controllables as a skill to improve and acquire based on what you perceive as uncontrollable. Imagine what perspective needs to change in order to believe it is something that is within your sphere of influence. As an example, if you're a billionaire, you have the means to control a far larger part of your environment than someone who is a millionaire and can therefore not influence as much as a billionaire. Jeff Bezos and the Amazon company, which is obviously one of the biggest in the world, took control of WholeFoods, which was another very big company. In doing so, Amazon, then starts to exert a greater control over the food industry, something which prior to taking over WholeFoods, it had no control over. So the circumstances with which in you live has a huge bearing on what you can and can't control. Hiring a tutor can help a student gain greater control on how well he or she does in algebra for instance, through increased competence and confidence. Clearly competence plays an important role in the lens from which we view what we can control. Let's be clear, a large reason we want more control is to predict and influence outcomes. Therefore, focus on improving your skills in order to grow the scope of what you can control. To wrap up when you think you have no control examine how you're looking at the situation. Perhaps a shift in perspective or competence will quickly alter your viewpoint. Visit www.mindsetcollege.co.uk and give yourself a massive mental uplift. Learn more about our nuggets in a comprehensive mindset course that will transform your thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices