Where do you spend your time? Do you waste your time?
Do you spend your time and energy thinking and acting on projects or items you can change, or do you whittle away your hours on things you have no control over?
Stephen Covey refers to the concept of Two Circles. The large circle is called your “Circle of Concern“. In this Circle of Concern are all of the things that are of concern to you. For example, your health, world peace, what you are going to eat for lunch, whether your train will be on time, and so on.
Within your Circle of Concern is a smaller circle. It is called your “Circle of Influence“. In your Circle of Influence are all the things that you can influence such as your health or what you are going to eat for lunch.
Covey suggests that Highly Effective People live within their “Circle of Influence” not their “Circle of Concern”.
If we spend our time worrying, gossiping and stressing about the things we have no influence over, we are wasting our time.
Some of you may ask, “But what about world peace? It’s OK to think about that.” Of course it is, but wouldn’t it be better to think about what you can do today, tomorrow and every day which can influence world peace?
Too many of us get stressed about things in our life we can’t influence or can’t be bothered influencing. Too many of us would rather gossip at the water fountain about what someone else is doing instead of going to the cause of the problem and trying to resolve it. It’s easier to find supporters to validate your ideas than it is to try to do something to change the status quo.
If we spent most, if not all of our time in our Circle of Influence something magical happens…IT GROWS!
If you become the person with the solution, not the whinger, people will come to you for guidance.
If you think above and beyond what is required you will become more valuable, and hence people will pay more money to have you around.
If you think about what you can do, rather than point the finger at what others are not doing, you could make a difference. Heavens,…maybe even world peace!
To Your Success
Simon Fox & Anthony Spark
Co-Founders WYN Training Solutions
1300 966 637 / www.wyn.com.au
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