“You’ll get knocked down and then get up again” is more than the lyrics of Tubthumping by Chumbawamba.
The top 1% know that there are so many outcomes we can’t control. Even Epictetus (55 – 135 AD) wrote, “control what you can and let go of what you can’t control.”
Every high-performing individual I’ve worked with, in one way or another, runs their business or charity with this mantra: “some things are up to us, and others are not!”
- We can’t control the market.
- We can’t control the opinions of other people
- We can control our daily routines
- We can control our response to events
- We can control the meaning we attach to things
That’s what the top 1% have mastered:
Some things are up to us, and others are not.
You’ll get knocked down, and it’s up to you if you get up again.
Framework: This post is part of Action Produces Data, the coaching framework for consistent production: take the next right action, track it and let the results, not opinions, guide what you do next.
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