[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Self-understanding]], [[Persistence]] - People: Improvement Pill - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZhoeSaPF-k --- ## Summary - Locus of control is how much you believe you have control over your life. - An internal locus of control are factors you control to create desired outcomes. - Having an internal locus of control is the key to staying motivated. - [[Control yourself, inspire others.]] - [[Overcoming difficulty as a practice]]. - Take action to take control. - [[You may not control all the events that happened to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.]] ## Notes - Things feel far less engaging, meaningful, and rewarding when you didn't have to work for it. - Through trials of struggle, you put a piece of yourself in the process - the process towards success and the development and refinement of self. - [[Working on hard things often makes working on hard things easier]]. - [[Overcoming difficulty as a practice]] - [[Locus of control]] - The degree to which you believe you have control over your life. - External locus of control = External factors that make up the reason why things happen, things you cannot control. - Internal locus of control = Internal factors you control that make up the result. - "[[How much work you put into something is something you have complete control over]]". - [[Having an internal locus of control is the key to staying motivated]]. - Control yourself not others. [[Control yourself, inspire others.]] You cannot force others to do something. However, by practicing and demonstrating excellence, you may inspire others to do the same. They may even look to you for guidance. - Focus on what you can control. - "When you feel like nothing you do matters, you stop working -You stop trying." - Take action to solve the problems in your life. Take time to appreciate the actions that you have made. - Take action to take control. - "[[You may not control all the events that happened to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.]]" - Maya Angelou. - "[[I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.]]" - Carl Jung. ## Original ![[How to stay motivated - The Locus rule-1.jpg]] ![[How to stay motivated - The Locus rule-2.jpg]]