There is a line from "Man's Search For Meaning" that sums up the idea of focusing on what you control nicely. For context, ...

Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions." –Epictetus, Enchiridion, 1 What is the dichotomy of control? The Roman ...

Holiday, Pigliucci and Delaney agree: one of the most important and useful aspects of Stoicism is what is called the “dichotomy of control”. This involves understanding that there are things ...

The only thing I could control was how I lived, thought, and behaved. How the dichotomy of control makes you street-smart Many street-smart creeds echo this dichotomy by fixating energy on ...