Circle of influence

The "Circle Of Influence" concept. Circle of Control: Things you can fully control. Focus on these most. Circle of Influence: Things you can have an impact on but can't fully control. External Circle: Things you can't control, and therefore shouldn't think about too much.

In the 1980s, Stephen Covey created the concept of a Circle of Concern and a Circle of Influence. The Circle of Concern contains things we care about but can’t control. The Circle of Influence are the things we care about and can impact. That was further simplified into the Circle of Control - things we

We are faced with struggles, so we try to control the uncontrollable, but this brings even more stress. Better to stay in the zone of what we can control - ourselves

Graphic showing what we can and can’t control

We have control over the inner circle, but we only have influence (not control) over the outer circle.

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