In my happiness workshops, I ask people, “What is beyond your control? What DON’T you have complete control over?”
I get answers like the weather, taxes, accidents, natural disasters, your boss, your significant other, etc., which is true.
Then I ask them, “What do you have total and complete control over?” I hear things like: yourself, what you eat, what you wear, what time you get up, your actions, and your attitude.
Actually, I think Napoleon Hill was more correct when he said the ONLY thing over which you have total and complete control is