Part 1: Fight “Busy” and Define Your Locus
How to Regain Control In Your Life
Your Locus of Control
When you believe that life is happening to you instead of having control over it, you have an external locus of control. This means you will blame other people, things, events, ect. for the busyness in your life. People who attribute their success or failure to outside influences have an external locus of control. An external locus of control is shifting the blame to problems you can’t control.
In contrast, an internal locus of control shifts the blame to the things you can control and have the power to change, that is, yourself. Whether in success or failure you attribute it to your own doing and not an external problem or circumstance.
To provide an example, someone who has an external locus of control might say “I got the kids to school late because they never listen and don’t get ready on time.” Someone who has an internal locus of control might say “I can do a better job helping my children and motivating them so we can all make it to school before 8.”
To conquer busyness you need to first accept fault for your irresponsibility and practices changing your external locus of control to an internal locus of control.
