Are You in Control of Your Controllables?
If you want to worry about anything, worry about this
Annie Duke once remarked, “Improving decision quality is about increasing our chances of good outcomes, not guaranteeing them.”
Let’s be honest, you spend more time worrying about the outcome, which you don’t control, than the quality of the decision, which you do. How counterproductive is that?
Of course, the outcome matters. But you can’t control what happens. There are far too many variables for you to try and influence, let alone predict.
All you can do is focus on what you can control.
The quality of the decision is firmly in your hands. The information you consider, the perspectives you seek, and contemplating the consequences of what follows are all within your control. Often, progress comes not from striving to be better, but from focusing on what you can control.
If you worry about anything, worry about what you control. That’s how you increase your chances of a good outcome.
