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We know that choosing joy means higher performance, more happiness, less stress, less anxiety, better results, greater health. And we know that choosing joy is simple. So why do we all find it so dang difficult?!? In large part, it’s about another need we, or rather our brain has; to feel that we have control. But, we have established that you cannot control what happens outside - you may be able to influence it or concerned about it, but you cannot control it. You only control your own thoughts and your own actions. Sorry, you CAN only control your thoughts and your actions. It’s your choice.You can influence others and some things outside but you do not control them.So, I’m borrowing and adapting from Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Imagine 3 circles:Thanks for reading Joy@Work! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.* The inner circle is our circle of power and contains all the things that you know that (on your better days) you can control. In this inner circle