If you tie this together with what we said…
If you tie this together with what we said earlier regarding control, you come up with the following situation. Not a person only controls their thoughts and their perceptions. They cannot control anything else. So therefore it becomes critical that a person focus on making sure that the actions that they take are going to to be the best that they can be even understanding the possibility that it may not reach them to their ultimate goal.
— from Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)
In the book
The second is judging a decision by its outcome. This one is subtle and vital. You control your actions; you do not control your results. A good decision can still turn out badly, and a reckless one can get lucky — so weigh yourself on the quality of your process, not merely on how it happened to turn out. — Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)