It is important to remember that you are in…

It is important to remember that you are in control of the process, you are not in control of the achievement. Therefore your goals should be written and understood in a way that says that these are the processes that you are going to do so that you don't get caught up in failure if you do not achieve the actual goal. For example, if you set a goal to make other people happy, and they are not happy, you will think that you have failed even though you have done your part about trying to make them happy. Where is, if your goal is to do things to try to make people happy, then you will be successful after you have done those things irrespective whether that person is happy or not. (This goes back to one’s ability to having influence on others, but not control. Can only control yourself.)

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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