E plus P equals oh
Page 46E plus P equals oh. The E stands for the vents in your life. The P stands for perception. And the oh stands for outcome. We can’t control the events in our life but we can control how we perceive them and our perception and response to the events determine our outcome.
— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)
In the book
Irving Berlin put the same truth in plainer clothes: life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you take it. You will recall the rough formula from the chapters before — the Event plus your Perception equals the Outcome. The event is fixed. — The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)