Today, I'm going to share with you the most important thing I have learned in the workplace - how to identify what does and doesn't matter and how to focus on the things that really matter.
In his multi-million selling book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey devotes a decent-sized section to what he calls the Circle of Influence and the Circle of Concern.
The Circle of Influence contains the things we have control over - for example, our attitude to work, the way we interact with others and the things we do to improve ourselves.
The Circle of Concern contains the Circle of Influence and everything in it as well as things that we have no control over - for example, the overall direction of the company you work for or the political direction of the country.
The really important point is that by working only in the Circle of Influence, we enlarge it so that it includes things that were previously only in the Circle of Concern. That is how we gain influence over people and things we care about and gain an advantage over ineffective people who spend too much time in the Circle of Concern.
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