Course 2, Discussion 4: The problem is the path

@FrenchToast

✒️ Watch the following video and identify 3 things in your circle of concern, 3 things in your circle of influence, and 1 thing you can do to remind yourself to focus on your circle of influence.

my circle of concern - unresolved conflict, being better with my money and spending, being more informed about what's going on in the world

my circle of influence -  my parents, my family and my friends

one thing that i can do to remind myself to focus on my circle of influence is to keep a journal

✒️ Next, watch the following video and highlight what stands out to you about this executive? What did they do that would be considered proactive as opposed to reactive?

proactive - showed empathy to his fellow employee

reactive - the executive knew when to react to maintain positivity and order 

@FrenchToast

Circle of Concern: 

1) Heath 

2) Education 

3) Out come with life 

Circle of influence: 

1) How I treat my health 

2) Positive impact 

3) Boundaries to myself 

Instead of always focusing on my circle of concern focusing more on my circle on influence will help me achieve greater things. 

~ Regan

@FrenchToast

Circle of Concern:

• Environmental issues
• National education policies
• Economic conditions beyond personal control

Circle of Influence:

• Personal health and fitness
• Academic performance and study habits
• Building positive relationships with friends

Hi @FrenchToast

My circle of concern consists of :

- Financial Development 

- Career Development

- Validation of my competency

My circle of influence would be :

- Indulging myself if professional learning and development courses/books/people

- Grabbing available opportunities, putting aside my procrastination

- Mental and emotional intelligence development

Reminder to Focus on Circle of Influence:

Establish a daily reflection routine to assess my priorities and actions, emphasizing those within my control and influence.

I've realized the importance of proactively concentrating on my circle of influence, directing my efforts toward things I can change to foster positive relationships. Being proactive involves leveraging my strengths and collaborating with others to reinforce the team's overall capabilities.

@Rosey16

@Avaria

Rosey you are inspiring 😁😁

Avaria Thank you so much for explaining this chapter in detail that I can understand!!!

Circle of concern (Things I cannot control) is as follows:

1) Other's mood

2) Other's reaction 

3) Other's response

3 things that are my influence (how I influence others)

1) I'm helpful

2) I can find a solution to others that ask for help or I see are struggling. 

3) I can be encouraging and positive 

1 thing to help me to remind myself: I feel bad when I don't help people 

• @FrenchToast from the first video I recognized  three things outside my circle of concern such as other people's behaviour and ways of doing things, other people's judgments and what they say about me.
• My circle of concern involves my own behaviour and treament of others, having integrity and keeping to my role and doing what I should be doing

@FrenchToast the second video showed the man being proactive and doing what he needed to do.  He focused on his role and in doing things and treating people in a way that encouraged growth and development and did not focus on negative behaviour, judgment opinions and notions.  He seemed to be self disciplined and fair which led to his successes

• how people perceive me,
• the politics in my country, and
• climate change.

• how I choose to present myself,
• how I can use my voice, and
• how I spend my time and energy.

• self affirming "I can choose to be a victim or a victor. I can grow or shrink my circle of influence based on what I focus my time and energy on."

• What stands out to me is the executive could expand their circle of influence by being proactive and empathetic; their goals were achieved through complementing strengths and compensating for weaknesses.
• They were proactive instead of reactive in that they read the situation, anticipated the president's needs, and responded with empathy.

•circle of concern: other peoples behavior what other people think about me, other peoples values.

circle of influence: my actions, my words, my thoughts.

This is something I've been working on for a while. Really trying to concentrate the things I have control over and letting go of the things that I don't. It does lead to a much less stressful life.

• This executive was great, he saw what the presidents weaknesses were and he recognize that his strengths would be a compliment to the presidents weaknesses. by being proactive he became an indispensable part of the company.

@FrenchToast

✒️ Watch the following video and identify 3 things in your circle of concern, 3 things in your circle of influence, and 1 thing you can do to remind yourself to focus on your circle of influence.

✒️ Next, watch the following video and highlight what stands out to you about this executive? What did they do that would be considered proactive as opposed to reactive?

What stood out to me about this executive was that they were trying to explore or discover different ways to talk about other people's problems (rather than own), and what he did that was very intriguing was take a positive from each person (this is very motivating). He is a person who contributes different ways, unique ways to help him and that also assist the entire team. Very motivating to watch and see it in action.