The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) / quote 103 of 203

Focusing on what we couldn't control

As long as we focused our efforts on those things, we accomplished nothing, except to increase our own feelings of inadequacy and helplessness and to reinforce our son’s dependence.

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