Title: Circle of Influence and Concern Speaker: Anna Whitehall Created by: Anna Whitehall

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HD 205 Circle of Influence/Concern

Circle of Concern

S. Covey (1989) “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”

Where Do You Focus Your Time and Energy?

• Family

• School

• Money

• War

• Oil crisis

• Poverty

• Past Experiences

Influence:

Power to produce an effect in direct or

indirect ways.

Create change

Impact the situation

“Do” something about it.

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Personality Types

Active Listening

Consensus

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Which of these can we do something about?

Direct control: involve

our own behavior

Indirect control:

involve other people’s

behavior

No control: we can’t

do anything about this

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Reactive People

I Can’t…

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Concern

Proactive People

I Can…

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Where Do You Place Your Focus?

Focus affects how I view and operate in the

world:

Gain awareness of what I focus on.

Where I place my focus is what I create.

Create Extraordinary!

Categories of Problems

Direct Control

Problems that involve my own behavior.

Areas in which my choices or actions have direct

impact on outcome or results.

Indirect Control

Problems that involve other people’s behaviors. I

may or may not have influence over these people.

No Control

Problems we can do nothing about such as our past

or situational realities.

Addressing Direct Control Problems

What can I directly

control moment to

moment, and be

personally

accountable for?

Apply Notice-

Adjust –Evolve, etc.

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Addressing Indirect Control Problems

Choose influential approaches in my relationships, environment, communication and connection.

Walk my talk, build consensus, gain empathy, change perspectives, etc.

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Addressing No Control Problems

Accept the problem and learn to live with it. Do not empower the problem so that it has control over us.

Changing the way we see our “no control” problem is in our Circle of Influence. It is CHOICE.

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Questions to Ponder …

Can we learn to accept those

things we can’t change?

Can we find the courage to take

responsibility for the changes we

can make in ourselves and in our

relationships?

Can we grow in our wisdom and

strive to do our very best to create

a balanced and meaningful life?

Serenity Prayer

“God grant me the

serenity to accept the things that

I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the

difference. “