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Control the Controllables

Put your energy into the actions, decisions, and responses that are still yours.

Selection, officiating, conditions, other people's opinions: outside your control. Preparation, effort, attitude, attention, and response: yours.

Most competitive frustration comes from spending energy across the line.

Write the two lists once. Then, in the moment, ask one question: what is the next thing on my side of the line?

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Daily Check-In

Get what's in your head onto the page so it stops running in the background all day. · 3 min

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