You can’t control many things on your journey through life and especially on the journey to success. A business partner’s decision, a financial roll of the dice, the tides of the market, and more will all be mostly outside of your control. So it’s essential to let go of the things outside your power so you can focus all of your time and energy on the factors you can control. While it will always be tempting to agonize over the stock ticker or refresh your emails waiting for a response, these time sinks can ultimately hurt your ability to move towards success.

There are so many daily factors relevant to your success that you can control that there is no point in wasting time on any of those factors outside your control. You can manage your attitude, how you respond to a challenge, how you structure your day, how you react to a setback, how to invest your time in a given day, what you’d like to learn that day and more. You can’t always control what life serves up at your door, but you are still in control of how you choose to respond, and the choices you make in those situations, especially challenging ones, will likely be integral to your future success.