The Dichotomy of Control (DOC) is the concept that there are some things within our direct control and some things outside of our control. For example, when we go outside, we can bring an umbrella with us in the event that it may rain, but we cannot control whether or not the rain actually falls.
Instead of wasting our energy blaming society for bad things that happen to us, we can instead focus on improving ourselves and how we react. We can turn adversity into opportunity, we can recognize the good alongside the bad.
We can’t change the world but we can change how we react to it. Certainly, we can also do things that help make the world a better place. We can vote in elections, we can volunteer, and we can donate to the poor. But through the DOC, we do so with the recognition that we are but a very small part of humanity and thus our efforts are small, but never in vain.
https://www.lianeon.org/p/the-dichotomy-of-control
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