Marcus Aurelius on Focusing on What You Can Control

This is, this gets into Marcus Aurelius, you know, who I love, the, uh, Roman

emperor. Have we ever talked... We've talked about him.

No, the, the, this, this-

Now, this guy, somebody gave me this book a couple years

ago,

Meditations,

which has nothing to do with meditation.

This is just stuff he jotted down when he was emperor of Rome, 150

AD. It's the most brilliant philosophical

looking at life, and one of his number one things is,

"If you can't control it, don't think, don't bother thinking

about it." You're taking energy, your brain, away from

things you can control. You can control your act.

Mm-hmm.

But on the night of the show, whatever didn't sell or whatever the

problems are, the sound, you're tired, don't think

about it. It's, it's, it's a waste of time.

There's no point in thinking too much about it.

Your success in life, think about what I can do today

that's important for me in my life.

Mm.

Think that's where you should be focusing. That's Marcus Aurelius.

Jesus.