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In Mister Byron's class we spoke about the Balloon Analogy, and who or what is in control of our pressure. In Stephen Covey's book 7Habits of Highly Effective People he speaks of a very similar concept called the circle of influence. This circle of influence is basically an inventory about the things in life we have the ability to control and those things that are completely out of our control. The circle pertaining to things in life is called the circle of concern. The inner circle is referred to as the actual circle of influence.
This circle of influence is the area you want to stay in. When you think about the weather or the way people are treating you these are thing that you really have no control over and by worrying over them you are diminishing your circle of influence and enlarging your circle of concern. A bit different from the balloon which will burst due to the extra pressure that is created by external things the circle of influence gets basically squeezed into......

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