There are ideas, processes, and people that are within your circle of influence. Those are deserving of your time and energy.

Then there are those ideas, processes, and people that you might care about or are interested in, but they lay outside of your circle of influence.

These are within your circle of concern.

Your circle of concern is a waste of your time and energy. Investing there will diminish your circle of influence and will create reactive behaviors.

Making proactive investments within your circle of influence actually increases your influence.

Where and how will you spend your time?

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