247 - The "90% Rule" That Puts You 100% In Control
The Marie Forleo Podcast
Marie Forleo
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Things happen to us each and every day that we have no control over. Planes get delayed. We get sick. Devastating events occur. But what happens to you is only a tiny sliver of how your life goes. In this episode, learn a powerful mental trick to (always) be in control of your happiness.
https://www.marieforleo.com/blog/be-in-control
The impact that any outside situation has on your life depends on how you react or respond to it. @MarieForleo
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Marie Forleo, and this is the Marie Forleo podcast. |
| 0:06.2 | If you want to talk about your business, your life, your health, your relationships, and |
| 0:10.4 | even more, I gotta tell you, you are in the right place. |
| 0:13.3 | We do it all with humor and heart, so let's dive in. |
| 0:18.4 | You know, recently, I came across this quote from Mr. Chuck Swindle, and it really lit |
| 0:24.6 | me up. |
| 0:25.6 | It's something that I've heard before, but for whatever reason, this time, it really |
| 0:30.4 | sank in. |
| 0:31.8 | He says, life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. |
| 0:40.2 | Pretty powerful, right? |
| 0:42.2 | Because the fact is that things happen to us each and every day that we have no control |
| 0:48.0 | over. |
| 0:49.0 | I mean, planes get delayed. |
| 0:50.4 | We get sick. |
| 0:51.4 | The internet goes out in the midst of a huge project. |
| 0:54.5 | We lose businesses, we lose jobs, and unfortunately, we lose people that we love. |
| 1:00.9 | Our lives radically change, often at times, whether we want them to or not. |
| 1:06.3 | And ultimately, the impact that any outside situation has on your life depends on how |
| 1:12.3 | you react or respond to it. |
| 1:15.4 | So let's go back to this quote one more time. |
| 1:18.6 | Life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. |
| 1:25.0 | That means that as a factor of how your life goes and how good it is, what happens to |
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