When you focus on your circle of concern your circle of influence?

What is Circle of concern and Circle of influence?

Your Circle of Influence are the things that concern you that you can do something about. For example – you may be worried about climate change (i.e. circle of concern), however what can you do about it (i.e. your circle of influence).

How do you focus on the Circle of influence?

The number one way to increase your Circle of Influence is by being proactive within this circle, and largely ignoring anything outside of it. To put this another way, focus on the things you can influence, control, or change, rather than the things you have no say over.

What does Circle of influence mean?

A Circle of Influence contains the concerns in your life that you can do something about. For example, let’s say you’re worried about finances. You have control over how much of your paycheck you put into savings every month. You also have control over the things you buy.

What are examples of Circle of influence?

For example, ramping up your production capacity, hiring more people, shutting those branches that are unprofitable or adding more distributors for your product. All these are within your circle of influence.

Who is your Circle of influence?

This includes your own children; their friends; any children you supervise; friends’ and relatives’ children; and kids encountered in public. Whether or not they look to you for direct guidance, the behavior children see in you will influence their view of the world.

Why is focusing on the Circle of control important?

The circle of control aims to help people recognise things they can’t and cannot control and where to focus their time on. By focussing on things you can’t control, your circle of influence will get smaller. You will end up spending your energy on things that may bring you negative results.

What does a proactive focus do for the Circle of influence?

Proactive people focus their efforts on their Circle of Influence^®. They work on the things they can do something about: health, children, or problems at work. Reactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern™—things over which they have little or no control: the national debt, terrorism, or the weather.