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You can’t control the actions of others, only your own. Another person is like a mountain: you can’t change anything about the mountain. You can only decide wh
by nkrisc 4y ago
You can’t control the actions of others, only your own.
Another person is like a mountain: you can’t change anything about the mountain. You can only decide whether you’ll go around it, over it, or turn back.
I learned long ago to stop wasting my energy worrying about what other people did, and to focus on what I could do. Sometimes your actions can influence others, but you can’t make then do anything, they make their own choices and choose their own actions.
- zepolen 4y agoMost people are easily manipulated if you know how and are willing to do so. This has been proven multiple times, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BkzvP19v4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BkzvP19v4 There are other ways to make people do things as well like money or force. Only strong minded people not afraid of death are truly immovable mountains.
- ImHereToVote 4y agoI think this advice could be revised to. "You can't change people, you can only manipulate them."
- nkrisc 4y agoBut you're agreeing with me. You can't make them do anything, but you can choose actions that influence them. It may work, it may not.