The locus of control. The principle of locus of control came from Julian Brodeur in 1954. It considers the idea that people tend to either believe that control lives internally within them or externally with others or the situation. This is kind of a spectrum. Some people have a mostly internal or external locus of control, but others will have some balance between the two. For example, some people may be more internal at home while more external at work.
Internal those with a high internal locus of control believe in their own ability to control themselves and influence the outside world. They see themselves as being in control of their future and acknowledge that the choices they make will lead to their success or failure. their belief in their own ability to change things may well lead to increased confidence levels and they will look for information that will help to influence people in situations, they are also likely to be more motivated and driven by success. External, those with a high external locus of control believes that they personally have little or no control over events and what other people do, they may even believe that other people have control over them and that they can't do anything about it. People with an external locus of control think the worst, they see things from the perspective that life and events are just happening to them, and there's very little that they can do about it.
This tends to make them passive and accepting. If they feel they've succeeded in something, they'll actually be more likely to attribute this to luck instead of their own skill or talent. Here are some questions you can ask yourself about this. One, take a few moments to think about the concepts internal and external locus of control and what they mean to you. To consider these concepts in relation to your own life, whereas your natural locus of control is that one or the other, or maybe a bit of both three other any areas or situations in your life that you're attempting to control but you can't. For other any areas of your life that you are currently unfulfilled in that you can take more responsibility for.
Five, consider how the quality of your thinking your emotions, habits and beliefs have had an impact on how you currently are doing in life. The fact is that the only thing we have any real control over in life is our attitude in response to the circumstances and situations that we face and the choices that we make. I've included a link to a neat little quiz on the locus of control so you can kind of get an idea of Where you are in that spectrum so don't forget to check that out. Thanks