These Are Life Choices You Control

<p>If you haven’t heard of George Raveling, you should. This a guy that Michael Jordan addresses as “coach” even though Raveling never coached the Bulls or the Tar Heels. He’s also been retired from coaching for more than two decades. </p><p><br/></p><p>In fact, most people who know him call him Coach Rav, not because he’s got a great sense of the game, but because his wisdom about life. On Coach’s website, there’s a tab titled <a href='http://coachgeorgeraveling.com/life-lessons/'><em>Life Lessons</em></a><em>. </em>It’s full of wonderful lessons. But it’s one post in particular that the aspiring Stoic should consider, because it deals with what Epictetus said is our chief task in life--discerning what’s inside our control and what isn’t and then, having made the distinction, focus all our energy on making the right choices in regards to what’s ours to decide. </p><p><br/></p><p>Rav’s post is titled <a href='http://coachgeorgeraveling.com/23-life-choices-that-are-in-your-control/'><em>23 Life Choices That Are In Your Control</em></a>. </p><p><br/></p><p>Here are all 23 of them: </p><p><br/></p><p>1. Be YOU, not them.</p><p>2. Do more, expect less.</p><p>3. Be positive, not negative.</p><p>4. Be the solution, not the problem.</p><p>5. Be a starter, not a stopper.</p><p>6. Question more, believe less.</p><p>7. Be a somebody, never a nobody.</p><p>8. Love more, hate less.</p><p>9. Give more, take less.</p><p>10. See more, look less.</p><p>11. Save more, spend less.</p><p>12. Listen more, talk less.</p><p>13. Walk more, sit less.</p><p>14. Read more, watch less.</p><p>15. Build more, destroy less.</p><p>16. Praise more, criticize less.</p><p>17. Clean more, dirty less.</p><p>18. Live more, do not just exist.</p><p>19. Be the answer, not the question.</p><p>20. Be a lover, not a hater.</p><p>21. Be a painkiller, not a pain giver.</p><p>22. Think more, react less.</p><p>23. Be more uncommon, less common.</p><p><br/></p><p>And now that we have been given 23 choices that are up to us, let’s start making them. </p><p><br