One surefire way to have more freedom

July 4th represents the freedom that both citizens and non citizens have who live in the United States. Our forefathers fought politically and militarily to give us this freedom. Many men and women, prior to our existence, made various sacrifices to allow us to have the freedom we now enjoy. Even those in this country who live in poverty enjoy a level of wealth and freedom unheard of or undreamed of in other parts of the world.

Freedom is a human need, not a want. A need! Freedom is defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

We all have more control of our lives than we realize.

There are 2 types of control; internal locus of control and external locus of control.

A person with an internal locus of control believes that he or she can influence events and their outcomes, while someone with an external locus of control blames outside forces for things that go wrong. This concept was brought to light in the 1950’s by psychologist Julian Rotter.

A person with an external locus of control is more likely to believe that his or her fate is determined by chance or outside forces that are beyond their own personal control. This strategy can be healthy sometimes. Like when dealing with failure or disaster, but can also be harmful in that it can lead to feelings of helplessness and loss of personal control. It is clear that we need to focus as much as we can on our internal locus of control.

Here’s my question for you this month; What can you do this week to have more freedom?