Ryan Holmes on Adapting the "Serenity Prayer"​ for Business Decision-Making

"You've probably heard of the Serenity Prayer, whether or not you know it by name. It goes something like this: 'Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.'

"This is powerful advice when facing challenges in life, and it forms the cornerstone of many therapeutic approaches for addiction and other disorders. But it also has important - and overlooked - applications in the business context.

"Behind the serenity prayer, which was first published in a 1951 magazine column by an American theologian, is a much older Roman phrase. The 2,000-year-old Stoic expression translates roughly as, 'what is up to us, what is not up to us.' In business, as in life, it's easy to lose track of this key distinction. And that's where endless stress, frustration and distraction arise. . . ."

In a recent commentary, Ryan Holmes, CEO at Hootsuite, reflected on the difference between addressing things we can control and things we cannot control.

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