🧭 Feeling OverwhelmedOR- Focus Where Your Power Lives: Lead From Within

By Lloyd Munyaviri – L2M Coaching & Mentoring

Feeling overwhelmed?

As leaders, parents, professionals or simply as people we often carry the weight of situations we can’t fix. But here’s a truth I share in every coaching room:

💬 “You can’t control everything… but you can always control how you show up.”

🎯 The Three Circles That Shape Your Energy

Take a moment to imagine three circles drawn inside each other:

🔵 1. The Circle of Concern

This is everything that worries or affects you but is outside your control. Think: world events, the past, the economy, gossip, other people’s choices.

🟡 2. The Circle of Influence

These are things you can influence over time like how your team performs, your relationship dynamics, or your work culture.

🟢 3. The Circle of Control

This is where your real power lives. It includes your thoughts, actions, decisions, reactions, and how you choose to lead and live today.

🧠 A Leadership Nudge to Bring It Home

When you're feeling stuck or drained, pause and ask:Is this something I can control? Can I influence it? Or is it just a concern?

Yes be aware of what others are doing. But don’t live there.Don’t give your power away to things that aren’t yours to fix.Instead, focus on what’s real. What’s now. What’s you.

💫 Change Starts with You

Let me say this clearly:

“As you change, you become a magnet.”

When you focus inward on your growth, your mindset, your boundaries you naturally begin attracting the kind of people, energy, and opportunities that align with who you're becoming. Instead of exhausting yourself trying to fix others, invest that energy into changing you.And in return, you'll reap the benefits: deeper relationships, clearer peace of mind and a life designed around your values not your stressors.

🛠️ Try This: “Focus Where Your Power Lives” Activity

Want to feel more empowered this week? Do this 3-step reflection:

Step 1: Brain Dump

Grab a notebook. Write down all the current challenges you’re facing—big or small.

Step 2: Sort the Circles

Draw three circles on a page. Place each challenge into one of the following:

• Circle of Concern

• Circle of Influence

• Circle of Control

Step 3: Power Plan

From the Control circle, pick 1 thing you can act on today.From the Influence circle, pick 1 relationship or process you’ll intentionally nurture this week.And from the Concern circle, pick 1 thing to let go of for your peace.

🧭 Final Thought:

Leadership, parenting, relationships it all begins with one powerful truth:

✨ Change doesn’t begin with them. It begins with you.And as you grow, so does the world around you.