If Zorro was on LinkedIn

I loved watching Zorro when I was a kid.

Swinging from chandeliers.

Overpowering ten men at a time with the slash of his sword.

His mission in life was to right the injustices of the world.

It turns out, Zorro didn’t start out as a confident hero.

The higher he flew, the further he fell until he felt out of control.

Zorro hit bottom when he met sword master Don Diego.

Diego had to teach Zorro to focus his attention.

Instead of trying to save the entire world, Zorro had to be more disciplined.

Diego drew a small circle in the dirt.

He called this the Circle of Control.

Zorro was forced to fight within this circle.

“This circle will be your world. Your whole life. Until I tell you otherwise, there is nothing outside of this” Diego told Zorro.

Once he mastered the Circle of Control, the circle would slowly expand as he mastered each level.

This story is from The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life by Shawn Achor.

It’s the book of the month in our Mastermind Book Club.

Fast forward to Zorro mastering his Circle of Control where he’s the hero helping right the injustices of the world.