- We might have full, partial, or no control over various parts of life [[(Irvine, 2008)]]. - Influence is partial control. - No control over a situation necessitates acceptance. This is because [[Acceptance Enables Inquiry]], and [[When Reality is Fixed, Acceptance is Agency, Denial is Victimism]]. - [[Matching Objective and Subjective Agency Avoids Compensatory Control]] | Objective Agency → | Control | Influence | Accept | | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Subjective Agency ↓ | | | | | Control | [[When Objective and Subjective Agency Match, Only Execution Is Left]] | [[What happens when you try to control what you can only influence?]] | [[What happens when you try to control what you must accept?]] | | Influence | [[What happens when you try to influence what you can control?]] | [[When Objective and Subjective Agency Match, Only Execution Is Left]] | [[What happens when you try to influence what you must accept?]] | | Accept | [[What happens when you accept what you could control?]] | [[What happens when you accept what you could influence?]] | [[When Objective and Subjective Agency Match, Only Execution Is Left]] |