A surprisingly common turn of phrase that I have come across in my reading is: > [!quote] Control your (blank) or your (blank) will control you Where that blank is filled with: - Environment - (Willpower Doesn’t Work) - Computer - ([[The Things We Make]]) - Calendar - ([[Off the Clock]] and/or [[Deep Work (book)]]) - Projects - ([[Building a Second Brain]]) Although I don’t specifically ever seeing these in this context, I feel like several books I’ve read could be summarized in this way: - Control your money or your money will control you - Control the things you buy or the things you buy will control you **** ### Source - [[The Things We Make]] - Willpower Doesn’t Work (book I partly read that wasn't worth finishing) - [[Deep Work (book)]] ### Related -