Be it picking up freelance gigs, sending resumes or simply doing the thing I love doing most, writing, I have to constantly motivate myself into silencing that nagging monster in my mind that makes my life so damn difficult. James Neill of the University of Canberra Centre for Applied Psychology notes in “What is Locus of Control” that although an internal locus of control is usually the more desirable state because it implies a sense of self-control and self-governance, an extreme one can be just as detrimental as an extreme external orientation.

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