There is a dark side to the idea of an &#x27;internal locus of control.&#x27; It creates a sense that the individual can and should manage the situation, even when the situation is totally unmanageable. I think it&#x27;s a common problem among high achievers (particularly entrepreneurs), and conversely some &#x27;resilient&#x27; people need to accept that there sometimes really IS an external locus of control before their efforts to control the situation break them.
Hence the serenity prayer (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Serenity_Prayer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Serenity_Prayer</a>) and major parts of eastern spiritual traditions...