You can’t control what you can’t control

I was a pretty good math kid in school. I did well with classwork as well as the series of math contests in which my math teacher entered me. I remember I actually won a regional contest even though I was one of the youngest entrants. 



I came across the Book Of Math Theories I received for the win while visiting my parents recently, and we laughed pretty hard remembering how shocked my mother was when I came home that day. She hugged Mr. Reporter, my math teacher (he was also a close family friend, so I guess that makes it ok.) and just couldn’t believe it. She was pretty pleased.



But I plateaued and never did I have the same success. Math. So cruel. 



Not that I was ruminating on it but I realized, after the early competition success (I was 13), I was thinking too much about winning and not the effort. 



You can’t control what you can’t control. Give your best effort to the things that you DO have control over is really the only way. 



Did I mention I was also a Physics Olympian? Ask me about my popsicle stick bridge.

By Atsushi Yasuda CEO