The measure of a powerful person is that their circle of influence is greater than their circle of control.

衡量一个人的影响力的标准在于，他们的影响范围要大于他们的控制范围。

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Stephen Covey calls this working within your circle of influence and it's a much more comfortable and effective place to operate from than stressing over things that are totally beyond your control.

史蒂芬·科维称之为在自己可影响的范围内工作，这样子比为自己无力控制的事情而烦恼要舒服的多，而且解决问题的效率更高。

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This initially seems at odds with the statements around needing full control, but there does seem to have been a lot of effort put into squaring that circle.

这一点初看起来和之前Agility需要完全控制的陈述似乎是相矛盾，但对于这种化圆作方(即不可能)的事，Agility作出了许多努力。

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But he never attacked the Murdoch empire or any other newspaper group by name and although he believed the media was out of control, he always resisted calls from within his own inner circle to take them on.

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Brin McCagg has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial and executive management experience at Control Point Solutions, Flight Options, TradeOut, and Full Circle.

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