But it hadn’t. Monger had realised that, even when things happen to us that aren’t our fault, there is one thing we can control: our reactions. This is what he meant by ‘responsibility’ – taking control of your reaction to the things life throws at you. As we’ll learn in this chapter, the ability to distinguish between ‘fault’ and ‘responsibility’ is one of the key skills – perhaps the key skill – in a high performer’s mental toolkit.
