Correct.
Not scripture this time but a bit of philosophy from Epictetus, he was a Roman slave who became a stoic philisopher. He was in the same city, Nicopolis, about 25 years after the Apostle Paul.
Epictetus wrote -
Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.
The things in our control are by nature free, unrestrained, unhindered; but those not in our control are weak, slavish, restrained, belonging to others. Remember, then, that if you suppose that things which are slavish by nature are also free, and that what belongs to others is your own, then you will be hindered. You will lament, you will be disturbed, and you will find fault both with gods and men. But if you suppose that only to be your own which is your own, and what belongs to others such as it really is, then no one will ever compel you or restrain you. Further, you will find fault with no one or accuse no one. You will do nothing against your will. No one will hurt you, you will have no enemies, and you not be harmed.
Essentially "attitude" and "effort" are the things under our control and nothing else.
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Yeah man and I'll even go a step further...I think when we try to control things other than effort and attitude, that's when the world gets really bad.