Quotes: "Mentor Me" Book by author Ken Poirot "'The Three Buckets in Life' by Ken Poirot 'One bucket contains the things we CAN control. The second bucket contains the things we MAY control, and the last bucket contains the things we CAN'T control.' Focus on the bucket you CAN control!" Prepared using a Wikipedia Commons Public Domain Photo. The quote and graphic was provided and released to the public domain by author Ken Poirot.