How to Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower

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Anxiety is a normal human emotion. It's part of leadership. In many ways, I joke leaders are paid to be anxious. And that if you understand what your anxiety is trying to tell you, don't run away from it. Don't even try to control it. Just try to understand, learn from it. You can emerge more resilient, stronger, better at communicating,. More self-aware and also learn to channel your anxiety for when you really need it. Like before a big event, before a speech, before a talk, you want to feel anxious. We need some anxiety. And when to basically tell you're anxiety to buzz off because it's not a good time.

Morra Aarons-Mele shares powerful tactics for channeling anxiety into a productive force.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why it’s powerful to admit you’re anxious.

2) The common thought traps that hold achievers back.

3) Three powerful solutions to stop negative self-talk.

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— ABOUT MORRA —

Morra Aarons-Mele is the host of The Anxious Achiever, a top-10 management podcast that helps people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their leadership. Morra founded Women Online and The Mission List, an award-winning digital-consulting firm and influencer marketing company dedicated to social change, in 2010, and sold her business in 2021. She helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first internet chat and has launched digital campaigns for President Obama, Malala Yousafzai, the United Nations, the CDC, and many other leading figures and organizations. She lives outside Boston with her family and menagerie.

• Book: The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower

• Book: Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home)

• LinkedIn: Morra Aarons-Mele

• Podcast: The Anxious Achiever

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

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• Book: Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety by David Burns

• Book: The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points by Alice Boyes, PhD

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