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Your Insecurities Aren’t What You Think They Are

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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The Power of Fear and Impostesindrom as Motivators

Defensive pessimists perform just as well as strategic optimists. They harness their anxiety as motivation. Their insecurities propel them to prepare. If what we are afraid of is that we are not ready, then usually we'll double down on the work. We might rehearse the talk 15 times ause day. I sure did. I was siting thre wih the yepad on my hand for five hours,. Just like i sat there and made sure that that talk was even better the night before. So i think the function of fear and all this self doubt is it should push us to practise our work more. It will actually be a self fulfilling prophecy to make us better

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