348: Dr. Luana Marques (Harvard professor), How to transform anxiety into power
The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving
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Reactive Avoidance
When we go from zero to a hundred on any kind of anxiety, we're activating that emotional brain and it goes to protection. So the reason I say just do it won't work for overcoming psychological hardness is that we actually have to train the brain. The asking for a raise is not dangerous. And anxiety tells you that you can't ask for a raise. For example, you could write 10 reasons why you deserve a raise with a coworker or a loved one. You can set up an evaluation with your boss and ask about what you're doing well versus not in preparation of eventually asking for araise.
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