78: How to Control Worry, with Bonni Stachowiak

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Business and Management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, she was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. Bonni is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide*.

Towards the end of his life, Mark Twain famously said, “I’m an old man and I’ve known many troubles, most of which never happened.” Like Twain, many of us find ourselves captivated by worry on a regular basis. In this episode, we’ll take a look at this human reality and some of the things that each of us can do to better control worry, both professional and personally.

• Make a decision that it’s OK to worry once in awhile
• Take Dale Carnegie’s advice of “What’s the worst that can happen?”
• Get out of your own box and focus on serving others rather than worrying about ourselves
• Address challenges proactively – when there is trouble, take action!
• Live in day-tight compartments

Some of the books we mentioned on this episode are:

• How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
• Getting Things Done by David Allen

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