89. Optimal Anxiety : Creating Pressure That Leads to Productivity

Have you ever felt anxious when thinking about the tasks that need to be completed today, this week or this month? Have you ever felt like there simply is not enough time in the day to get the job done? Have you ever pushed yourself to keep working when you’ve felt burnt out or the quality of the work wasn’t to your standard? Have there been days you wake up with a to-do list 100 items deep and you don’t even know where to start?

 

The good news ladies & gentlemen is you’re not alone because myself and many people in this world have or feel this quite often. In today’s podcast I want to provide some tips on how instead of letting this overwhelming feeling get the best of us we can use it to our advantage. There is a sweet spot of urgency to get things done timely balanced with being productive… that’s optimal anxiety.

 

Tips for using Optimal Anxiety to our advantage :

• (1) Plan Ahead & Create Deadlines : At a macro level, planning for the weeks ahead is going to help us know what we’re supposed to be doing & when. It gives us a birds eye view of what to expect in the future.
• (2) Create a Rocks & Sand List : At a micro level, our rocks and sand list allows us to complete daily tasks efficiently. By separating our rocks, our top priorities, from our sand, our not so urgent tasks, we can prioritize which task to complete now and which to finish later.
• (3) Pick Up Where You Left Off : There will always be more work that needs to get done. Set realistic expectations for what you can do in the day ahead and stop when you feel you’ve given that 24 hours everything you’ve got. You can pick up right where you left off tomorrow.

 

Challenge for the listeners

Do you feel extremely overwhelmed with the amount of work that’s ahead of you or completely frozen and not sure where to start? Create optimal anxiety within your life by breaking down what you need to do & when by day, week and month. It will help you stay productive on a micro level and help you crush through the tasks at a macro level.

 

Questions from The BMC

• Joshua : Strategies to grapple with decision making when suffering from anxiety
• Conor H: What’s the best way to channel it?
• Conor R: Professional vs personal : my anxiety can help drive me at work, but can be crippling at home

 

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