Embrace Your Anxiety to Achieve

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Anxiety affects a significant portion of the American population, often leading to challenges like insomnia and overwhelming fear. However, it also serves as a powerful motivator for personal and professional growth. By recognizing anxiety as a double-edged sword, individuals can learn to embrace and utilize it as a tool for increased focus, resilience, and self-awareness. High achievers particularly may experience heightened anxiety, yet they can transform this anxiety into a loyal ally that propels them forward. This perspective shift has inspired a movement, showcasing that anxiety can be tamed and leveraged effectively.

What are some words you would use to describe a leader? Bold, driven, steadfast. How about … anxious? You may not equate leadership with anxiety, but Morra Aarons-Mele — a writer, podcaster, and self-proclaimed anxious achiever — says that’s a mistake. Because anxiety is not a professional defect or character flaw. It’s not something to be ashamed of or something you have to hide. Instead, in Morra’s view, it’s an asset, a resource, a motivator that can bring out your best work. The hard part is figuring out how to master it so that it helps rather than hinders. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, that may sound like a tall order, maybe even impossible, but in this episode, Morra, with help from a pen, a banana, and reams of cutting-edge research, will teach you how to do it.

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