Posts Tagged ‘anxiety’

The Work of Worry

I admit, I'm a worrier. Always have been – when I was a teenager, I used to lay awake nights worrying about… well, whatever teenagers worry about. In college, I used to worry about classes, girls, money – and eventually about the fact that I was laying up nights worrying instead of sleeping. Today, I worry about… well, I worry about the same things, I guess, except now I'm on… Continue reading

October 5 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: anxiety, energy, organization, procrastination, work, worry | 24 comments»

How to Find Your Way Towards Consciousness and Calm

When Thinking Gets in the Way Lately I've written much about the chaotic mind, the propensity we have to over-think and the inability so many of us have to escape the internal noise, get out of our thoughts and find our way back to a little tranquility. Or as Happy Gilmour calls it, our Happy Place. Being constantly trapped in our stinkin' thinkin' can be a ticket to depression, anxiety and… Continue reading

April 14 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: anxiety, calm, consciousness, meditation, peace | 11 comments»

Meditate Regularly for a Great 2009!

I was a sporadic meditator at best for years, only to really commit to meditation when, just after turning 39, I discovered a mass in my right breast.From the point of discovery of the mass to getting the necessary tests, waiting for results, waiting for surgery, waiting to see if the newly diagnosed cancer had spread to lymph nodes, waiting to see what treatment I would have, and so… Continue reading

February 12 2009 | By Liora | Tagged: anxiety, awareness, balance, health, meditation, Productivity, relaxation, stress | 7 comments»

Resilience: The Key to Surviving Anything

Have you ever seen bamboo shoots in a storm? I have. I remember huddling in a hut in Thailand watching a raging typhoon sweep through the mountains. The clump of bamboo outside the window was completely flattened by the raging winds. The wind was so strong that it lifted the roof right off the hut and I began to fear for my life. Then, suddenly, the winds dropped. I looked… Continue reading

November 13 2008 | By Mary | Tagged: acceptance, anxiety, fear, flexibility, future, resilience | 7 comments»

The George Costanza Lifehack for Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

Despite what you may think, there are lifehacks to be learned from the television show Seinfeld. Take for example the episode "The Opposite"- George Costanza decides that every decision that he has ever made has been wrong, and that his life is the exact opposite of what it should be. George decides to do the opposite of everything he has done before, and great things begin to happen to… Continue reading

September 2 2008 | By Derek | Tagged: anxiety, fear, health, phobia, psychology, seinfeld | 15 comments»

7 Little Tricks To Speak In Public With No Fear

There was once a time when I had no fear. I was 11 years old and I entered a story telling competition. I was confidently telling the story and captured everyone's attention until suddenly I heard a voice from just in front of the stage commenting about my nose. It's totally disastrous from that moment on. I lost focus and forgot the script altogether. That's the exact time that I… Continue reading

August 26 2008 | By Mohamad Zaki | Tagged: anxiety, nervousness, presentation, public-speaking | 35 comments»

Don’t Panic! Stop Worrying and Enjoy Halloween

With Halloween now two weeks away, it's time to start thinking about Halloween safety. OK, that's an understatement: if the local news programs are to be believed it' time to start panicking. Poisoned Pixie Stix, needles-stuck Snickers, and razor-wielding Raisinets lurk behind every Jack-o-lantern-guarded door. Evil ne'er-do-wells lurk ready to pluck your children off the streets and do unspeakable things to them. The dead walk the earth… Continue reading

October 17 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: anxiety, fear, halloween, safety, urbanlegend, zombie | 23 comments»

Postcards from over the edge

A few potentially useful thoughts about work and working life.

When you’ve reached enlightenment, your boss will still be a jerk. The good news is that it won’t bother you any more. The secret of maintaining a calm mind is letting go of emotions and refusing to waste energy on fretting about whatever you can’t change. The world is an unsatisfactory place; your boss is an unsatisfactory person. Life is good.
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May 14 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: anger, anxiety, behavior, personal, relationship, work | 11 comments»

What we have most to fear is fear itself

Have you noticed how often people draw back from trying something new because of fear? Fear that they might not make it; fear that the outcome will not be as good as they hope that it will be; fear that change may prove that what they’ve been doing until now isn’t as good as they’ve made it out to be; fear of being seen to make a mistake—even if that… Continue reading

February 5 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: achievement, anxiety, fear, risk, worrying | 2 comments»

What Are You Worried About?

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. - Glenn Turner

We all worry. The same wonderful tools our brain uses to imagine new innovations and solve complex problems, also has a habit of looking for trouble - even when it may not exist.

Mid-terms, budget overruns, bug counts, first dates, performance anxiety - worry likes to stick its nose into every… Continue reading

December 5 2006 | By Tony | Tagged: anxiety, performance, strategy, worry | 12 comments»

Why We Should Put an End to “Hamburger Management”

Hamburger Management is a shoddy, debased version of real leadership that focuses on just three things: whatever demands least, can be used fastest, and costs least. It thrives wherever organizations seek to meet unrealistic targets with insufficient resources to maximize short-term profits. Indeed, Hamburger Management is short-term by nature, and will habitually sacrifice long-term advantage and value for the immediate gratification of bosses and investors.To force people to work long… Continue reading

November 6 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: accomplishment, anxiety, business-ethics, change, civilized-work, competition, creativity, effectiveness, Hamburger-Management, innovation, leadership, lifehacks, Management, manager, micro-management, organization, slow-leadership, strategy, stress, trust, value, work-life, work/life-balance, worklife, workplace | 3 comments»

Speed, Accidents, and Anxiety

You're driving along the freeway. The traffic is heavy and the weather is bad; there's water on the road and occasional patches of ice. You're already late for an appointment and you're worrying that your boss is going to find out and get mad at you, so you're driving way too fast for the conditions. Everyone else seems to be in a hurry too. Your hands are gripping the wheel… Continue reading

September 4 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: anxiety, business-fundamentalism, discontentment, fear, insanity, leadership, lifebalance, Lifestyle, living, Management, motivation, organization, overwork, slow-leadership, speed, strategy, stress, work-life, work/life-balance, workflow, working, worklife, worrying | 3 comments»

The Soul of Business

When people speak about the soul — outside of a purely religious context — they're usually referring to the qualities of something (or someone) that they see as fundamental to its identity. The word "soul" is shorthand for the innermost, truest or most obviously unique nature of whatever or whoever they are referring to.Used in this way, the word can apply to people (where it means whatever they feel is… Continue reading

June 19 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: anxiety, attitude, balance, behavior, civilization, civilized-work, corporate-culture, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, Management, organization, performance, soul, stress, work-life, work/life-balance, worklife, workspace | no comments»

Burnout

Burnout is a state of fatigue or frustration brought about by excessive devotion to a cause, a way of life, or a relationship that fails to produce the expected reward. Put more simply, it's what happens when you work flat out and find you're getting nothing back to make all that effort worthwhile. Continue reading

April 10 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: anxiety, behavior, burnout, health, stress, work-life | 5 comments»

Learn To Manage Your Anxiety And Stresses In Your Life

Do not let your anxiety and stresses overwhelm you during your every day living. It can be tough sometimes to deal with your anxious moments but they will eventually go away. In the meantime, the best thing that you can do is to find those ways that will manage those stresses whether at work or at home. For instance, many people get stressed out when they have to meet deadlines… Continue reading

February 22 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: anxiety, life, stress | 8 comments»