Posts Tagged ‘worry’

Self Doubt: A Disease that Doesn’t Discriminate!

What if… What if I forget the words when I stand up there? What if I go completely blank? What if I totally suck? What if I look or sound stupid? What if they hate me? What if I’m not pretty enough? Cool enough? Smart enough? Qualified enough? Experienced enough? Talented enough? Thin enough? What if they see through my act? What if they discover what I’m really like? What if… Continue reading

October 6 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: fear, procrastination, self, self-doubt, worry | 17 comments»

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»

GTD’ing the Economy

Mark Twain said, “Those of you inclined to worry have the widest selection in history.” We live in troubling times, and it is a sign of Twain’s genius that his statement is as true today as it was a century ago – if not more so. There’s a lot of stuff for the chronic worrier to obsess about: global warming, economic chaos, an ever-widening gap between the very, very rich and… Continue reading

January 21 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: action, attention, david_allen, economy, focus, gtd, stress, worry | 6 comments»

Don’t Be Eeyore

One of the barriers to a happy, effective life is the way that we create negativity in our daily affairs. We swap stories of adversity -- the store clerk that was rude to you, the boss that never recognizes your contribution, the accident we saw on our way into work -- as a way of passing time, of connecting with each other. We kick ourselves for procrastinating… Continue reading

July 25 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: conflict, negativity, worry | 18 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»