1036: Becoming a Happy High Achiever with Dr. Mary Anderson

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Mary Anderson shares key habits to fuel your career and well-being.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why high achievers often don’t enjoy their achievements

2) How to break free from the cycle of negative self-talk

3) The SELF care framework for high achievers

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— ABOUT MARY —

Dr. Mary Anderson is a licensed psychologist, author, and sought-after speaker with over a decade of experience helping patients become happier, healthier, and sustainably high-achieving. Dr. Anderson earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, with a specialty in Health Psychology, from the University of Florida and completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the VA Boston Healthcare System, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine.

Her book, The Happy High Achiever: 8 Essentials to Overcome Anxiety, Manage Stress, and Energize Yourself for Success––Without Losing Your Edge, was published by Hachette Book Group in September 2024.

• Book: The Happy High Achiever: 8 Essentials to Overcome Anxiety, Manage Stress, and Energize Yourself for Success―Without Losing Your Edge

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0:00.0	know that any mistake you make never in any way detracts from your worth as a human being
0:14.3	that we have inherent unconditional worth as humans and if people really embrace that if they
0:19.8	accept that as truth that's when they're
0:22.6	going to feel and be their best because they're not so afraid anymore. They've shown an abundant
0:27.7	research. If people are happier, it fuels success. So when we're happier, when we have a positive
0:32.5	mindset, that's actually going to enhance our productivity, our performance, our efficiency, our creativity,
0:38.3	our resilience. So it really benefits us to be happier. First, because you deserve to be,
0:43.5	because you're a human and you deserve to be happy, but also as people in the workplace who
0:48.4	are striving to be high achievers really know that if you can speak to yourself in a way that
0:52.9	helps you cultivate a positive
0:55.5	mindset that helps in a positive like a happiness feeling that is actually going to play out
1:00.9	that it's going to enhance your performance.
1:09.2	That's Dr. Mary Anderson.
1:10.5	She's a licensed psychologist, author, and sought after speaker who's had a decade,
1:15.2	plus experience helping patients become happier, healthier, and sustainably high achieving.
1:20.3	And today, she's sharing some wisdom from her latest book, The Happy High Achiever.
1:24.7	So you'll learn, one, why high achievers often don't enjoy their achievements.
1:28.6	Two, how to break free from the cycle of negative self. And three, the self, SELF, yes, it's an acronym,
1:35.1	care framework for high achievers. And if you want a quick summary write-up of some of these
1:38.9	takeaways, I recommend you sign up for the free Gold Nget email newsletter found it awesome at your job.com.
1:44.6	I'm Pete McItis.
1:45.5	This is How to Be Awesome at Your Job.
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