ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower

The Next Big Idea

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

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. 🎙️ Check out Morra's podcast, The Anxious Achiever 📕 Grab a copy of her book here 📩 Subscribe to Rufus's newsletter 🎁 Use code PODCAST to get 20% off a Next Big Idea Club book box subscription at https://nextbigideaclub.com/

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0:00.0	LinkedIn presents.
0:02.0	I'm Rufus Griskam, and this is the next big idea.
0:07.0	Today, why anxiety and achievement often go hand in hand. If you like me are a homo sapien, then you experience occasional cycles of anxiety.
0:40.3	They may be more than occasional depending on your genetics and childhood.
0:45.7	The question is not whether anxiety is part of your life.
0:49.3	The question is, what is your relationship with it? How do you process it?
0:54.4	Does it feel like a fruitless cycle of self-doubt,
0:57.5	like rudderless rumination,
0:59.6	or does it feel like a heightened state of attention.
1:02.6	Uncomfortable, yes, but useful for addressing the problem
1:06.2	that is triggering your anxiety.
1:08.8	Then any given day, up to a third of the American population is walking around with an anxiety disorder and in truth it's probably higher.
1:20.0	That's Mora Arran's Mealy.
1:22.0	She's a writer, podcaster, and mental health coach,
1:25.0	and she's one of those 85 million Americans
1:28.0	who struggles with anxiety on a regular basis.
1:31.0	Mora has spent a lot of time thinking about how anxiety has shaped her life and career,
1:37.0	and she's arrived at a startling realization.
1:40.0	Yes, her anxiety causes all sorts of problems.
1:43.0	It wakes her up at 3 in the morning with a nasty case of the what-ifs.
1:47.0	Yes, it can be painful, sometimes all-consuming.
1:50.0	But it also propels her forward and Mora is not alone in experiencing anxiety as a
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