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The Greatness Machine

Darius Classic | How to Live a Worry Free Life

The Greatness Machine

Darius Mirshahzadeh

Education, Entrepreneurship, Business

5.0 • 135 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Are you letting your anxiety and worries shape your reality and limit your potential? Today, I am flying solo to talk about a topic that resonates with many of us: the impact of anxiety and worry on our lives. We often find ourselves in a constant battle with these emotions, and it can feel overwhelming when they start to dictate our decisions and overshadow our potential. In this episode of The Greatness Machine, I will explore how anxiety can manifest in various aspects of our daily lives–whether it is affecting our relationships, work performance, or overall happiness. I will share practical strategies for managing anxiety, including tracking and documenting worries, which can help us gain clarity and perspective.  Topics include: Tracking and documenting worries to alleviate anxiety The benefits of granting yourself permission to worry Strategies for managing and redirecting worry in modern life And other topics… Sponsored by: Constant Contact: Try Constant Contact free for 30 days at constantcontact.com. Express VPN: Secure your online data today with ExpressVPN. Go to expressvpn.com/darius. Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job's visibility at Indeed.com/darius.  Shopify: Sign up for a $1/month trial period at shopify.com/darius.  Jerry: Save $1,300/year on car insurance with Jerry at Jerry.ai/greatness.  [DISCLAIMER: *Based on drivers who switched and saved with Jerry over the past twelve months.  Over 20% of drivers who switched with Jerry found a monthly premium of $87 or less. Not all drivers find savings.] Connect with Darius: Website: https://therealdarius.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariusmirshahzadeh/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imthedarius/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Thegreatnessmachine  Book: The Core Value Equation https://www.amazon.com/Core-Value-Equation-Framework-Limitless/dp/1544506708 Write a review for The Greatness Machine using this link: https://ratethispodcast.com/spreadinggreatness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Love gang. Welcome to The Greatness Machine. I'm your host Darius from Shazday. I'm so pumped to have you here with me. Now listen, the greatness machine were about two things. Number one, people were living their passions. And number two, those who are creating greatness in the world and doing both of these things despite the odds against them. Each episode, we're going to feature interviews with game changers, business leaders, telling us their origin stories. What made them tick, what got them to where they are now. Why? So can help you step into your

0:24.8

greatness within your life, your business, and your career. Occasionally, you might hear a few

0:29.2

solo episodes for myself, as I say, as I leverage my 20 years of entrepreneurship as a CEO

0:34.2

and founder to help you grow and level up in your journey to scale your life

0:38.0

and your business. So, come be a fly on the wall, enjoy the conversation, and I'm stoked to have you here with me. Guys, welcome to these episodes of The Greatness Machine. I'm your host, Darius Marysaz Day. Man, I'm flying solo. I'm here to talk about something that's near and due to my heart. It's worrying about stuff.

0:54.2

And I'm telling you right now, a few years ago,

0:56.6

I was quite the warrior.

0:57.7

I was quite the warrior. I'm here to talk about something that's near due to my heart. It's worrying about stuff.

0:57.6

And I'm telling you right now, a few years ago, I was quite the warrior.

0:59.6

I was quite the warrior for many years of my life.

1:03.3

And a few years ago, I had some stuff go down to my business.

1:06.9

And I was like, man, like I was tripping out hard.

1:10.4

I'm sure many of you may have had this experience. And I went and saw this cognitive behavioral

1:13.3

therapist named Matt May down out near Stanford in Northern California. And we did some work

1:19.6

to go. Some CP, because it was it, cognitive behavioral CBT, CBT. So we did some CBT therapy. And a couple of things came out of me.

1:30.5

Give me some practices. But one of the things that he had me do, I had this thing going on in my

1:34.5

business that was a regulatory issue that we were dealing with. We were a government lender.

1:41.1

And some of the performance on the, my loans were not as good as I wanted them to be. And so I was doing, I was worried about it. And so I started tracking. I was worried. I was wondering like, man, I'm worried about a lot of different things. And many people out there, you might be like relating to what I'm talking about right now where you're, you find yourself worried about stuff. And I was a person that I remember I when I was probably like nine years old I was like man I'm just a naturally

2:04.9

worried person or a person that worries about something my grandmother love her god rest her soul

2:11.4

my mom's mom she was a warrior too and I remember thinking to myself when I was nine I was like

2:17.3

yeah I'm like a warrior I'm just like my myself when I was nine, I was like, yeah, I'm like a

2:18.6

warrior. I'm just like my grandmother. And it was something that I just attached to my identity where I'm

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