Managing the Stress and Uncertainty of Coronavirus

The Anxious Achiever

Morra Aarons-Mele

Business, Careers, Management, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The rapid onset of the coronavirus is changing our work – and our lives. For those who own businesses or work in the gig economy, the stress and financial uncertainty is even greater. When we don’t know what the future will hold, or are working in isolation, what can we do? Host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with Jerry Colonna, CEO of Reboot.io, about how he is leading his team through such a stressful time. And later in the episode, business psychologist Camille Preston explains how we all can cope with uncertainty by taking on a growth mindset.

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0:00.0	I'm Maura Aronsmeli, and this is the anxious achiever.
0:09.9	We look at stories from business leaders who have dealt with anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenges,
0:15.9	how they fell down, how they pick themselves up, and how they hope workplaces can change in the future.
0:33.0	In times of fear, the only response is love, love and compassion.
0:37.3	Early yesterday I'd gone to visit a client, a CEO.
0:38.2	We'd sat in his office surrounded by thousands of square feet of space devoid of people.
0:43.7	He'd sent everyone home, all 600 employees, to avoid the spreading contagion.
0:49.4	It was surreal.
0:51.1	After I visited another client, another CEO, and after a session we gathered his whole team
0:57.0	and I read from my book.
0:59.0	I read the opening of the equanimity chapter, in which I speak about the point of riding
1:04.0	the roller coaster, not being to become good at riding roller coasters, but to learn how not to board
1:10.0	the ride at all. The truth is, in my nearly
1:13.2	57 years, I've never lived through such a combination of pandemic, a nauseatingly volatile stock
1:19.8	market, a bizarrely growing economy, and increasingly unsteady hands on the reins of government.
1:27.2	This roller coaster is new, and so I can't say with certainty what will happen next.
1:33.3	But I can say love wins, not only over hate, but over our own fears.
1:41.3	I know this from the bottom of my toes to the top of my ever-graying, ever-thening
1:46.8	head. Love wins. Love your clients. Love each other. Love your loved ones and friends.
1:55.1	Love yourselves. This two shall pass. That was the voice of Jerry Colonna, CEO of Reboot, a legendary leadership development and coaching company.
2:05.8	And he was reading from a note that he sent his staff this week, addressing something a lot of us are feeling, afraid.
2:13.0	Today, I wanted to bring you a special emergency episode of The Anxious Achiever because I'm so anxious
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