The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower - Morra Aarons-mele
\n \nA timely and compelling guide to managing the anxiety that comes with succeeding and leading--from entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and top-rated podcaster Morra Aarons-Mele.\n \nAnxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the world. But in our workplaces, anxiety has been a hidden problem--there in plain sight but ignored. Until now.\n \nThe Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership. As leadership expert and self-proclaimed anxious achiever Morra Aarons-Mele argues, anxiety is built into the very nature of leadership. It can--and should--be harnessed into a force for good.\n \nInspired by the popular podcast of the same name, The Anxious Achiever is filled with personal stories, research-based insights into mental health, and lots of practical advice. You'll learn how to: \n \n- Figure out your own anxiety profile so that you can recognize and avoid common thought traps and triggers \n- Confront bad habits and unhealthy coping mechanisms \n- Resist perfectionism, manage social anxiety, and set boundaries to prevent burnout \n- Deal with feedback, criticism, and impostor syndrome \n- Model--and communicate--healthy behavior as a leader \n\n \nWhether you're experiencing anxiety for the first time or have been battling it for years, The Anxious Achiever will help you turn your stress and worries into a source of strength for yourself, your career, and the people you lead.\n