Why Worry is Nothing to Worry About
Nick Tasler
Org Psychologist | Leadership Speaker ?? Embrace Change. Grow Faster. Win Bigger.
Riddle me this:? We all want to grow, right?? Grow our career.?Grow our business. Grow our skills in pickleball, piano, poker, and parenting.??
So, when growth actually starts to?happen—when we get a promotion, close a deal, or finally get invited to the big kids' table on poker night—why do?we so often?feel stressed and panicky right afterward??
To solve that riddle—and to stop getting in?our own way when growth starts happening—we need to understand?the five?W's.?
1. WIN
Growth almost always starts with a win. You win a sale, a promotion, the attention of a longed-for love interest.?This win ignites your belief that the next level is attainable.
It's game on.?
2. WORRY
Days, hours, or just minutes after that win, the excitement morphs into worry.
What if I can't deliver on the promise I just sold?
What if I fall short of my new team's expectations?
What if Love-Interest-#1 finds out about my screechy laugh or my morning breath???
But then...
3. WONDER
All that nervous energy switches the gears in your brain.?Which heightens your awareness to ordinary sights, sounds, smells and ideas.?Then on some random Tuesday, seemingly out of nowhere, you see the proverbial "sign." You experience a Wonder that points the way to your next course of action.
Of course, Wonders alone are not?yet verifiable?Wins. For that, you need...
4. WORK
Work is how you put your?insight?into action.? Work is not always "fun" in the traditional sense of the word.?But that's okay, because you?know what comes next??
5. WIN
Eventually all that Worry,?Wonder, and Work?produces yet another Win.?And then, guess what? The process starts?all over again...and again...and again...and again...
This is how growth happens. Every. Single. Time.? When former IBM Chief, Ginni Rometty said "growth and comfort can never co-exist," this is what she was talking about.?
The point is this:?
Growing faster and feeling better starts with?embracing Worry, not escaping?it.??And the easiest way to embrace Worry?is by expecting the Wonders and Wins that will surely follow.??
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3 个月Great riddle! It's fascinating how growth can bring both excitement and anxiety. What strategies do you find helpful in managing those feelings when opportunities arise? ?? On a different note, would you be interested in investing in real estate? Please feel free to send me a connection request!
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3 个月Nick Tasler this is brilliant. Such a concise explanation that capture both the feeling and actual thought process and doing elements of growth/progress all in less than two minutes. If you don't mind I just popped it into my learning/training tool box.