

Hayes, professor of psychology at the University of Nevada-Reno, captures the problem succinctly: What got me thinking about this - yet again - is an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal called Conquering Fear that discusses three types of cognitive-behavioral therapy, including a relatively new movement among psychologists and psychiatrists called "mindfulness."

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You see, whether you suffer from an irrational fear of public speaking, are plagued by enormous stress at work, live in mortal terror of screwing up or getting fired, or, more to the point, are a highly competent and accomplished professional who, deep inside, suffers from debilitating doubts and fears, there are three things you all have in common: But surprisingly, we're only now, more than 150 years later, beginning to understand that his method of self-discovery hints at a fascinating way of understanding and ultimately conquering the fear that grips so many of us. Now, Thoreau had to live in an isolated log cabin by a pond for two years to get to that truth. In Walden, the great writer / philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." In all my years on this planet, Thoreau's observation stands as the most poignant and revealing naked truth about humanity. I'm talking about understanding and conquering fear, anxiety, and self-doubt. Today, we're going to tackle a subject with so much undo stigma attached to it that everyone in the business world makes believe it doesn't exist. But today, we're going right for the jugular. And I explained how easy it is to get stuck in one of the 5 stages of management development in Are You a Dysfunctional Manager.In 7 Signs You're Creating Your Own Workplace Stress we discussed how most of your workplace stress and anxiety is actually of your own making.We talked about how self-limiting behavior holds people back in Want to Be Successful? Don't Play by the Rules.Over the past year we've touched upon the issues that hold us back from becoming as successful - and happy - as we're capable of being:
