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5 tips from Dale Carnegie on how to overcome fear and anxiety
The life of modern man by 80 percent consists of stress. We are constantly on something experience: do not have time, will not work, there will be something that we are not ready. Anxious thoughts haunted us at every step.
< Website advised to read these recommendations Dale Carnegie to learn how to take care of your nerves.
< Be prepared for the worst. < / There are professional technology to get rid of excessive anxiety in his personal life or at work, which consists of three steps:
- ask yourself, "What is the worst of what could happen? »;
- accept the fact that this is possible;
- think about how you can minimize the likelihood of the worst outcome.
Carriere understood that the worst for the company - the loss of 20 thousand dollars. He accepted this fact and began to think how to get out of the situation. Carrier has offered to buy new equipment in the amount of 5 thousand dollars, which could help save at least some money. However, this step has helped and does get rid of losses
Treat your facts objectively Carnegie offers two ways to get rid of the subjective attitude to the situation:..
- Imagine that everything that happens relates to a stranger, and think, what would you advise him. Emotions deprive us of rationality and logic, therefore, seemingly trifling problem causes very nervous.
He asked each employee whenever he finds himself in a difficult situation and thinks that will not cope with it, ask yourself the 4 questions:
What is the problem What causes it? What are my options to solve it? which one, I think the most correct?
4.. Remember the statistics.
In order not to dwell on things that are unlikely to occur with you more often remember the law of large numbers.
Think about what is in fact the probability that your scratch would be a rare and incurable disease? Statistics certainly in this case, say, insignificant. Why worry about what is likely to happen?
5. Set yourself a limit.
This strategy is used in the stock market. Each player sets itself the minimum mark, after which it is not involved in sales, so as not to risk money.
You can use this rule in their daily lives. For example, if you are afraid that you do not have enough money to pay, set the mark, after which you hold waste. Or if your bus does not go a long time, and you are afraid of being late for work, select the time that you call a taxi. Thus, you save yourself from the risk of being in a situation where fear.
Author: Shana Leibowitz for Business Insider
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via www.businessinsider.com/dale-carnegies-advice-on-worrying-2015-9
