Last year, Harvard Business Review published a short article about What Anxiety Does to Us at Work.
For those of us with what the article calls an “anxiety-prone brain” its a useful reminder of potentially troublesome tendencies to be aware of, especially in a time like this, and suggestions for ways to minimize them. They are also good to keep in mind when engaging with colleagues who may demonstrate some of these behaviors.
“If you share these tendencies, you won’t necessarily be able to change them, and nor do you need to; they’re probably your hard-wired defaults, and they can yield positive outcomes, such as diligence and sensitivity to others. However, you can learn to recognize when you’re seeing through anxiety-tinted glasses and adjust your thinking so it doesn’t limit you.“