{"id":3622,"date":"2020-04-25T14:24:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T20:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlbradley.com\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2020-04-25T14:24:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T20:24:03","slug":"worrying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlbradley.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/25\/worrying\/","title":{"rendered":"Worrying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Worrying is a habit.\u00a0 Do you have it?<\/p>\n<p>First, check out &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/inspiration\/how-to-stop-worrying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getting to the bottom of your worrying-and how to let it go<\/a>&#8221; by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mypowertalk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordana Biernat<\/a>\u00a0for some great insights!<\/p>\n<p>We all have dreams, aspirations &amp; goals. It&#8217;s healthy to be in a growth mindset but not at the expense of getting meaningful things done today.\u00a0 Making zero progress toward your preferred vision of the future is demotivating. Focus on the task at hand, like the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/m\/share?p=%2Fvideos%2Fa-football-life%2F0ap2000000300089%2FA-Football-Life-Schottenheimer-s-mantra-was-to-take-one-play-at-a-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mantra<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0former NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n<p>The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.\u00a0 Sure&#8230;how?<\/p>\n<p>Second, check out\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/4866.How_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Start_Living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to stop worrying &amp; start living<\/a>&#8221; by Dale Carnegie. His concept of living\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalecarnegiewaynj.com\/2011\/05\/27\/reduce-worry-by-living-in-day-tight-compartments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day-tight compartments<\/a>\u00a0suggests to live each day to its fullest until bedtime, get some rest &amp; go again the next day.\u00a0 Easy to say, hard to do.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s his help&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Get the facts about what you&#8217;re worrying about; write\u00a0them down, decide what you can do about it &amp; get busy doing those things. Getting &#8220;lost&#8221; in the activity helps &amp; progress on some issue you&#8217;ve identified is moving away from the problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t count the days, make the days count!&#8221;\u00a0 -Muhammad Ali<\/p>\n<p>He famously didn&#8217;t count repetitions until the one&#8217;s when he was getting tired because those were the one&#8217;s that really counted. This habit created breakthroughs in his training for consistent growth.<\/p>\n<p>If just talking about this makes you even more anxious, listen to what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brenebrown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brene&#8217; Brown<\/a>\u00a0has to say about\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brenebrown.com\/podcast\/brene-on-anxiety-calm-over-under-functioning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is, tomorrow isn&#8217;t promised.\u00a0 A great Cherokee proverb says it this way&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t let yesterday use up too much of today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Best,\u00a0 Karl<br \/>\n<a class=\"wordpress-follow-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karlbradley.com\" data-blog=\"http:\/\/www.karlbradley.com\" data-lang=\"en\">Follow Karl Bradley on WordPress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worrying is a habit.\u00a0 Do you have it? 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