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How Do I Perform At Work When My Heart Is Broken?

Heartbreak is horrible, painful, and universal. My guest on The Anxious Achiever this week reminded me of the challenges we face when trying to maintain focus and performance in our professional lives after a heartbreak.

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Finding Your Superpower in Anxiety

Morra’s interview with The Lexington Observer!

With her new book “The Anxious Achiever” and podcast of the same name, Lexington resident Morra Aarons-Mele aims to help you turn your stress into a source of strength.

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The Anxious Achiever Is A SHRM Summer Pick

It was great to see the book included in this list from Society for Human Resource Management!

Summer is just around the corner, and the season brings with it a bevy of terrific new workplace books, each full of fresh perspectives, unconventional solutions and big ideas to transform you and your workplace this year! Here is a roundup of some of the most compelling titles for your consideration.

–Matt Davis, Publisher, SHRM Books

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Boston Globe Today

Morra joined host Segun Oduolowu on Boston Globe Today to discuss the Anxious Achiever. Watch here.

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Four Skills More Important Than An MBA

Graduation is a time of joy but also of anxiety. It’s filled with uncertainty and change. Grads need a skill set to manage the inevitable anxiety all this change and uncertainty creates! I’ve decided to offer some skills graduates really need, and that I wish for you if you are graduating.

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On Air with Public Radio Tulsa!

On air with Public Radio Tulsa speaking about my new book The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower.

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If you’re an anxious achiever, view it as a curse and a blessing

Most of us assume that anxiety and strong leadership are incompatible. But entrepreneur and former mental health advisor Morra Aarons-Mele says that’s a misconception. “I am convinced that anxiety is baked into effective leadership,” she writes in The Anxious Achiever. “It doesn’t matter if you have a fancy title and are managing thousands of people or you’re launching a tiny startup on a shoestring – leadership comes with a heightened set of pressures and responsibilities … If you’re invested in the work, you’re going to experience some anxiety.”

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Are You An Anxious Leader?

Pursuing new opportunities can be exciting and daunting, especially in our careers. It’s normal to feel anxious about the unknown and the pressure to succeed but how do we make sure this doesn’t stop us from achieving all that we’ve set out to?

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