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NEW: The Anxious Achiever

Harvard Business Review Press

Master your anxiety and become the leader you were meant to be.

One of Thinkers50 10 Best New Management Books for 2024.

The Anxious Achiever was named a Financial Times Best Book of April, a Next Big Idea Club pick, and has been featured in the Boston Globe, The Wall St Journal, TED, Fortune, Quartz, CNBC and more.

Praised by:

Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson
Wall Street Journal bestselling author Whitney Johnson
SAP SVP Vivek Bapat
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson
Columbia Business School’s Rita McGrath
Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn
Wall St Journal bestselling author Dorie Clark
And more…

From Morra: Why I wrote The Anxious Achiever

Anxiety is normal. The way we hide it is not.

Although so much has been done (rightly) to promote diversity and wellness at work, there’s a giant hole in the understanding of how mental health plays into not just our daily grind, but the very trajectory of success.

We’re all in desperate need for better models of leadership - especially in a society that tell us mental health challenges like anxiety and depression are weaknesses.

I wrote this book because anxiety is a constant in today’s workplace, and people need tools to manage it. If you do nothing to address it, anxiety can seriously hamper your – or your team’s – potential for high performance. However, The Anxious Achiever shows that anxiety is actually fundamental to leadership, and with the right tools, you can harness its power to turn stress into strength. Mentally healthy workforces drive ROI: Employers see a $4 return for every dollar invested in employee mental health support and treatment.

The Anxious Achiever will help leaders and teams

Understand and manage how anxiety shows up for them at work
Lead and thrive through uncertainty
Use their leadership anxiety as an advantage
Create guardrails that protect boundaries, time, and energy
Create mentally healthy teams and culture

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Hiding in the Bathroom:

How to Get Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home)

Hiding in the Bathroom a roadmap for ambitious people who are introverted, anxious, or just crave a little more control over their work lives. It’s for entrepreneurs and executives alike, because if you’re driven and ambitious, conventional wisdom holds that you must network a lot. You must be always on. You must hustle and work 24-7. You must “get out there.” You must have a personal brand. You must put business first at all costs.

It’s just not true.

There is no one kind of successful person. You can be the kind of success you want to be, and you can have a powerful career that sustains you — the real you.

Built on Morra’s decade of experience as a “hermit entrepreneur” and over 120 interviews, Hiding in the Bathroom shares skills, effective strategies, and real stories from people who’ve been there, and thrived by defining their own rules. We tackle the sometimes thorny emotions that accompany a big career, and help you create a plan for success that feels great. The book is:

An Amazon bestseller
A popular keynote

Praised by:

Susan Cain
New York Times columnist KJ Dell'Antonia
Cricket Health cofounder and CEO Arvind Rajan
Harvard Business School Professor Leslie Perlow
BlogHer cofounder and CEO emeritus Lisa Stone
Publishers Weekly
Forbes
And more…

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See what readers are saying:

“I could have avoided years of anxiety with the great tips and compassionate understanding offered by Morra”
“Loved. Loved. Loved this book. Hiding in the Bathroom isn’t just for introverts. This book is for everyone who has those nagging feelings of insecurity and anxiety when trying to conform or simply blend in.”
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