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Dear ,
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Welcome to Issue 342. The mission of "Marvelous Mondays" is to offer an inspirational thought, a practical exercise, some humor, or a simple tip to jump-start your week and to enhance your life, business, outlook or relationships.
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What Is Worry?
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Samuel Johnson called worry a "disease of the imagination." People use their imagination to create stories that cause worries. Instead, we can learn to gather the facts which will help us either prevent the worry or extinguish the raging fire that imagination sets off.
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Understanding Worry
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Not all worry is bad. Adaptive worry alerts you to real or potential danger.
Maladaptive worry serves no purpose and can hamper your life. It can become insidious and invisible, like a virus.
Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. in his book entitled "Worry" suggests possible ways to control worry. Here are three of them. 1. Get the facts
2. Make a plan
3. If needed, find support to help you through your worries.
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Exercise
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1. Give yourself a short period of "worry time." Designate ten minutes in the morning and afternoon as your worry segments.
2. Make a worry list of something you worried about yesterday, last week, and even last year. See if any of your worry did anything productive for you.
3. Ask yourself this worry-eradicating question. "What's the worst thing that could happen to me (or someone I care about) and what is the likelihood of it occurring?"
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| JOHN'S BIO | John has owned several businesses and is an attorney who has practiced in the business and estate areas. In addition, he coaches business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, speech makers and presenters. He also coaches persons who are determined to accelerate their careers and leadership skills or who are considering a career move or retirement. John uses coaching as a tool in his leadership and business results based consulting. He is also a life coach.
**John is currently accepting a few new coaching clients.** |
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