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Managing Your Anxiety (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

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What's the worst that can happen? Anxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide. But rumination, worry, and catastrophising don't have to hold you back at work. By understanding how anxiety works, you can better manage these feelings. This book will help you distinguish stress from... Read More
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What's the worst that can happen?

Anxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide. But rumination, worry, and catastrophising don't have to hold you back at work. By understanding how anxiety works, you can better manage these feelings.

This book will help you distinguish stress from anxiety, use self-compassion and mindfulness to combat the symptoms, find the support you need, and move forward more comfortably and confidently in your job.

This volume includes the work of:

  • Alice Boyes
  • Judson Brewer
  • Rasmus Hougaard
  • Jacqueline Carter

The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Series: HBR Emotional Intelligence Series

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781647825645

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 January 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 177.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 12 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

You can find HBR at: hbr.org
Twitter: @HarvardBiz
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review
Facebook: @HBR
Instagram: @harvard_business_review
YouTube: youtube.com/user/harvardbusinessreview

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