Wasteful Worrying, What Will You Choose?
You want to make a change, take a chance, or understand what the future holds. Uncertainty often leads to wasteful worrying. Is that where you’re at?
Worry is about choice. A choice to contemplate over and over again. A choice to wonder or fantasize negativity about a pending outcome.
Everyone Worries
It’s easy to worry. It’s easy to remember the things that went wrong. Everything that happens when you let your guard down or fail to take some advice from someone else.
Worry drives us to do many things.
A few of them may be positive. The double check, the confirmation, or reading over the draft document one more time.
Most worry is a waste of time though. It is a waste of your energy and other precious resources.
It may bring others down. Cause a stir, even a panic.
We often worry because we feel afraid. Fear causes hesitation. Hesitation sometimes results in missed opportunities, or worse, closed doors.
Some people place worry on faith. A belief that things will work out as they should.
Others will place it on a gamble. Take a chance, or throw in the cards.
Can you do better?
Will you make a better choice for the use of your time?
Wasteful Worrying
If you have no control over the pending outcome, why worry?
If you have control over the pending outcome, can you count on your knowledge and expertise? Is there a metric, a track record, or benchmark data?
Should you be more confident?
What if you committed to worry less? What if every time you felt it coming on you made a different choice about your energy allocation?
It’s easy to worry. Nothing worthwhile comes easily.
-DEG
Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and culture expert. He is a five-time author and the founder of Appreciative Strategies, LLC. His business focuses on positive human performance improvement solutions through Appreciative Strategies®. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.
