You Should Be Taking More Risks. Here's How To Get Over Your Fear And Do It. | Sue Ashford

It's the Ten Percent Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello everybody, how we doing? In an era of rising perfectionism, the

So many of us are holding ourselves back from taking risks and running experiments because We're afraid of failing. My guest today says that's a huge mistake, and she's got a whole framework to help you change your mindset so you can get over yourself and get over the hump. Sue Ashford is a professor at the University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, where she focuses on helping people to be maximally effective in their work lives. She's got a book called The Power of Flexing, How to Use Small Daily Experiments. to create big life changing growth.

In this conversation we talk about The concept of flexing what it is exactly, the pernicious role of fear and anxiety, the crucial difference between a performance mindset and a learning mindset. Practical tools for changing your mindset. What it means to unleash your inner scientist, the importance of getting feedback and why some people struggle asking for it. the concept of restoring, reframing negative perspectives, why we should savor successes instead of letting them

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