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Transforming Anxiety into Personal Purpose
anx·i·e·ty
1. a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
2. desire to do something, typically accompanied by unease.
Humanity stands at the intersection of the most exciting time in human history and equally the most uncertain, unpredictable and volatile. Aware or not, every single person absorbs fear (and other emotions) broadcast through media or interpersonal communication or distant threats of violence or aggression.
When your personal purpose is not clear, anxiety is the calling card for bringing your purpose and energy into alignment. Transforming anxiety into clarity may not start with wrangling down a sense of purpose on how you make a difference in the world: in the workplace, at home or in society. Instead, it may start by working with your energetic sensitivity.
Health is a natural state of the human body and should also be natural in workplaces if companies hope to be economically sustainable. Yet workplace stress of the unhealthy kind, a result of workplace environments not designed for human performance, has a stigma attached to it. (In contrast, eustress refers to positive stress originating from a positive challenge.) Anxiety is an indicator that not all is well in the world…
