Fear Less
Suffering form fear is not inevitable. How can you confront it, and even turn it into an action lever?
Author(s): Pippa Grange
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Date of publication: 2021
Manageris opinion
Fear is a normal and useful emotion. It benefits our survival: when we perceive a threat, it alerts us and prepares us to react. Yet, despite its advantages, it can also become a hindrance. When it invades our daily life, it biases our judgment and determines our actions unwittingly. In the professional context, it can discourage cooperation or any form of risk taking, even a desirable one. To limit these noxious effects, we must thus refrain from both denial and resignation. Yes, fear exists, including in business; no, suffering it is not a curse.
In this book, Pippa Grange first shows how fear continues to permeate our modern societies, even if danger is not around daily. She then proposes different methods to face it: techniques to manage the expressions of fear; taking a step back and changing perspective on the causes of our fears; capacity to deal with our fears to transform them into action levers.
A book that, although not specific to the business world, will shed a useful light for any professional confronted to an anxiety-generating atmosphere.
