Anxious 9 to 5: How to Beat Worry, Stop Second-Guessing Yourself, and Work with Confidence [Paperback]

Larina Kase PsyD MBA (Author), Joe Vitale MscD (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006

Do you come to work wound-up and anxious, never quite able to calm down? Do pressing deadlines and a constant sense of urgency make you feel as if you just can't get ahead? Do you feel distracted and unable to focus throughout the day? Before you know it, you're spending sleepless nights worrying about what on-the-job disasters tomorrow will bring. Anxiety in the workplace is serious and can hold you back from achieving the success you deserve, despite how hard you work. Anxious 9 to 5 offers simple and effective techniques to get your workplace anxiety under control once and for all so you can enjoy work and be more productive.

First, you'll learn how anxiety develops in the workplace and, more importantly, how to stop it before it gets the best of you. After that, you're in control: customize the book's powerful exercises and self-evaluations to target your own personal workplace anxieties. In no time, you'll move past your obstacles and begin building confidence, focus, and a successful and fulfilling career-one day at a time.

Get control over:
• Anxiety, stress, and worry at work
• The perils of perfectionism
• Self-defeating thoughts
• Fears of failure and public speaking
• Procrastination and discomfort on the job
• Difficulty being the boss

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book shows you how to release your subconscious brakes to inner peace and high performance. You learn how to stop worrying and start succeeding—immediately!
—Brian Tracy, author of The Power of Charm

Kase's understandable, clear guidelines for handling anxiety will change your life. She makes complicated paradoxes seem simple and teaches easy ways to manage them in your work days. Did you know that the way to overcome stress is the opposite from the way to overcome anxiety? You will find her short quizzes and exercises invaluable in helping you determine where you are with anxiety and what your next steps should be. This is one book you should NOT procrastinate in reading.
—Rita Emmett, author of The Procrastinator's Handbook and The Clutter—Busting Handbook

From the Publisher

A psychologist specializing in anxiety and stress in the workplace offers this collection of self-help solutions to perfectionism, fear of failure, and procrastination—techniques that can transform on-the-job anxiety into enjoyment and success in the workplace.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157224464X
• ISBN-13: 978-1572244641
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #525,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA is a psychologist, business coach, speaker, and author or coauthor of books including The New York Times bestseller The Confident Speaker (McGraw-Hill, 2007), The Confident Leader (McGraw-Hill, 2008), and her new book Clients, Clients, and More Clients: Create an Endless Stream of New Business with the Power of Psychology (McGraw-Hill, 2011).

Her passion is helping people achieve more than they ever thought they could, overcome anxiety, and build confidence. She works with service professionals, entrepreneurs, and salespeople who want to confidently share their message and build their businesses. Her work is based on scientific research in the social sciences and business and is regularly featured in media such as Inc., Selling Power, and Entrepreneur. Get "Stand Out! Marketing That Grabs Attention and Gets Results" when you visit her at http://www.LarinaKase.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars helpful and practical, August 22, 2006

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Lynne Siqueland (Elkins Park, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anxious 9 to 5: How to Beat Worry, Stop Second-Guessing Yourself, and Work with Confidence (Paperback)

One of the few books that help the reader distinguish between the usual issue of dealing with stress at work and when it moves into anxiety. The greatest thing about this book is how useful and practical it is- you can go right from reading to ideas about how to tackle both small and big problems. Using guided exercises called coaching points, Dr. Kase helps readers themselves pinpoint and address problematic issues. In addition, numerous case examples helps the discussions come alive. This book takes head on all the issues at work one can think of from procrastination to public speaking to perfectionism and beyond. Step by step strategies are provided in clear straight forward language though things though the complexity is addressed. I recommend this book highly to anyone who is trying to understand exactly why they are stressed at work and after figuring it out what to do about it. As a psychologist working with anxiety disorders, I would readily advise my patients as well as my friends to use it
Lynne Siqueland, Ph.D.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helps anxiety at work, August 21, 2010

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Laura Johanson - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Anxious 9 to 5: How to Beat Worry, Stop Second-Guessing Yourself, and Work with Confidence (Paperback)

This book is great for someone who is anxious when they are at work. It helps the person work with more confidence, be a better leader, stop worry, stop perfectionism, stop fears at work, stop self-defeating thoughts, stop stress, and have more success. It is well written and easy to read. I recommend the book to anyone to read. It has helped me in my work. I am glad I found the book at Amazon.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Self help requires readers actions., August 20, 2010

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Dianne Walker "Dianne W- HR Mgr - Freelance W... (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anxious 9 to 5: How to Beat Worry, Stop Second-Guessing Yourself, and Work with Confidence (Paperback)

Are you a constant worrier, do you flip-flop on your decisions? Is it possible that a book can help you to overcome these traits and become successful in your career? Probably not. What it can help you do is to identify those behaviors and provide tips and techniques in to order to improve.

Fear and anxiety can be crippling - especially in the workplace. Anxious 9-5 talks you through many of the factors that lead to fear and anxiety - then lead you through how to overcome and cope.

For example, Chapter 4 discusses what happens when you are your own harshest critic. Suffering from self doubt is the surest way to hold you back. As with each chapter, the author provides coaching points to identifying the problem and provides actions steps to move forward. While you may not be comfortable with the suggestion to "create and implement a plan to do something that makes you uncomfortable," they do say that it's ok to start small.

It's important to remember however, that unless you commit yourself to change - all the books in the world will do nothing for you other then use as paper to line your book shelves. I found the best parts of the book were contained in the "coaching points." The author provided sound advice - it's up to the reader as to whether or not to follow.