From the course: Just Ask: Dorie Clark on Personal Effectiveness

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Tips for letting things go

Tips for letting things go

From the course: Just Ask: Dorie Clark on Personal Effectiveness

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Tips for letting things go

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(upbeat tones) - [Paul] My name is Paul. I'm a marketer out of San Francisco and here's my question. I have a problem letting little things go at work as they run in my mind over and over. Any best practices for clearing these things out of my mind? (upbeat tones) - [Dorie] Hey Paul, I feel you about your difficulty letting go of things and having them race around in your mind sometimes. I think in many ways, it's kind of the essence of modern society that we all have this low-grade anxiety sometimes, although not always, focused on professional things. And one of the ways that we have to conquer it and be able to move forward and be successful is to figure out how to stop the chatter. One of the most helpful conversations that I had about this actually was a few years ago. I was working on my book Stand Out and I interviewed David Allen, who you may have heard of. He's a productivity expert and the author of the book…

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