1124: How to Build Hope and Combat Burnout at Work with Jen Fisher

Hope and anxiety are great partners for each other because what happens to me when I feel stuck or when I'm catastrophizing, I can step back and say, what would hope tell me to do? Well hope would tell me to understand where I am now, understand how I want to get out of this place and create those pathways for myself. And so instead of staying stuck and staying anxious in a really stuck place, I can identify multiple pathways. ways in which I can get unstuck.

And that actually helps my anxiety because it says, oh wait, there's not just one way and you're not just stuck here forever. There's all these other ways in which you can move forward. That's Jen Fisher. She's a global authority on workplace well-being who helps leaders harness hope to transform cultures. She shares more on the skill of hope in her latest book, Hope is the Strategy, the underrated skill that transforms work, leadership, and well-being.

So you'll learn one, why hope is a valid strategy in the workplace. Two, how a few words can kill or build hope. And three, how to counter your brain's tendency to be overly critical. And if you want a quick summary write-up of these actionable takeaways, I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter found at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete McKitis.

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