I have recently taken a new role at work and have been worrying about not doing well on the job. In the past too, I have had different kinds of worrying and negative thoughts about various things. At that time, my father had given me Norman Vincent Peale’s book “The Power of Positive Thinking” to read. This book helped me a lot. So, this time too, in true Norman Vincent Peale style, I decided to confront the worrying thought and asked myself the question - What would happen I did not do well? These are the answers that came up.
The list of choices that emerged made things clear. Out of the five possible outcomes, only one outcome was to do with me being totally replaced, a 20% chance. All these negative thoughts for a one in a five chance? I decided to stop worrying and get on with the work!
