I found this quote on Instagram from Tao Meditations.
A young man asks a monk how to stop worrying.
The monk says: you're worried because you want control. Your mind is trying to control something it can't.
Worry has a way of disguising itself as productivity. It feels like you’re preparing. Thinking ahead. Being responsible. This is #fakenews. Most of the time you spend worrying is wasted. It’s just your brain trying to control outcomes that have not happened yet and may never happen at all.
On this episode of WORK Net/Net, we talk about worry as an affliction, not a strategy. Why so many of us confuse anxiety with foresight. Why spiraling feels active but leaves you depleted. And why the desire for certainty at work often creates more pain than the actual problems we are trying to avoid.
We get into control. What you actually have control over and what you do not. We talk about the limits of advice from people who don’t have to live with the consequences. We touch on the importance of finding perspective when you are stuck in your own head. And the quiet confidence that comes from trusting that you will handle whatever comes next, even if you cannot plan for it perfectly.
This episode is not about pretending things are fine. It is about acknowledging they are not, recognizing that worry does not protect you and believing that you can solve the known - and unknown problems of the future.
If you have been lying awake trying to solve futures you cannot yet see, this one is for you.
This is WORK Net/Net.
Watch the full episode on YouTube.
