Your Anxiety is Killing Your Profit with Abi Harmon

About this episode

The episode discusses how anxiety affects decision-making and creativity in entrepreneurship with guest Abi Harmon.

Ever feel like your brain is running a marathon while your body waves a white flag? We sat down with Abby Harmon, ex-Amazon leader and founder of House Harmon, to unpack how entrepreneurs can stay fast without frying their circuits. Abby lays out a simple truth: when you lead from a regulated nervous system, you make sharper decisions, sustain energy, and unlock real creativity. When you lead from fear, you push teams into urgency, narrow your time horizon, and quietly starve innovation. Acr...

People in this episode

Guest: Abi Harmon

Topics covered

• anxiety
• entrepreneurship
• decision making
• creativity
• leadership

Keywords

• anxiety
• profit
• entrepreneur
• leadership
• decision making
• creativity
• nervous system

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: House Harmon, Amazon

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