About this episode

Mark Walker discusses how a persistent feeling of anxiety and unworthiness can affect high performers and leaders.

Send us Fan Mail That relentless “driven” feeling might not be ambition at all. It might be a low-grade hum of anxiety, doubt, and unworthiness that follows you from meeting to meeting, turning every email into a crucible and every decision into a test of whether you belong. I’m Mark, and I built Fierce Encouragement because I know that struggle firsthand and because I keep hearing it show up in the leaders and high performers I coach. We dig into how that hidden inner pressure doesn’t stay ...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Walker

Topics covered

• anxiety
• self-worth
• leadership
• high performance
• inner pressure

Keywords

• anxiety
• self-improvement
• leadership
• performance
• doubt

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