Decide whether to avoid discomfort or carry it into a useful action.
The situation Jon needs to tell his manager the hiring plan is under-resourced. His stomach drops, and the thought 'She'll think I'm negative' offers an escape: wait until the next 1:1. The uncomfortable feeling can ride along; it does not get the steering wheel. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) psychological flexibility ACT frames mindfulness as part of psychological flexibility: contacting the present moment fully, making room for difficult internal experience, and choosing behavior in service of values. At work this matters because many unhelpful moves are avoidance moves in professional clothing: over-explaining to avoid disapproval, checking Slack to avoid a…
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