Not long ago, I found myself deep into a complex project at work that involved many parties within and without my organization. It was a task far bigger than any I’d worked on previously, and I feared that I was in over my head. I hardly knew where to begin to put together the foundational pillars that would support a successful outcome. I worried that I might make a mistake that would result in disaster or that my colleagues would realize that I didn’t have what it took to lead such a high-stakes project.

Anxiety about my work was new to me. I’d always been cool and easygoing under pressure. When coworkers would ask how I managed to be unfazed by the demands of the job, I would joke that I had tried stress once and it wasn’t for me,
so I simply didn’t do stress…

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