CHAPTER SIX
Busyness
The First of the Higher Powers
WHEN HIGH-NEED-FOR-ACHIEVEMENT professionals become anxious—when they feel isolated, lacking in purpose, and insignificant—they often find it difficult to rise above these feelings and see another view. Instead of confronting their anxiety and making the behavioral and work changes that will further their growth, these individuals plunge deeper into their anxieties. Why don’t these bright, ambitious professionals see what is happening to them? Why are they unable to muster the courage to make themselves vulnerable to fresh challenges and new experiences, to change in ways that will allow them to flourish?
Because they’re trapped. Here and in chapters 7, 8, and 9, I’ll examine the four traps ...
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