By Morra Aarons-Mele

In The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower, Morra Aarons-Mele flips the script on what it means to lead with anxiety. Rather than viewing it as a liability to be hidden or fixed, she argues that anxiety—when understood and managed—can become a strategic asset in leadership. Drawing from her own experiences, expert interviews, and her popular Harvard Business Review podcast, Aarons-Mele provides a compelling roadmap for high-performing individuals who wrestle with self-doubt, overthinking, and emotional intensity. This book isn’t about eliminating anxiety—it’s about transforming it into clarity, empathy, and resilience in the workplace and beyond.

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