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Ricardo Vargas, PhD
Ricardo Vargas, PhD
Global authority in project, portfolio and risk management
February 6, 2023 · 3:43 PMOpen link ↗View on Instagram ↗

Hello everybody, Every day brings new challenges, and getting caught up in a never-ending cycle of panic and worry about the potential dangers to our work and projects is easy. And this is the topic of this week’s episode of the #5minpodcast. This time, I share a simple method we can use to cope with anxiety in our daily project challenges. Recently, I read Nick Trenton’s book “Stop Overthinking.” The book is excellent, and one of the tools he introduced was extremely helpful to me: the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 method. Yes, this is the name of the method 😊 . The method is based on counting from five to one. At each stage, we focus on a different sense to make sure we are in the present moment and aware of our surroundings. The method is extremely useful in helping us to control panic and obsessive thinking. I hope you find it as helpful as I did. Have a great week with a lot of peace and no anxiety 😃 Cheers, Ricardo Viana Vargas https://ricardo-vargas.com/podcasts/stop-overthinking-with-the-5-4-3-2-1-method-to-reduce-anxiety/ #mindfulness #anxiety #panicattacks #troubledprojects #projectmanagement #pmot #conflictmanagement