What is an effective strategy to reduce the effects of worrying as a time-waster impeding effectiveness?

a) Try to put the worries out of your mind.
b) Let worries enter your mind as they come up and think them through fully.
c) Schedule a “worrying appointment” and spend that time worrying.
d) Focus on worrying at the start of each task to get the worries out of the way.


Answer: c

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