Tuesday Trio: Do I overthink everything?
Tuesday Trio
Welcome to the latest edition of Tuesday Trio.
Each week, Tuesday Trio serves up three tips to evoke reflection and improve our mental health and wellbeing.
This week, we’re asking, “Do I overthink everything?”
The tips and pieces we include today explore these questions and how overthinking is not helpful to our mental health and wellbeing. It seems too, that when we overthink, it does not mean we are making better decisions.
What are we reading this week?
Executive coach, Melody Wilding, shares five tips in her article, How to Stop Overthinking Everything, for Harvard Business Review. Her five strategies can help us “stop the cycle of thinking too much, and drive towards better, faster decisions.”
The idea of leveraging intuition, of trusting our head, heart, and gut, spoke to us. It turns out that intuition is much more than guesswork; it’s a form of rapid decision-making that is more considered than we might assume.
Read How to Stop Overthinking Everything (5-minute read)
Do you recognize yourself in the piece? Do you agree with Melody’s suggestions? Are you going to practice her five strategies?
Let us know your own strategies to combat overthinking actions and decisions over on our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages.
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What are we listening to this week?
Rob Dial shares 4 Strategies to Stop Overthinking in his podcast, The Mindset Mentor.
Rob tells us that overthinking can deplete us of so much time and energy. We stand to benefit significantly from combatting overthinking, and these four strategies are a great starting point.
Listen to 4 Strategies to Stop Overthinking (18-minute listen)
What do you think about what Rob has to say? As ever, you sharing with us is always welcomed on our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages.
Who are we quoting this week?
"Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere."?- English Proverb
What’s the difference between being concerned about something and worrying about something? Does concern imply action while worry implies standing still?
Do you feel like you’re worrying? Overthinking? Living too much in your head? Share your own experiences and your own solutions over on our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages.