Are you affected by underperformance due to overthinking things?

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I was having a conversation with one of my friends from college and he said that sometimes we underachieve because we tend to overthink (and complicate) certain situations and I was wondering if anyone else feels the same way.

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I used to be. I used to be afraid to ask certain questions because I didn’t want to get certain answers that I had fabricated in my head. I write everything down and try to break down situations into the bare minimum facts when I am assessing what to do next, and by taking all emotion out of it I’ve found my decisions (at work anyway) have been quicker and generally more accurate

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Absolutely.

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I used to be bad for this. Not so much anymore. Journaling, meditation, time spent self reflecting are all good habits to get into.

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Of course this happens. There was a term “paralysis by analysis” which covers this. You don’t need to overthink, just get the course of action, check for spelling errors and send it out.

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Of course this happens. There was a term “paralysis by analysis” which covers this. You don’t need to overthink, just get the course of action, check for spelling errors and send it out.

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I agree with your friend. When you overthink, you end up assuming a lot of things and you start attracting them.

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Miracle Morning change the game for me

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You can do this, but you will grow out of it the longer you are in sales. Remind yourself to think of the facts at hand.

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I'm my own worst enemy some days. Once I'm usually in a flow state it kind of goes away though.

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For sure. Prospects don't like responding to my emails no matter how personalized they are so I continuously change the contents of my messaging in hopes that my reply rate would increase. I think I just need to stick to the basics.

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I used to be bad for this. Not so much anymore. Journaling, meditation, time spent self reflecting are all good habits to get into.

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Are you affected by underperformance due to overthinking things?

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Are you affected by underperformance due to overthinking things?

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