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It was described as a clever metaphor for repetitive thoughts that influence choices, and it was discussed how to identify and rewrite negative soundtracks to create positive ones.
And for me, I've heard people say, you know, a thought is like a leaf on a river or it's a car on a highway, a cloud in the sky. But for me, it's a soundtrack, which is just a repetitive thought that...
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Episode: 495: Jon Acuff | The Surprising Solution to Overth...
It was described as a clever metaphor for repetitive thoughts that influence choices, and it was discussed how to identify and rewrite negative soundtracks to create positive ones.
And for me, I've heard people say, you know, a thought is like a leaf on a river or it's a car on a highway, a cloud in the sky. But for me, it's a soundtrack, which is just a repetitive thought that tends to play automatically.
And so soundtrack was my phrase to describe, okay, repetitive thoughts that play automatically that are shaping more of your choices and actions than you might know.
I always say like overthinking steals time, creativity, and productivity and that's a practical example of why I gave that thing 20 minutes that didn't deserve 20 minutes that I could have done a million other great things with.
I think if you're going to apply that to overthinking, you can start to change things.
And then I remember negotiating contracts and I'm sure you've done this before too. You negotiate a contract with somebody and like they like you said they've been screwed over before and they're like there's no section on what happens if the car runs over the computer while it's running our program that we created and then who owns all the fragments and you're like okay, you're trying to shore up every possible universal scenario here.
Episode: 495: Jon Acuff | The Surprising Solution to Overth...
It was described as a clever metaphor for repetitive thoughts that play automatically in your head that shape your choices, and how to curate those thoughts into positive soundtracks.
Overthinking is when what you think gets in the way of what you want.
And for me, it's a soundtrack, which is just a repetitive thought that tends to play automatically.
And so soundtrack was my phrase to describe, okay, repetitive thoughts that play automatically that are shaping more of your choices and actions than you might know.
Being prepared always leads to an action; overthinking always leads to more overthinking.
Instead say I'm getting fitter and fitter every day in every way because that's a progress forward like that's a true statement you're working on like every day I'm working a little harder every day I'm like I'm making some progress versus I'm already there because your brain knows you're not there and adding more lies to the conversation never helps.