Does anyone spend a significant amount of time over thinking things?

[GigMistress]

That wasn't the point of the OP. He is fishing. I'm all about value first sales but it rubbed me the wrong way.

That's my point. If he's fishing, he made a mistake in his approach, because he's declared that either his offering doesn't work or he doesn't know how to properly apply it. If that was a lie designed to elicit information as some seem to be suggesting, then IMO it was a dumb one, because it brands him as a "do as I say, not as I do" type guru.

 

[Harry Waywell]

I've noticed that with all the possibilities and decisions, we entrepreneurs tend to overthink things too much. Even when not working, we think about work.

 

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[Deleted74396]

I do, but I also prefer to be doing things, so I usually fight through the overthinking and just do whatever I need to anyway. You got this!

 

[Harry Waywell]

What you describe here isn't what I typically think of as "overthinking." To me, "overthinking" means turning the same question around over and over again, second-guessing your decisions and making up possible obstacles and that sort of thing.

I think any creative mind goes on being creative even when you haven't assigned it a task, and when you're engaged with something it's natural for it to come to mind frequently.

So...which kind of thinking is it? Ideas, unconscious problem solving, etc. or fretting about what you should be doing or might have missed or could go wrong, etc.?

Yeah, imagining situations that don't exist yet. Do you experience this often?

 

[Harry Waywell]

I've always been an over thinker. Quite often I create a million different scenarios/outcomes/pitfalls in my mind before anything has even happened which ultimately stops me dead in my tracks.


I read a book called 'The 5 Second Rule' and personally when I catch myself overthinking I literally count down in my head '5, 4, 3, 2, 1' then I move.

I've found it really helpful at times when I've felt like my mind is on a loop.

I totally understand what you mean. Do you find that it affects your professional life?

 

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[PizzaOnTheRoof]

I see. Do you find the over-thinking inhibits your ability to take action sometimes?

I think @GigMistress hit the nail on the head.

 

[Andy Black]

I’m reminded of this video. To me, overthinking is when you’re solving the problems later on down the line, instead of the one directly in front of you.

• What's Your Problem?

 

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[Deleted74396]

Perhaps.

I'm thinking that claiming to have the problem signifies either dishonesty or being one of those "gurus" selling an alleged solution that he isn't successfully implementing.

If it's a real problem he's trying to solve in the early days, that's fine...having experienced the problem and conquered it is a common path to offering a useful solution. But, as someone else suggested here, it's a means of market research, then it seems to me that it's cutting his own throat a bit in terms of credibility in his field.

I definitely see what you're saying and agree with you. There seem to be a lot of people like this.

 

[DaRK9]

Hm.

Who has now publicly announced that what he's selling doesn't work for him, and he still has one of the key problems meditation is promoted as solving. That doesn't seem like a smart business strategy.

That wasn't the point of the OP. He is fishing. I'm all about value first sales but it rubbed me the wrong way.

 

[dru-man]

This will seem like a super dated recommendation, but read "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" by Dale Carnegie. Great book with a lot of extremely useful tips.

 

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[VincentVega24]

Yeah I know what you mean. What have you done to try and fix this issue?

I started reverse thinking the whole process, like whenever I notice myself overthinking, getting nervous etc. I rather think about the best case scenario of the outcome. This gives me way more confidence to start with whatever it is. Like I just force myself to do this.