How often are we not actually choosing those thoughts? We're just letting the thoughts that are there bubble up to the surface and accepting them as true. One of the worst mistakes you can make is believing everything you think. And it's a really common mistake to go, "It's in my head, so must be true"
Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. He's an INC Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences and companies around the world.
His latest book is Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking. In this conversation he talks about identifying overthinking, calling it what it really is (fear), and offering a simple plan to turn it from a super problem into a superpower.
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