M, i think we can both relate to here is that when it comes to kids, telling them to stop doing something doesn't ever really get them to stop. If you can ask the right question or interject, or even draw them out to give some kind of subconscious reason, you can kind of turn their course by degrees. It's almost like parenting yourself. I'm going to give you the tools, and then you go in and say, okaya, here's a broken sound tract that i need to get rid of, or here's a new one that fits my life.
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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