How to Be Awesome at Your Job 2025 GREATS: 1045: How to Stop Overthinking and Build Mental Resilience with Joseph Nguyen
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Dec 15, 2025 
Joseph Nguyen, author of the bestselling book *Don't Believe Everything You Think*, shares transformative insights on overcoming overthinking and building mental resilience. He explores the link between judgments and emotional suffering, stressing the importance of presence over positive thinking. Nguyen introduces his PAUSE framework to manage negative thoughts and offers the SPAW technique to tackle procrastination. Listeners will gain practical tools to let go of fear and embrace authenticity in their lives.
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Turning Point From Success To Breakdown
- Joseph Nguyen hit rock bottom after business success left him chronically anxious and in debt while his partner faced serious illness.
- That crisis forced him to look inward and realize peace comes from within, not external achievements.
Thoughts Shape Emotional Experience
- Emotions arise from our thinking about events, not the events themselves.
- Changing our present thinking can alter emotional outcomes even when events stay the same.
Flow Is Freedom From Judgment
- Flow states involve minimal negative judging and high presence, which reduces psychological suffering.
- Overthinking disrupts flow and causes freeze or choke under pressure.
