Helping overwhelmed creatives turn overthinking into expert thinking. 3 useful things every Thursday to gain clarity, get more done, and feel great about it.
What are your options?
Every Thursday I share three useful things to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks:
1.
In #18 of Unleash your Mindset, Senior UX Consultant Rizwan Javaid and I poke fun at our overthinking selves. We share our best strategies for taming thought gremlins and you'll want to stick around to the end for the listener challenge — it'll reveal what you really want.
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When we are in the thick of it, our focus narrows and we may fixate on the one or two most obvious options.
This can leave us feeling stuck and hopeless.
Instead of waffling, ask yourself these 5 questions:
- What problem am I actually solving?
- What are all my options?
- Which options are the quickest? Easiest? Most productive?
- What haven’t I considered yet?
- What sense am I making of all this?
By question five, you will be in a very different (and much more informed) place than where you started. More on how this works (Paywall-free Medium link)
3.
Previously, I shared my discovery of HALT. But do you know about WAIT? It stands for Why Am I Talking?
It can be a handy reminder when overthinking tips into over-talking.
Is there an acronym you find helpful? Reply and let me know!
Kim
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Hello! My name is Kim Witten and I’ve spent four decades overthinking absolutely everything. I’ve turned this ability into a superpower to get stuff done and now my mission is to help others do the same. Read more about my journey
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Helping overwhelmed creatives turn overthinking into expert thinking. 3 useful things every Thursday to gain clarity, get more done, and feel great about it.
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