Hold That Thought, from Kim Witten, PhD

Interpretation of a writing swatch. Or is it a knit prototype? Imagined by me, generated by Bing Image Creator. Hello! It's Thursday again, so time to share three useful things to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks:​ One thing I love about being a multi-passionate creative is taking an idea from one area and seeing how I might quickly apply it to another. I did this recently by making a writing swatch​​​How might you apply this concept to save valuable...

Hello Reader, Diving right into the good stuff, here are this week's picks to help turn overthinking into expert thinking: Having a style collapses hundreds of future decisions into one, and gives you focus.” — More on style as consistent constraint by Steph Ango​ 20 new ways to measure success, from minimalist Joshua Becker​ Fuelled by my desire to provide a great experience + my disgust with media misrepresentations, I made a short video to explain what coaching (actually) is and how it...

Image by SDI Productions from Getty Images Signature. Whoa, we're in November! And it's Thursday again, so here are this week's three useful things to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking: Better conversations await when you can spot the difference between explaining versus thinking aloud. Here's what that looks like​​ How do I communicate with more tact? Muriel Wilkins' Coaching Real Leaders (HBR) podcast episode has the answer.​ A pithy and powerful newsletter post from Rachel...

Professionals Pointing at the Tablet of Values, by Bing Image Creator. Hello Reader! I'm back from two fun-but-full-on weeks in the States and am ready to share this Thursday's three useful things. Here are this week's picks to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking: Your values are calling you from inside the house! Here's a better way to discover what's truly important to you​​ Imposter syndrome is a lagging indicator of cultural gaslighting.” And nine other latent signs, by...

Every Thursday I share three useful things to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks: Sometimes our knowledge of a subject area gets in the way of seeing what's really going on. More on that from a fantastic coaching session I had last week: letting go of the need to know​​ A clever story about lollipops, moonshots, and how to use that kind of thinking to reframe any problem — from Frontera blog​ As a creator, you will never feel that your work is...

Photo of audience members by JBryson from Getty Images Pro Every Thursday I share three useful things to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks: Nobody can waste your time…and how to make that true — by me​ If you want to see the difference in your work, you need to stay on the bus — by James Clear, author of Atomic Habits​ Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” — Gustave Flaubert, quoted from a...

Every Thursday I share three useful things to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks: How to start working​ The irresistible structure of lists​ Delight is a 3-legged stool​ Extra thought… One of my favorite things about writing something that resonates with others is seeing all the great comments and clever reframing of ideas that people offer. In my ‘how to start working’ article above, Medium writer Vince Capocci commented, “Structure the task, support...

Every Thursday I share three useful things to help you turn overthinking into expert thinking. Here are this week’s picks: Did you know that overthinking and deep thinking are the exact same skillset? More on that, plus, how to shift from one to the other​ What if you approached your next problem like a teacher? Or an accountant? Or a plumber? 25 Professional Thinking Tools​ The Life Changing Impact of Camel-Mode is a podcast episode with a concept that will be a game-changer for parents. But...