Warning! Overthinking is Dangerous

When I look at those who have come before me, role models who have made it, I can’t help but wonder how they got there.

Every person has their unique set of circumstances, uncertainties and limiting beliefs about becoming who they want to be, do and have.

I’m at that crossroad.

I know what I want. My vision is clear. When it comes to how I should be doing it, the road is vague, and my plan a mystery. No one has been on my journey and down this road. Perhaps similar, but not the same. There are several choices I can make, each one with a range of variables, not even considering the different outcomes.

When you think about these variables and outcomes, it is enough to let you give up on your vision altogether. Thinking it repeatedly, planning all the different outcomes, and making contingency plans is crippling, and a waste of good energy and time.

I have found that deciding on a course of action and doing something, and anything proves to be more efficient in moving you closer to your goal. Doing gets more done than any amount of thinking will ever do.

A former mentor of mine said that if you’ve made a decision, you’ve given yourself something to handle, a ship to steer.

After deciding to do something, you must take relentless action.

From observing people who have made it, we must conclude that they too must have been uncertain and questioned themselves. Regardless, they persevered, and without taking their eyes off their goals, they did what they thought was necessary. They did it every day, no matter if what they did lead to failure.

It is in failing that you find the way. You’ve got to make some bad decisions in your life to start making some good ones.

Also, remember that doing something over and over, expecting a different result is pure stupidity.