Yo, today's QOD is the problem isn't the idea the problem is you never do anything. Here we go.

Welcome back to the quote of the day show I'm your host Sean Crox and a Sean Crox and

Tycom. It's throw back Thursday and we are turning back that clock all the way to episode

number nine sixty four in our feature speaker Mel Robbins today. Mel is talking about overwhelm

like you have an idea an amazing idea that can change your life can change other people's lives,

but all the things that you have to do just feel so overwhelming on top of all the other things

that you have to do in just your regular life. So what Mel is going to do is show you a very simple

strategy for getting all the things out of your head so you don't feel overwhelmed and you don't

feel overloaded and also she's going to share her best tips for overcoming exhaustion and procrastination.

Mel Robbins, she's coming up. Here's the thing what are you going to do? What are you going to do

to trick your brain? So the interesting thing about your brain is that it uses the exact same

strategy because what will happen is this you'll be sitting at work and you'll say to yourself you

know I really need to have that talk with with my wife. I really do I've been avoiding it for six

months, but I really need to and your brain is going to all of a sudden be like oh wait a minute

Michael just said that he's going to have that talk. We need to get him to stop doing that because

we want him to just avoid the subject like he always does because it's much easier to be putty

about these kind of things because you know she's going to be a total raging you know what about

this so don't do it you know I'm feeling a little alone I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by that

I think I'll do it tomorrow or you know David is sitting at his computer and says you know I think

I'm going to go to the gym tonight immediately oh oh oh David's having an idea to go to the gym

tonight immediately let's stop this right now somebody tell him he's tired tell him he's tired

because then we'll get him on autopilot and go home sit down the couch again and have a beer

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