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Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

The Surprising Solution to Overthinking, with Jon Acuff

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

#311: Do you find yourself overthinking and getting stuck in unproductive thought loops? According to a study commissioned by today’s guest, 99.5 percent of 10,000 people said they overthink. Chances are, you can relate. That guest is Jon Acuff -- a New York Times bestselling author who loves to nerd out about goals. In this discussion, he shares 10 signs you're overthinking, explains the differences between overthinking and being prepared, and presents a framework called the three R’s (retire, replace, repeat) that can transform your destructive thought loops into healthy soundtracks. For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode311 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You can afford anything, you just can't afford everything.

0:11.8

Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just

0:15.1

apply to your money.

0:16.4

That applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention, anything in your life

0:21.8

that's a limited resource.

0:23.8

And that opens up two questions.

0:25.8

First, what matters most?

0:28.4

Second.

0:29.4

How do you align your daily decision-making with that which matters most?

0:36.4

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice and that's what this podcast is

0:40.4

here to explore and facilitate.

0:42.8

My name is Paula Pant, I am the host of the Affordable Care Foundation.

0:46.3

And do you find yourself stuck in loops of overthinking?

0:51.8

Do you get stuck in analysis paralysis?

0:54.2

Today's guest is here to discuss solutions to that.

0:58.2

Today we're talking to New York Times bestselling author John A. Cough.

1:02.4

We'll be discussing the ten signs that you're overthinking something, the differences between

1:06.6

overthinking and being prepared, and the three R's, retire, replace, and repeat, which

1:13.3

can help you transform your overthinking thoughts, those loops, into more productive thoughts

1:19.1

that serve you.

1:20.2

And you can apply this to any facet of your life that you tend to overthink, whether

1:24.9

that's your finances, you've been thinking about the fact that you'd like to start investing,

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