This is what we call the weekly pep talk. This is a quick little five minute or less podcast,

put together on Sunday nights. And we just give you a little dose of positivity to get you started

for your week. Thank you for being a part of it. My mom and the pep talk next.

I wonder if you're like me and sometimes get caught in the trap of overthinking things.

I've just read an interesting article by Darshak Rana that I will link in the show notes.

But I wanted to share a couple of these with you because I think we're all guilty of this.

And when we overthink things, man, can it turn our world upside down? So he has come up with

seven deadly habits that destroys his ability to think clearly. And I thought I'd just share

a few of those with you to see if perhaps maybe you can relate to some of these.

Um, I bet one he says is getting stuck and the what ifs. Oh boy. What if I fail?

What if they don't like me? What if I'm not good enough? What ifs are monsters in your real mind?

They can paralyze you. Keep you from taking action. And they can instill a fear of worse case scenarios.

And of course, the solution to that, replace it with something positive.

When you hear those messages in your head that are negative, replace them with positive messages.

What if you do succeed? What if they do love you? What if you are amazing because you certainly

can be. So the choice is yours of how to think about things. I don't think immediately that someone

is going to judge you in a negative way because that may not be the case at all. So give yourself

the credit and think positive. Another one is expecting validation. Oh, it's kind of the same

thing. We want validation and acceptance. And what we don't realize is that we're constantly

seeking it. And when we do, it can lead to remunations and overthinking and you start to question

your decisions and second, guess yourself because you're too focused on what other people think.

And he says the solution to this is to focus on creating something that serves others rather

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