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Are you really overthinking, or are you searching for certainty?
I was asked today how to get out of your head.
I asked what that meant.
The answer was simple. Overthinking.
I have learned that most overthinking is not really about needing more information. It is about wanting more certainty.
You keep running the situation through your mind because you believe that somewhere in all that thinking is an answer that will guarantee everything turns out the way you want.
You do not want to make the wrong decision. You do not want to fail. You do not want to disappoint someone. So you think a little more. Then a little more.
But eventually thinking stops being productive and becomes interference.
The problem is not that you care too much. The problem is believing that enough thought can remove uncertainty from life.
It cannot.
You can prepare. You can learn. You can make the best decision available to you. You can influence what happens next through your actions. But you cannot guarantee the result.
That is where acceptance becomes powerful.
Sometimes getting out of your head does not mean stopping your thoughts. It means loosening your grip on needing to know what happens next.
Ask yourself one question today.
Is there something I can actually do about this right now?
If there is, take action.
If there is not, experience this moment instead of mentally living through a future that has not happened.
Uncertainty is not something you have to defeat before you can move forward.
Sometimes moving forward is how you learn to live with it.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
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#certainty #nextstep #trust #overthinking #action
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Leo Jaerisch
I was asked today how to get out of your head.
I asked what that meant.
The answer was simple. Overthinking.
I have learned that most overthinking is not really about needing more information. It is about wanting more certainty.
You keep running the situation through your mind because you believe that somewhere in all that thinking is an answer that will guarantee everything turns out the way you want.
You do not want to make the wrong decision. You do not want to fail. You do not want to disappoint someone. So you think a little more. Then a little more.
But eventually thinking stops being productive and becomes interference.
The problem is not that you care too much. The problem is believing that enough thought can remove uncertainty from life.
It cannot.
You can prepare. You can learn. You can make the best decision available to you. You can influence what happens next through your actions. But you cannot guarantee the result.
That is where acceptance becomes powerful.
Sometimes getting out of your head does not mean stopping your thoughts. It means loosening your grip on needing to know what happens next.
Ask yourself one question today.
Is there something I can actually do about this right now?
If there is, take action.
If there is not, experience this moment instead of mentally living through a future that has not happened.
Uncertainty is not something you have to defeat before you can move forward.
Sometimes moving forward is how you learn to live with it.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#certainty #nextstep #trust #overthinking #action
Background Photo Credit:
Leo Jaerisch
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Is perfection holding you back?
Most people are not stuck because they lack knowledge. They are stuck because they have convinced themselves they need more of it before they begin.
The mind loves certainty. It wants the perfect plan, the perfect timing, the perfect opportunity, and the perfect outcome. But perfection is often just fear wearing a disguise. It creates the illusion of progress while keeping you safely on the sidelines.
The truth is that every decision requires energy. The more options you give yourself, the harder it becomes to act. Eventually you become trapped in overthinking, analyzing, comparing, and planning. Meanwhile life keeps moving forward without you.
There is no perfect choice. There never was.
The search for the best option is often an attempt to avoid accountability. As long as you are researching, preparing, and waiting, you never have to risk failure. But by refusing to choose, you are also refusing to grow.
Real growth comes through action.
A person who starts with a good enough plan will almost always outperform the person waiting for the perfect one. Why? Because action creates experience. Experience creates awareness. Awareness creates better decisions. The path to excellence is built through repetition, adjustment, and learning.
This is the same process behind every transformation. Thoughts create emotions. Emotions drive actions. Actions produce results. If you want different results, you must be willing to act before you feel completely ready.
Your fear will always ask for more time. More research. More certainty. Your ambition asks you to begin.
Choose movement over hesitation. Choose progress over perfection. Choose responsibility over excuses.
You do not become exceptional by waiting for the perfect opportunity. You become exceptional by taking imperfect action, learning from it, and continuing forward.
The life you want is not waiting on a better plan.
It is waiting on a decision.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#perfection #stuck #progress #start #action
Background Photo Credit:
Alexander Milo
Most people are not stuck because they lack knowledge. They are stuck because they have convinced themselves they need more of it before they begin.
The mind loves certainty. It wants the perfect plan, the perfect timing, the perfect opportunity, and the perfect outcome. But perfection is often just fear wearing a disguise. It creates the illusion of progress while keeping you safely on the sidelines.
The truth is that every decision requires energy. The more options you give yourself, the harder it becomes to act. Eventually you become trapped in overthinking, analyzing, comparing, and planning. Meanwhile life keeps moving forward without you.
There is no perfect choice. There never was.
The search for the best option is often an attempt to avoid accountability. As long as you are researching, preparing, and waiting, you never have to risk failure. But by refusing to choose, you are also refusing to grow.
Real growth comes through action.
A person who starts with a good enough plan will almost always outperform the person waiting for the perfect one. Why? Because action creates experience. Experience creates awareness. Awareness creates better decisions. The path to excellence is built through repetition, adjustment, and learning.
This is the same process behind every transformation. Thoughts create emotions. Emotions drive actions. Actions produce results. If you want different results, you must be willing to act before you feel completely ready.
Your fear will always ask for more time. More research. More certainty. Your ambition asks you to begin.
Choose movement over hesitation. Choose progress over perfection. Choose responsibility over excuses.
You do not become exceptional by waiting for the perfect opportunity. You become exceptional by taking imperfect action, learning from it, and continuing forward.
The life you want is not waiting on a better plan.
It is waiting on a decision.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#perfection #stuck #progress #start #action
Background Photo Credit:
Alexander Milo
