From the course: Overcome Overthinking
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Create psychological distance
From the course: Overcome Overthinking
Create psychological distance
- You start the workweek rearing to go, feeling confident and on top of the world, but then it happens. You don't speak up during an important meeting, afterwards the critical voice in your head takes over. How could you let that opportunity go by? The leadership team is probably assuming you're not engaged. You try to brush it off and answer emails and just then you catch a typo in a report you submitted and you think, can I get anything right? Maybe this is a sign I'm not any good at this job after all. This story is just one example of the harsh judgments you may make about yourself when overthinking and to stop you first need to step back and evaluate whether your thoughts are realistic or helpful. You can do this through a technique called psychological distancing. This involves stepping back and gaining perspective, creating mental breathing room to consider the bigger picture and evaluate the situation and your next…
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