Danielle Ralston breaks down what overwhelm actually looks like: you misjudge how long things take, can't start tasks, and make worse decisions. Overwhelmed people cling to control instead of asking for help, which isolates them further and kills productivity.
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But overwhelm can also look like time management issues. You may underestimate your time, you may overestimate your time, or you may have a hard time even initiating a task in order to understand that you have the things. This is where that planning out your tasks ahead of time and writing down all of the steps that I talk about is so important because then you're less likely to get stuck. Overwhelm causes so many things, decision-making issues, sensory overload, and sensory overload can look like so many different things for everybody. Delegation, not being able to release control on some of the things that need to be done in order for you to find success. And this is why we say that overwhelm is a self-sabotage cycle, because when you are in overwhelm, you don't reach out to the help. You try to like huddle into and control things more.