John Assaraf teaches a technique called fractionalizing to handle overwhelm. Break big tasks into smaller pieces so your brain stops panicking and you can actually move forward.
Foreign. Hi, this is John Assraf, CEO and founder of Neurogym. And I want to share with you some of the things I've discovered about the feeling of being overwhelmed and how I eliminate that feel. And I've taught this to tens of thousands of our clients over the years. Now, have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you have a hard time thinking maybe you felt in the past or maybe even now that you have too much on your plate, and you're always playing catch up, trying to get so many things done? Now, here's a solution that I know will help you, and it's part of strengthening your mental and emotional abilities, which is what I call inner size. Now, first, understand that the emotion of being overwhelmed is the same as filling a glass of water to past full and water starts to spill over the top. And, you know, once that happens, chaos ensues and everybody's trying to get the water all sponged up. The emotion of overwhelm for many people is caused by them thinking and keeping too many things that they want or need to get done in their working memory in their brain. And just like in the glass analogy that I just shared, when this happens, this, the emotion called overwhelm is the result. So let's help you change that right now. The specific inner size that I want to share with you is called fractionalizing. It's simple, and here's how you can do it. If you get a piece of paper and write down everything you want or you have to get done, get it out of your head and onto a piece of paper. Next, choose three things from that list that are the most important or urgent things that must get done in the next 24 hours. And then take it off the piece of paper and just schedule it onto your whether it's your pda, your cell phone, or your computer on your calendar. Now, the very act of writing everything down on a piece of paper and looking at it takes that overwhelm from a 10 to about a 5. The key is to get it out of working memory and onto your cell phone or computer outside of your head. And then once you do that and you've done the three things that need to get done, or you've scheduled the three things that need to get done. Take the next three things that need to get done because they're highly important or urgent. And you do this until you finish your list. What happens is, as soon as your brain removes it from working memory onto a piece of paper, as I mentioned, reduces your stress and feeling of overwhelm and when you show your brain that there's a path to completion of all the things that you've been holding within it, you'll reduce that overwhelmed feeling. And this is what I call fractionalizing. And it's a powerful inner size you can use daily to reduce your stress and reduce your overwhelm. So what do you think of fractionalizing? And what I'd like you to do is give me your answer down below. And if you enjoyed it, share this with a friend.
Millions of individuals around the world are grappling with various mental & emotional health issues
