A WARNING to over-thinkers ⛔️

This is an urgent warning to overthinkers, procrastinators, over-analyzers, worriers. Um, right now there is no time for overthinking and no time for procrastination because the world is fucked. And if you hesitate and procrastinate and you overthink the economy, the political landscape, you overthink your financial position or your career or your vocational position, the world will leave you behind. Inflation is over 10%. Interest rates are going up hard. Your cost of living is the lowest it's been since the Second World War, and it's getting worse. And what happens when there's a lot of fear and anxiety out in the world? Is people end up freezing. They become overthinkers. They weren't always overthinkers. They used to have courage. They used to decide quickly. And then somehow life beat them into these over-analyzers, procrastinators, these big balls of fear. And I've seen a big seismic shift in people and culture since the lockdown. Where people worry a lot more, there's a lot more anxiety, there's a lot more mental health issues. They take fucking ages to make simple decisions. They worry about little things that they never used to. And that freedom and that passion and that joy that we used to have, like as children and things, um, you know, it's all gone. So I wanted to do a little video, uh, warning but helping overthinkers, over-analysers, procrastinators, because I've got many flaws. I won't list them all in this video, we'll be here for a week, but overthinking and over-analysing isn't one of them. So you could say that that's a strength. It's also a weakness sometimes, but I'm not a procrastinator, I'm not an over-analyser. In fact, I, um, wrote the book Start Now Get Perfect Later, about getting rid of procrastination and over-analysis and that anxiety that builds up, giving you simple and practical tactics to get more shit done. Live your fucking life. Craig, you are right, overthinking can be a protection and safety mechanism. Any anxiety or fear is useful because it defends you and protects you from bad decisions that might um, you know, put you at risk. But here's the problem. The problem is that now we're triggered by everything. We're triggered by social media. You know, people are quite happy being critical and trolling on, on the lives. We judge so much. Everything is just too intense. You know, we're getting interrupted and advertised to and You know, all these algorithms that are getting us addicted. So the problem is we're always in this like triggered mode, um, and so we've become much more anxious as a society, um, and as a people. And, um, I think we need to get back to being more natural and more human. So I'm going to give you some solutions because I always cover solutions in my videos. The first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to invite you to a Zoom Q&A session tomorrow. So I've got a brand new Telegram group where I'm doing 2 Zoom masterclasses tomorrow where I'm doing 3 hours of Q&A. And if you're an over-analyser, an over-thinker, a worrier, or things aren't going your way, or you want practical tactics and solutions from someone who's authored 18 books and built you know, done hundreds of millions in revenue and bought and built 8-figure companies and 8-figure property portfolios and got one of the biggest podcasts, two of the biggest podcasts in Europe. If you think I could help you in any way, go and run and join that, um, link now and join my Telegram group and then come back, because tomorrow I'm going to be offering a load of solutions and clarity, not confusion. So I've just put the Telegram link in the chat. Just join it, run over there, join the Telegram group, come back, because now I'm going to offer 7 or 8 solutions in this video. Jamie has said, never a problem, always a solution. So Jamie, yeah, a problem is a perception. If you see downside in the problem, that means that you think something's gone wrong. If you see upside in a problem, you see that as an opportunity to change and do and be better. So if you are someone who worries about problems, or you, for example, you know, you procrastinate over big hard decisions, then you're seeing the downside challenge and not the upside opportunity. And absolutely right, every problem is an opportunity for a better solution. So procrastination is the enemy, and when the more you procrastinate, the more it beats down your own self-worth. Because what happens when you procrastinate is you build in more self-doubt. And you feel guilty and you punish yourself because you know you should be making decisions and actions, but you don't. So right now, the world is more like that, and you need to be more decisive. Now, there's massive decisions in your life which you should really think about— who you marry and your career and big loans that you get— but all those other dozens or even hundreds of decisions you make a day, you can think You should spend more time on the big decisions, but less time on the small ones. So that's tip number 1, more time on the big decisions, less time on the 99% of small decisions. It's always better to fail forwards than to never try. If you never try, the only thing you guarantee is failure. You see, most people, paradoxically, they think if they don't try, they won't fail. But that's the opposite. If you don't try, you always fail and you never succeed. So reframe the way you think about trying, and instead of seeing trying as potential failure, see not trying as failure, and see trying and failing as a way to fail forward to success. I remember Marshall Silva said, fail forward fast. I like that. Fail forward fast. Fail small, fail often, fail frequently, safely. Fail much more on the small things so you don't fail on the big things. The next thing to think about when it comes to overthinking and analysing is it's rarely as bad as you think. 1% of the time, or whatever, it might be worse than you think. 99% of the time, it's not as bad as you think. You know when you have an argument with someone in your head, or you have a dialogue with someone, you know, a challenge or a confrontation you've got, and you have this big conversation in your head and it sounds really bad, and then it's rarely, if ever, like that. So, um, 99% of the time it's rarely as bad as you think. So, you know, the philosophers say that we suffer more in imagination than we do in reality. So Your overthinking, overanalyzing, and your procrastination is all in your head. It's not out in reality, it's in your head. So in that regard, it's just imagination. So you are suffering through imagination, not through reality. So if you decide and act more and overthink less, you won't suffer in imagination. You'll change your reality. You'll realize actually that life rewards a trier And life rewards someone who doesn't give up, and you'll start to get results, and you'll have a successful outer reality rather than an unsuccessful inner imagination. So that's something else to think about. Um, times now are more overwhelming, confusing, and anxiety-inducing than ever. Therefore, you need to be more decisive and take action more to avoid freezing and building this habit of inaction and procrastination. And a great way to do this is to see every decision as a test. So I go live every day, once or twice or three times a day on social media. I have some videos that have 5,000 views. I have some videos that have 1.6 million views. And sometimes when I go live, I'm like, I'm not sure if that title is going to do well. I'm not sure if people are going to like this content. I'm not sure if it's the right time of day. I've got a tennis ball head. I haven't had a haircut since 1985. And I have all these thoughts and small doubts, and I just do it. And I see every Facebook Live that I do for you as a test. And if it does well, I'll do more of it. And if it doesn't, I won't do that again. I'll do something else. In fact, I've had this title A warning to overthinkers. On my list for months. I've wanted to do this section, but I've thought, people follow me for money and the stuff I talk about in the economy, you know, do they want to hear me talk about this? Hmm. And I've just left it in my folder. And now I've thought, fuck it, I'm gonna do it. Ironic, that, isn't it? So sometimes I overthink titles or content or decisions or actions. But I see every decision as a test, not as a final destination. If you see— you know, some people say, oh, this is a really big decision in my life. Well, actually it's not. You'll look back in 10 years and you'll realise it wasn't a big decision at all. So we put too much weight on decisions. And if we just see every decision as a test, and maybe it will go well, and if it doesn't, it's just something to learn from. It makes those decisions less overbearing and procrastination-inducing for you. And let me know what you think of this content, by the way, if you think I should do more of this or stick to my money content. This is just a test. Every challenge you have is a step closer to success. So I was just having a board meeting with my business partner, my MD, in that boardroom there. I'm actually in one of my offices here. And we were having a board meeting and one of the team members was saying, man, all we keep doing is unearthing problems. It doesn't feel like progress. But actually, unearthing more problems is progress because you're getting to the bottom of the problem. Like, if you imagine problems are like steps that go down and you think, oh, I've got to the bottom of the problem here, but you haven't because you've got to go down another 5 or 6 steps. So every time you unearth a new problem, it doesn't feel like progress. It feels like more fucking problems. But you'd rather know about the problems, and as you go down the steps of the problems, you finally get to the bottom where you're like, there's no more fucking problems in this area, and then you can step up towards the solutions. So if you just see every challenge and problem as one step closer, and sometimes you've got to go down the stairs before you go up, or down the snakes before you go up the ladder. Okay, now I believe, I believe, um, a lot of people don't make decisions or do things because they're worried about what other people will think about them. I think that is the biggest thing. So as I do this live, I am thinking, am I a bit loud? Can my team hear me? Am I— at my team listening to me? Am I putting them off their job? Um, and I feel a bit sort of like, hmm, what might they think about me? But it's none of my business, and I own the place. And it doesn't matter what they think. It matters if I get my job done. Ina said it's just a call centre. No, it's one of my offices, Ian. I have 3 separate offices, and this is one of them. So if you worry about what other people think about you, you're never going to make any decisions that are right for you. You're only going to make decisions that you think other people think are right, and you're going to worry about rejection, you're going to worry about ridicule and judgment, and therefore a lot of important decisions you're never going to make. And so in the end, you're just going to stay in a smaller, unpotentialed version of yourself. So what other people think about you is none of your business. And if you make the right decisions for you and your vision and your company and your future, and not based on what other people think about you, then you will way less overthink. Like, imagine this. Let me ask you this. How would you feel if you had no concern for what anyone thought about you? What decisions might you make? What places might you go? What businesses might you start? How might you feel about yourself if you had no regard at all, no worry or concern for what other people think about you? I believe a lot of over— thinking and procrastination and over-analysis is because they're second-guessing themselves, worrying about how other people will judge them. Imagine if you didn't do that, how much more free your life would be. I have a little model for getting shit done. So I wrote the book Start Now, Get Perfect Later, which is a book about getting more shit done. And I'm pretty good about getting more shit done. I'm not perfect. But I'm prolific, you will know because you watch my videos every day and have this little model which think—do-review-repeat! Think-do-review-repeat—and what people do? They just "think-think-think" or nothing else! Of course, if you think, do, think, do, think, do, think, do, think, do, you might be doing the wrong thing over and over and over. So you think, you do, you review, because when you review, you improve, and then you repeat. You think, you do, you review, you repeat. And then the last thing I'm going to leave you with that's really important is you must ask for help. No man or woman or non-binary gender-specific individual No one succeeds on their own. There is no I in team. And many people have got solutions just waiting if they just asked. So ask for help more. Asking for help is not a weakness, it's a strength. And if you ask for help more, people will help you with those things that you're overthinking, overanalyzing, and procrastinating on. And other people will offer you solutions that you hadn't thought of, and your life will have less friction and more speed. Need and more enjoyment. So I hope you found this content useful. If you'd like to get, um, a couple or 3 hours with me answering any of your questions and doing mastermind mentoring with you and helping you stop overthinking and overanalyzing and start living— stop worrying, start living, um, stop think— stop thinking, start doing. And if you'd like any question answered on business and marketing and personal brand and personal development and starting and scaling and employing and creating and anything, come and join my new Telegram group now. Because in my new Telegram group, you can gain access to 2 Zoom mastermind sessions with me completely for free tomorrow. Um, where's the— why does the link not paste the second time around? So I'm just going to put the Telegram link in the comments now. 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