Stop Overthinking, Start Taking Action

Notes to Young Leaders | 25 October 2021

To leaders dealing with the “lockdown blues”.

Whether you know it or not, your team is a little on edge.

Lockdown gives us more time to think – which sounds great in theory, but thinking all too often leads to over-thinking and over-thinking leads to worry.

Worry is the mind spinning its wheels in mud. The more you think, the more you spin your wheels, the deeper your wheels sink in the mud.

The solution involves you getting out of the car. Stop spinning your wheels.

Get out of your mind. Stop thinking, start doing.

The minute you start taking practical actions to solve your problem, your worries will automatically recede.