Author: [[Ali Abdaal]] Full Title: How to Stop Overthinking Category: #📷 URL: https://youtu.be/mWQTgSt7GeU # How to Stop Overthinking Overthinking is the same practically as analysis paralysis. Past overthinking involves analyzing and ascribing meaning to things where there is none. The solution to this type of overthinking is philosophies like [[Stoicism MOC]]. Future event overthinking is not starting with something because you overthink all the steps needed to start or believe you aren't ready. Overthinking comes from anxiety instead of fear. No one doesn't run when a lion is in front of them. Tips to stop overthink: 1. Think of experiments. Instead of seeing actions as permanent tell yourself, "it's just an experiment." 2. Think in terms of expected value. Instead of asking the singular chance of a good return on action ask what doing something over and over again for a long time could bring in expected value. Sure, talking to random people at the dining can be bad on one or two occasions but in the long run will lead to interesting friends and conversations. Professional Poker players always evaluate how good their move was not on the outcome but on the decision they made with the information they had. 3. Use fear as a comes. If your scared it's probably the right thing to do. 4. Consistency in action. You can overthink all you want but you need to keep actinf while doing so. If the overthinking stops you from uploading a video once a week as a YouTuber, it's become insidious. 5. Ask your Mental Board of Advisors. These are mentors in your head dead or alive who you can ask what to do in a situation. For me it's Marcus Aurelius.