overthinking is killing you

the biggest tragedy of your career (and life) can be avoided if you get out of your own way

stop shooting yourself in the foot.

every time i run into a hard problem, and my back is up against the wall, i notice an inclination to want to “think my way out.” turns out, that it doesn’t just work that way.

we can characterize this as “overthinking” and it will kill any velocity you have with your career, relationships, projects, and anything meaningful to you.

here’s the solution: