Quotes about Overthinking

For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple: Rule #1: You're only allowed to think of worst-case scenarios. Rule #2: You're never allowed to win this game. You can only lose. Rule #3: The more you play, the greater your losses.

his biggest problem was his need for a problem.

At the heart of vulnerability lies the willingness of people to abandon their pride and their fear, to sacrifice their egos for the collective good of the team. While this can be a little threatening and uncomfortable at first, ultimately it becomes liberating for people who are tired of spending time and energy overthinking their actions and managing interpersonal politics at work.

Montaigne said something that rings true for many of us: "My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.

The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life.

Worry divides the mind.

The more you look at your problems, the bigger they get.

There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

Often our thinking goes around and around in circles, so we lose all our joy in living.

Anxiety is a meteor shower of what-ifs.

why do we make it all seem like a crisis, over and over again? Why do we worry it all to death, like dogs with socks or chew-toys? 'Look at it this way...In a hundred years? - All new people.

Individuals and church bodies are often caught in the paralysis of analysis. We