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Stop Overanalyzing Everything and Achieve Your Goals

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I’d like to share four strategies to help you stop overanalyzing everything in your personal and business life. I believe these will help you to stay focused and to achieve your goals in record time.

What is the one thing that holds people back from accomplishing things in their life that they really want to do? Overanalyzing everything. It can range from overthinking every little problem until each one becomes a much larger perceived problem (and now too scary to do) to breaking down what would be a positive thing so far that it is now a negative thing (and too scary to do).

People with this tendency never allow themselves to enjoy the happiness of the moment because everything they attempt to do has to be scripted to the nth degree. They are so busy overanalyzing and deconstructing everything before it happens that it ends up not happening. This situation is called “paralysis by analysis.” In other words, something gets analyzed (overanalyzed) to the point that it doesn’t get done. You must stop overanalyzing everything to achieve success and save your sanity.

What should be clarified here is there is a difference between thinking things through and over analysis. It is prudent in many cases to think things through to make sure all the bases are covered. The difference is people who think things through first end up doing them, whereas people that over analyze end up not following through. Observe your own behavior and decide how you are approaching situations in your life and business.

To help overcome this problem, let’s look at four ways of overcoming it…

1) Look at things from a wider perspective

Before counting something out as not doing it, ask yourself how (or if) it will matter in five years from now or even in a few weeks. If it is something that is short-lived, avoid overthinking it and just do it! I did this when I started online in 2006 and discovered I would need to become a writer to achieve the goals I had in mind for myself. Instead of planning to write a full length book, I chose to write articles that were two hundred-fifty words long. I knew that if these articles were not up to my standards for writing it would make little difference in the long run. It was also great practice for me for my future as a writer.

2) Limit the time to make decisions

For people having a tendency to overanalyze something, having an unlimited amount of time to come to a decision may result not making a decision at all (paralysis by analysis). For small decisions, limit the decision time to 30 seconds or less; for larger decisions, allow thirty minutes to a few hours depending on the scope and importance of the issue needing deciding.  Setting a time limit makes you come to a decision one way or the other. This strategy is my favorite to help you stop overanalyzing everything and start moving forward.

3) Reduce stress

Here are some things that helps reduce stress:

  • Start your day on a positive note. It usually sets the tone for the rest of the day. I recommend what I refer to as “quiet time” where you read, pray, meditate, or journal.
  • If you haven’t already, break down larger tasks into smaller chunks (how do you eat an elephant? One chunk at a time).
  • Take regular breaks. It helps clear the mind and once back at your work, things look different and usually more positive. This makes a huge difference when I am writing a book or creating a product or course.
  • Avoid information overload. Force yourself to look at emails only when you get to work, mid-day and before going home for the day. Otherwise all your time is spent dealing with emails and not doing the work you should have done by the end of the day.
  • Lay out the schedule for the next day before leaving work for the day. That way you can start organized the next day and avoid spinning your wheels. I use a small legal sized notepad for this so that I know exactly where to begin the following morning.

4) Realize you cannot control everything

You just can’t. So, it is better to devote your time to dealing with the things you can control and not waste time on the things you can’t. If you don’t, in the end you just get frustrated because of all the time you wasted that did not improve that situation. This quote by Roy Bennett comes to mind:

“Instead of worrying what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”

In this article, we looked at four ways you can start using today to stop (or at least lessen) the amount of time spent overanalyzing everything. By implementing just these four things, you will get more done and spend less time spinning your wheels. Stop overanalyzing everything and change your life forever.

I’m author, publisher, and entrepreneur Connie Ragen Green and would love to connect with you. If you are new to the world of online entrepreneurship please check out my comprehensive training on how to set up Funnels That Click and learn how to gain an unfair advantage when it comes to building a lucrative online business.

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