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4 Techniques Stop Overthinking and Build Resilience
If you’re like many hard-working professionals, you likely enjoy developing yourself and others. You’re probably someone who also adores diving into new ideas and is energized by consuming information.
This ability to take in and process the world more deeply is particularly strong in the type of professionals who identify as what I call Sensitive Strivers — high achievers who think and feel everything more deeply. This description refers to about 15% to 20% of the population who have a genetic trait difference that leads to a finely attuned nervous system.
Sensitive Strivers and Overthinking
As a sensitive striver, you have many strengths. Sensitive strivers tend to be perceptive, observant, empathetic, and conscientious. Your sensitivity, combined with your drive to succeed, is what makes you a powerhouse performer.
On the other hand, because of their depth of processing, sensitive strivers often struggle to halt overthinking, or the tendency to think too much or too long about a subject. While sensitive strivers are often applauded for the way they explore angles and nuance, they can sometimes become paralyzed by doubt and indecision.
Take Ines, for instance. Ines was the head of learning and development at a Fortune 500…
