How To Stop Overthinking

Overthinking isn't thinking too much. It's thinking without deciding. In this video, we learn how history's greatest minds, Seneca, Pascal, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and Aristotle, broke the habit of overthinking, and the simple daily practices you can use to stop it. "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." — Seneca In this video you'll learn: • How to stop overthinking and calm an anxious mind • The Stoic dichotomy of control (what's yours and what isn't) • Marcus Aurelius's "view from above" technique • Montaigne's writing cure for racing thoughts • How to make decisions faster and stop the mental loop • A simple 10-minute worry window you can start today Chapters: 0:00 Overthinking is thinking without deciding 0:48 Seneca: the disasters that never come 1:33 Pascal: the man who can't sit in a room 2:30 Epictetus: sort what is yours 3:33 Marcus Aurelius: the view from above 4:18 Montaigne: the writing cure 5:03 Aristotle: decide, then act 5:52 What to do, starting today 6:33 Thirty days How They Thought studies the philosophy of history's greatest minds, so you can think like them. If you want to be great, study the great. Subscribe for more. #overthinking #stoicism #philosophy