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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 28

Turn off the action replays

Don’t you hate it when you can’t stop going over something in your mind endlessly? A problem you can’t solve, or an irrational fear, or a situation you wish you’d handled differently, or something someone has said to you. You keep going back to it again and again, however hard you try to stop, until it feels as though your thoughts are controlling you instead of the other way round.

This obsessing, or overthinking, feels very negative and often leads to stress, anxiety, depression. Indeed it is often associated with these conditions but all of us, regardless of our underlying mood, can fall prey to it from time to time. At its worst it can make you feel physically ill and can leave you exhausted and unable ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823