Wellness & Health

3 Types of Overthinking — and How to Overcome Them

8 Minutes read

Key ideas from a Melody Wilding article for Harvard Business Review.

Overthinking can contribute to anxiety and burnout, create bottlenecks, slow decision-making, and cause missed opportunities.

To tackle this issue, it's important to first acknowledge and understand the three forms of overthinking: rumination, future tripping, and overanalyzing.