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The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions

How to Make Decisions without Losing Your Mind

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The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions

By: Joseph Nguyen
Narrated by: Joseph Nguyen
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 Features a bonus conversation with bestselling poet and philosopher Yung Pueblo.

New York Times Bestseller!

From the author of the international bestseller Don't Believe Everything You Think comes a companion guide that transforms the paralyzing cycle of overthinking into clear, intuitive decision-making.

Your brain is wired to overthink decisions—not because something's wrong with you, but because you care deeply about making the right choice.

If you've ever found yourself trapped in endless loops of "what if," analyzing every option to exhaustion, or seeking everyone's advice while still feeling lost... this book is your way out.

The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions breaks new ground where "just trust your gut" advice has failed you. Unlike traditional approaches that leave you stranded between endless analysis and vague intuition, this book provides a counterintuitive system that bypasses the overthinking loop entirely.

This isn't about making perfect choices. It's about making aligned ones from a place of clarity instead of chaos.

This step-by-step guide will show you exactly how to:
  • Identify the surprising neurological root of overthinking and how to stop mental spirals before they hijack your mind
  • Apply the step-by-step TRUST framework that walks you through any decision, leaving you with absolute clarity on exactly what to do
  • Use the revolutionary SAGE method to break through analysis paralysis in minutes, transforming overwhelm into a single, clear choice
  • Instantly distinguish between your intuition and fear when making any decision
  • Silence external opinions and reconnect with your inner wisdom so you hear your own voice louder than anyone else's
  • Transform paralyzing fear into psychological freedom, creating space for choices that were previously unimaginable
  • End the exhausting replay of past decisions, releasing regret and creating genuine peace with your choices
  • Develop unshakable emotional resilience so you can make bold decisions knowing you'll thrive regardless of the outcome
  • Recognize actualized decisions: the transformative choices that create the deepest peace, growth, and alignment in your life
  • Uncover the hidden patterns behind your choices with over 70 powerful journaling prompts, reshaping how you decide from a place of alignment, not anxiety
  • Implement 20 ‘Mini Trust Experiments’ that build decision confidence in just days, using low-stakes everyday choices to rewire self-doubt patterns

This book isn’t about fixing your mind. It’s about freeing it.

You don’t need more advice. You need to trust yourself again.

This book won’t tell you what to do. It will help you remember how to listen to the one voice that’s always known.

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I was skeptical about listening because there were not many reviews but I did see someone read a quote on a reel & read over the first chapter and a half on kindle and it seemed promising, but soon after that it just becomes cheesy pop references (like the "two wolves" thing) referencing feeding the wolves without delving deeper on how and buzzword quotes like "where your attention goes, energy flows" one after the other. If I wanted a book of other people's quotes I would have bought one. Joseph Nguyen seems really nice though at least! Though I don't know how he read this back through without cringing honestly.

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I feel that this audiobook is helpful if fear is limiting your decision making process. However I think the book fails to recognise that indecisiveness can also be caused by overwhelming life responsibilities, lack of opportunities and sometimes good self awareness that certain choices just won't work for us.

This is good if your decision making issues are caused by fear.

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