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Mar 2025
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1045: How to Stop Overthinking and Build...

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About this episode

Joseph Nguyen discusses the hidden relationship between thinking and suffering—and offers a powerful framework for achieving peace of mind. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to spot and stop negative judgments 

2) How to PAUSE overthinking 

3) How to beat procrastination with SPA 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1045 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT JOSEPH — 

Joseph Nguyen is the author of the #1 international bestselling book, Don't Believe Everything You Think, which has been translated into 40+ languages. He is a writer who helps others realize who they truly are beyond their own thinking and conditioning to live an abundant life free from psychological and emotional suffering. When he's not busy petting his three cats that he's allergic to, he spends the rest of his time writing, teaching, speaking, and sharing timeless wisdom to help people discover their own divinity from within and how they are the answer they’ve been looking for their entire lives.

• Book: Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering (Beyond Suffering) 

• Website: JosephNguyen.org 

• YouTube: @itsjosephnguyen 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Study: "A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy One" by Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert  

• Book: Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill 

• Past episode: 429: A Navy SEAL’s Surprising Key to Building Unstoppable Teams: Caring 

• Past episode: 1037: A Better Approach to Chasing Goals: Tiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le Cunff


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