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I had an interesting conversation the other day that started with “it must be so easy to be stupid”. Stay with me here, it’s not meant to be a dig on intellectual levels. It started that way, but then turned into “why are there people who are more likely to just do a thing vs others who overthink?”. I realized we weren’t necessarily talking about intellectual levels and instead we were trying to figure out if there’s a comparison between a doer and a thinker, and whether you can be both.

There’s so many people I know or I’ve watched from afar that just do the thing. No mental chess game. No spiraling worst-case scenarios, they go for it.

There’s this odd freedom in not overthinking. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. Yes, I see the irony and I am laughing as I write this. What am I? A doer, a thinker, or both?

I’m usually a doer. I like action, I like momentum, and then raise the stakes? Suddenly I’m debating myself like I’m preparing for a defense debate. Should I do this? What if it doesn’t work? What if people think I’m ridiculous? What if I AM ridiculous? Will there be cheese??

The higher the risk, the louder my brain gets. The brain? Sometimes it’s not your friend. I know mine can be a real mess and play tricks on me.

Over the years, I’ve gotten better at telling my brain to sit down, be calm. I’ve learned to just do the thing more often. Do you know what happens when you stop overthinking and just try? You surprise yourself, sometimes spectacularly.

Isn’t that what success really is? Trying without the constant mental commentary. Being willing to fail. Not because failure doesn’t hurt, it does, but because you realize that the only way to know if something works is to actually try it. You might fail, you might also nail it on the first shot. Either way, you learn something. That’s exciting, right?

About three months ago, I started powerlifting at the gym.

I’d been using dumbbells for two years and had decent strength, and powerlifting felt like a whole new challenge. It seemed fun, and I was curious what I was actually capable of. That was it, there was no grand vision of becoming a competitive lifter. No Pinterest board of transformation goals. I just wanted to see what happens.

I definitely didn’t think I’d be flirting with 200 lbs, hey girl hey. Here we are, and that number is waving at me from around the corner. My body feels strong, I’m more toned and feeling energetic. I’m genuinely excited about what I’m accomplishing in such a short time.

I don’t have a wild secret here, my process is what other people mention works, but is not glamorous. I didn’t set impossible standards. I didn’t create a dramatic 12-week transformation plan. I just showed up, followed a progression, and stayed curious.

I have had a pattern before, and maybe you’ll recognize it: I get excited about something new, set wildly high expectations, push myself into the ground, and then crash when I realize I can’t quantum leap to mastery. It’s exhausting, and it doesn’t work.

When you ease off the pressure? When you let yourself follow a natural progression and have fun with it? That’s when the magic happens. That’s when you actually stick with something long enough to see results.

Shout out to my coach, Casey Lynch.

This is just as true in business as it is in the gym.

Yes, there are higher stakes when money and bills are involved. But I’ve watched people, including myself, get paralyzed by the “what ifs.” What if I launch this service and it flops? What if I start my business and can’t make it work? What if I’m not ready? What makes someone ready?

Meanwhile, the people who actually succeed? They’re not always the smartest or the most prepared. They’re the ones who do the thing. They set reasonable expectations, they show up consistently, and they believe in themselves enough to keep going.

Sometimes the motivation comes from necessity, you have to make it work because there’s no backup plan. Sometimes it comes from excitement. Either way, the secret ingredient is the same, there needs to be momentum.

Here’s what I learned: it’s really hard to maintain that momentum alone. When you’re in your head, stuck in the loop of overthinking, you need someone who gets it. Someone who can remind you why you started. Someone who knows how to help you keep going when your brain starts spiraling.

If you’re trying to figure out your next move, whether that’s landing a new job, building a business, trying a new thing, or just learning something that scares you a little, maybe the answer isn’t to have it all figured out first.

Maybe you just need to set lower stakes, do the thing, and stick to the program. When you show up, when you stay consistent, when you believe in yourself? That’s when things will start to happen for you. Sitting back is not an option, there needs to be a proactive approach.

If you need someone in your corner while you figure it out, someone who understands that the brain can be messy and overthinking is a full-time job, someone who knows how to help you turn thinking into doing: I’m here, let’s talk.

This is a lot of what I do as an executive coach and strategic advisor helping leaders and teams get unstuck from the overthinking loop. Whether you’re launching something new, building a team, or navigating a big transition (hello AI, hello new technology, hello pivot), sometimes you just need someone who gets the messy middle and knows how to help you move through it. Not by having all the answers right away, but by asking the right questions and walking alongside you while you do the thing and we figure it out together.

Because we could all use a little less over thinking, a little more doing, and someone who gets that.