Did you read the article published in The Evening Standard about overthinking yesterday?

If you didn’t, you can read it here.

Whilst the iron’s still hot, I though I’d just follow up with a few additional thoughts of my own.

Firstly, I’d feel like a fraud if I didn’t admit to being a life long over thinker, both personally and professionaly. I’m a worryer. Especially when I feel like I’m losing or have lost control of a situation. A surprise trip away a couple of years ago was almost enough to tip me over the edge, not because I wasn’t appreciative of the gesture but because I had no control of the situation.

The way Phoebe puts it is very black and white. There are are two types of people, overthinkers and underthinkers:

“Underthinkers are more selective about priorities, sharpening focus and decisiveness. Acting on impulse is the purest type of thinking.”

She suggests that underthinkers stand a greater chance of achieving more and I disagree.

I’m involved with several startups, Pingle, a micro-social network app being the latest. I’ve not got to this position as a result of underthinking or without countless sleepless nights.

The reason I run my own company is because it gives me more control over what I do. I’m able to overthink less about possible distractions and it allows me to be selective about my priorities, sharpening focus and decisiveness. Luxuries Phoebe suggests are reserved for the underthinker.

So if you read the article and you realised you’re an overthinker, like me, remember: there ARE 2 types of people, not underthinkers and overthinkers, but those who say I can’t and those who say I can.

Just because you’re an overthinker doesn’t mean you’re unable to achieve great things. Just know when it’s time to make a decision, and live by it.

Sometimes things go to plan, but sometimes they don’t. However, it’s often the happy accidents that produce the most interesting results.

That’s what I think anyway (I think).