Check out our sponsors: BLUblox: Go to blublox.com/impacttheory for 15% off your order or use discount code ImpactTheory at checkout.Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! CuriosityStream: Go to https://curiositystream.com/impact and use code IMPACT to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year. “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm” - Winston Churchill No matter what your goals are, if you’re going to make progress you have to accurately assess where you are, and what stands in the way of your success. That includes being able to understand not only the obstacles put in your way by the outside world, but your own inadequacies that are holding you back. In this episode, I answer some common questions around goal-setting, self-reflection, what to do about overthinking, and the importance of learning from suffering. SHOW NOTES:00:00 | Introduction00:48 | How to Effectively Self-Reflect06:16 | How Can I Recognize When I’m Overthinking?08:37 | Why Bother to Learn From Suffering?13:09 | Necessary vs. Unnecessary Struggle19:00 | Taking Back Control of Your Own Path QUOTES:“Happiness, which is incredibly transitory, is probably not the right thing to focus on. The right thing to focus on, in my humble opinion, is fulfillment.” [01:07] “I think honestly, most people live their entire lives overthinking things, but the easy way to know is whether or not you're taking action. If you're taking action, as a way of experimenting with the thoughts, you're probably just fine. If you're just trying to think your way to a solution, you're almost certainly overthinking it.” [08:19] “Even when you truly have been victimized, you do not have to play the victim.” [10:47] “I cannot guarantee that you will be successful in life, but I can guarantee that you're going to struggle.” [13:20] “Steering yourself towards your goals is really about wanting something so badly that you're willing to try over and over and over again in order to make progress.” [19:42]