Industrialist Anand Mahindra has an advice for people who overthink. Sharing a video from a podcast, where the host and Ricky Nuttall, a London firefighter who suffered from PTSD, talk about challenges in life.
Mahindra posted the 46-second clip with the caption: “Live in the present. Especially when facing temporary challenges. One day at a time; one step at a time.”
In the video, Nuttall talks about a quote that helped him immensely when the host asks him what his advice was to overthinkers.
“A quote that has helped me immeasurably and it’s from a book called The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (by Charlie Mackesy). And one of my favourite quotes of the whole book is a boy and a horse are in the woods. And the boy says to the horse: I can’t see a way through. And the horse says: can you see your next step? And the boy says ‘yeah’. The horse says: ‘then just take that’,” Nuttall said.
He continued: “All of time we look at the goal, we look at the future, we look at the endgame, we look at how long a journey is, and we feel overwhelmed. Instead of that, just go: right, I’m not going to worry about that because that will come. With each step you will get closer to that, so I don’t need to worry about how far away it is. All I need to focus on right now is my next step.”
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— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) September 22, 2022
The podcast, from Freshly Grounded features many such podcasts about life and challenges and how to overcome them.
With overthinking and stress now making a big place in our lives due to hectic work or personal life, a lot of people overthink about what will happen in the future. Mahindra and Nuttall’s advice might just help those get some clarity and insight and relieve some stress.
