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Dear Readers,

I Changed My Mind Four Times About The Same Thing

Preview: More thinking wasn’t getting me any closer to an answer.

I had a fairly ordinary decision to make recently. Nothing life-changing. I thought about it over breakfast, settled on an answer, reconsidered it by lunch, then somehow talked myself back into the original choice that evening.

By the fourth round, I wasn't uncovering anything new. I was taking the same few facts, rearranging them, and calling the result another perspective.

That’s an uncomfortable thing to notice because thinking usually feels productive. As long as the internal conversation continues, it feels as though we're getting closer to certainty.

But there’s a point where analysis quietly stops producing information and starts producing friction. Another hour doesn't necessarily create a better answer. It can simply give yesterday's doubts better arguments.

Most people respond by thinking one more time. If you've already examined the same decision from every direction, though, there comes a point where changing the state doing the thinking may be more useful than adding another thought.

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I noticed something uncomfortable the other day. The more I tried to think my way through a decision, the worse it got. Every new thought piled on top of the last one until mental tightness set in.

👉 When insight alone isn't enough to quiet the noise, listen to the brainwave audio here. We tend to assume progress comes from more effort, but sometimes thinking harder just keeps the mind locked in the same loop.

If you recognize that loop, follow the explanation a little further. The useful part may not be another answer, but a different way of reaching one.

I eventually made my decision.

Oddly enough, it happened after I stopped trying to improve it.

— Alex R

P.S. If your mind keeps returning to the same answer without feeling settled, listen to the Genius Brain Signal here.

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