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Knowledge For Men

How to Stop Ruminating, Quit Obsessing Over Mistakes and Move On with Your Life

Knowledge For Men

Andrew Ferebee

Masculinity, Education, Personalgrowth, Self-improvement, Howtobeaman, Confidence, Relationshipadvice, Health & Fitness, Financialfreedom, Personaldevelopment, Datingadvice, Productivity, Andrewferebee, Entrepreneurship, Knowledgeformen

4.5704 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I share how to get out of your head and into the real world.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, welcome back. In today's episode, we will be discussing how to stop ruminating,

0:07.0

quit obsessing over mistakes, and move on with your life. Are you living in your head?

0:13.2

How much of your day is spent stuck in the past, thinking about your mistakes and what you

0:17.8

should have, would have and could have done. We've got tough news for you.

0:22.0

You will never reach your full potential until you quit living in the past and focus on the

0:26.7

present actions of today. Ruminating and obsessive thinking of past mistakes will stunt your

0:34.2

potential in your personal life, your career, and relationship.

0:38.7

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but in the long run, definitely.

0:42.8

Constantly thinking about the past is an endless trap, and if you stay there for too long,

0:47.6

you're on the path toward misery.

0:49.4

In today's episode, I want to share the lessons I've learned along the way in the

0:52.8

approaches you can use to quit

0:54.2

ruminating over mistakes and move forward in your life to a brighter future. What is rumination

1:00.4

and is it screwing you over? It's not a buzzword. It's a scientific phenomenon. One report

1:06.0

in innovation in clinical neuroscience defines rumination as a form of perseverative cognition that focuses on negative content,

1:14.8

generally past and present, and results in emotional distress.

1:19.9

Rumination is about being stuck in the past.

1:22.8

Sure, time is still moving forward, but your brain has hit the pause

1:26.2

and the replay button over and over.

1:29.2

You messed up, and now your mind wants you to rewatch your failures on repeat.

1:34.5

Are you still watching?

1:36.2

From an evolutionary standpoint, you have to learn from your mistakes.

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