Don’t let overthinking things hold you back

If there is one thing that entrepreneurs know all too well, it’s that it’s easy to get paralyzed by overthinking things, particularly when you are about to launch a new business, product, service or innovative idea. You are excited at the prospect, but you start to become distracted by all the noise out there in the marketplace, worrying about the potential competition, the market reaction, whether the idea is new enough, good enough, etc. In these situations it can get stressful if you let all your negative thoughts about possible failure start to creep in as a result of overthinking. The important thing is to harness all your positive energy that comes from your excitement about your new business or product, and to keep thinking about the bigger picture instead of myopically stressing about everything that could go wrong. As Pinterest founder, Ben Silbermann says, “Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” Great advice.