In Your Head Too Much? Try Being More Sociable

Ever feel like your thoughts are running in circles, keeping you awake at night and you can't separate good ideas from something that's DOA?

Happens to me all the time, usually between the hours of 3 and 5am

The thing I've found about being in my own head for too long, it’s easy to lose touch with reality.

When I don’t share my thoughts, they tend to either inflate or deflate without any real-world feedback.

That’s where bouncing ideas off other people comes in handy.

Whether it’s work or personal, I've found getting another person’s take can be a massive help.

Sometimes, a fresh perspective is all it takes to turn a half-baked idea into something brilliant

(or to realise it wasn’t such a great idea in the first place)

I follow a lot of comedians online and they don’t just rely on their own sense of humour...

They test out their jokes by “bouncing bits” off each other.

They need to see how their joke premises land because what’s funny in your head doesn’t always translate in the real world.

I think it’s the same with any idea.

When you share it with someone, you’re sense-checking it.

You’re getting a read on whether it holds up outside of your internal chatter.

So next time you need to get clear on an idea, try talking about it (even just to yourself using voice notes)

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