Word: overthinking
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...overthink. In her fifth experiment, Wood found that when research subjects are prompted to "STOP and THINK CAREFULLY" about a choice - she literally put those commands in capitals in the instructions - people were more likely to opt for their old, familiar choices. The lesson? Don't think, don't look, just leap...
...stardom. She "had a moment," she says, while auditioning kids for her movie, when she got a glimpse of how long the odds were for most of them and how fluky her life was. Perhaps, after all, outsize fame is more suited to young teens. They don't overthink it. The Book of Job is 41½ chapters about misery and 10 verses about restoration, yet Cyrus read it as being about her. That's a mind trick only a teenager - or a star - can pull...
...really try not to overthink it,” he says. “I didn’t really revamp my swing or the way I play, but I just try to slow it down and work on little things, like hitting the ball the other way. Then everything else sort of falls into place.” According to Walsh, Rogers has also gotten better at prolonging at-bats, giving himself more opportunities to crush one over the fence...
...five weeks working on a painting, but prefers to paint in long sittings. The key to a creating a good painting, besides being well rested, is “Not being worried about things looking a bit off,” says Powers, “If I overthink the meanings of the paintings then the paintings aren’t any good.” He likes to paint alone, and when painting outside tends to “wear headphones and scowl at anyone who comes within a hundred feet,” so as to avoid discussions...
...Perhaps it's a clever way to preserve the creative tension of divided government, check the excesses of any one party and send a veiled warning to everyone in Washington that it's time for a little bipartisanship. Or perhaps people simply choose the candidates they like. Campaign managers overthink things too. Consider the time wasted in war rooms parsing the molecular difference between, say, "Ready for Change" and "Change We Can Believe In," a distinction without a difference if ever there was one. Voters make their decisions at a far more visceral level than that. When they're surly...