Underthinking Equates To Over-achieving?

 

DOES UNDERTHINKING EQUATE TO OVER-ACHIEVING?  Me thinks, yes so [much as I'm sure many will beg to disagree].  And indeed this is debatable because there are always 2 sides of a coin.  BUT I'd like to share my insightful thoughts culled from my donkey years behind me.  To reinforce my opinion, allow me to buttress my hypothesis that I'll beg to defer that OVER-ACHIEVERS are OVER-THINKERs!@#$?

I've met, known and really got to know people inside-out especially WHEN I had first-hand interactions with them especially if such interactions rolled up quite sometime, like months and years.  And during those extended windows of my collaborations with people WHO I can claim to know enough for me to have a crystal-clear view of himself, several of them were indeed OVER-ACHIEVERS BUT NOT once of those OVER-ACHIEVERS were OVER-THINKERS.  On the other hand, I know people really up close, including some WHO are intellectually upright [@ Tier-1 level] WHO were OVER-THINKERS BUT sadly, without breaching confidentiality, I bear witness that their OVER-THINKING DIDN'T lead them to OVER-ACHIEVING💚💛💜

NOT to downplay the people I'm referring to because most of them have their fair share of success stories BUT for me to tag their own successes as an OVER-ACHIEVEMENT will be hyperbole no less.  In a nutshell, verily true, I can attest to the veracity of their success narratives BUT to be fair to them, I really DON'T think they are one of those OVER-THINKERs.  In fact, they just rowed the boats with their oars, just right!!!

BTW, WHO DOESN'T love to achieve their goals?  Accomplishments are our very source of energy and strength.  With drive and determination, people WHO are motivated by success often deliver great [OR even greater] results and end up as exceptional in their own fields.  BUT here's the thing.  The flip side of the coin will lead us to that 'dark side' of achievement and that is, over time, a relentless drive to excel can sometimes create substantial imbalance in our life because we may tend to neglect the needs of ourselves OR even our loved ones.  For many, though, OVER-ACHIEVEMENT stems from our feelings of insecurity and sometimes, inadequacy.  In a job market fraught with competition, task accomplishment offers that sense of self-worth and relief and so, rather than savoring achievements, we then get tempted to think and OVER-THINK how to run things!!!

WHAT happens next is anybody's guess because circumstances like that can precipitate the creation of a vicious cycle of our insatiable striving with little sense of purpose at that.  And it may be WHY, despite feeling burned out, we tend to continue to grind away WHILE enviously watching others enjoy a more balanced existence.  Meanwhile, in the past WHEN I had this realization, I thought that it was hard to 'unwind' from that chronic and vicious cycle if only to regain my balance.  In the end, I have to admit I had some episodes in the past WHEN I was OVER-THINKING until I realized I had to pull the brakes before I loose control of my journey's momentum.  Truth is, I was quite steadfast NOT to fall prey to my own self-created trap by OVER-THINKING because all along [and even as we speak now], I firmly believe that I'd rather UNDER-THINK to OVER-ACHIEVE rather than push myself into that over-THINKING trap because I really doubt I can OVER-ACHIEVE when trapped that way😡😡😡