Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking
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- Author：Jon Acuff
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Summary
"Popular speaker and New York Times bestselling author takes a refreshingly honest and humorous look at overthinking--identifying what it masquerades as （being prepared）， calling it what it really is （fear）， and offering a simple plan to turn it from a super problem into a superpower"--
Reviews
Jamie Bowen
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Overthinking can leave you paralysed in your decision making， Jon delves into this problem and finds some interesting research on how you can turn things around。 A very interesting book。
Shauna Rhoads
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Some how I’ve stumbled on many of these ideas in unrelated ways， so reading this was basically me nodding my head along and yelling “PREACH！” randomly。 This was an awesome collection of life changing ideas—even if you’re a self help junkie like I am， or if you’re super new to affirmations and symbols/vision boards that keep you motivated。 It’s a quick read with tangible lists to apply to your right away。 And lots of humor。 I laughed so many times！
Arki Sudito
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A very enjoyable readingThe insight might seem very obvious， but it’s definitely a very enjoyable ride。 It provides so many useful， and interesting， examples。
Julie
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Fantastic， practical information for anyone who is trying to replace the negative talk in his/her head （soundtracks） with more positive， encouraging messages。 I listened to the audio book， read by the author。 It was truly like having a personal conversation with him。 And he is funny！！！ Cannot recommend this one enough。
Debbie McCall
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I'm going to re-read this one！ Excellent！！！ I'm going to re-read this one！ Excellent！！！ 。。。more
Sheldon Kotyk
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This book changed my lifeI finished reading it at 4:21am today and I’m excited to look back in a few years and see what I’ve been able to do with my new soundtrack。
Brian
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Research based， memorable stores， makes it neat and I suspect "momentum might get messy。" You will be very happy you read it。 Research based， memorable stores， makes it neat and I suspect "momentum might get messy。" You will be very happy you read it。 。。。more
Laurie Niestrath
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Listening to Jon read is such a pleasure。 You can imagine that he is having a personal conversation with you。 So many of his ideas about the "soundtracks" that run around in our heads are experienced by so many every day。 This is an audiobook that I own and will return to frequently when I get stuck in overthinking and need encouragement and ideas to become "unstuck。" After all of the turmoil of 2020， it's easy to allow social media and popular opinion to color our thoughts and ideas。 Listening to Jon read is such a pleasure。 You can imagine that he is having a personal conversation with you。 So many of his ideas about the "soundtracks" that run around in our heads are experienced by so many every day。 This is an audiobook that I own and will return to frequently when I get stuck in overthinking and need encouragement and ideas to become "unstuck。" After all of the turmoil of 2020， it's easy to allow social media and popular opinion to color our thoughts and ideas。 。。。more
Rachel P
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One of the best books I have ever read/listened to。 Hilarious and helpful， inspiring and challenging， worth every penny and every minute。 （If you read no further， just go buy the book。） Many who try to help with this topic either tell you to "just stop" （as if we could and just refuse？？） or make you feel like a horrible person for this "stupid， self-destructive thing you do" （which really just sends you into further downward spirals of overthinking）。 Jon Acuff isn't like that。 He is humble in sh One of the best books I have ever read/listened to。 Hilarious and helpful， inspiring and challenging， worth every penny and every minute。 （If you read no further， just go buy the book。） Many who try to help with this topic either tell you to "just stop" （as if we could and just refuse？？） or make you feel like a horrible person for this "stupid， self-destructive thing you do" （which really just sends you into further downward spirals of overthinking）。 Jon Acuff isn't like that。 He is humble in sharing his own overthinking patterns and it gives you the freedom to admit that overthinking really is stealing time and leaving you with stress instead。 Then he shares how to replace broken soundtracks with new ones。 You can see the difference is made in his life just in the way that he shares his stories and it gives you hope that you too can listen to the new soundtracks。Just listening to Jon read this book has already helped me to not obsess in the 24 hours between a terrifyingly vague "do have a few minutes to chat？" text and the time the person called。 （And of course it was a totally great conversation instead of an awful one。） I haven't even done the hard work of replacing and repeating new soundtracks yet！ （Just think how superpowered I will be then。）On the outside， I am an extrovert， typically happy and helpful。 I appear confident and decisive。 But I know that on the inside， I am a very uncomfortable， clenched in the fetal position overthinker who worries about how every thing I do could negatively affect someone else and how that is more important than how it actually affects me。 （I do know how messed up that is， but that's where I have been stuck for a very， very long time。）So instead of the broken soundtrack， "I said the wrong thing and everyone is secretly mad at me" which makes me feel like I need to obsessively go fix everything， I am trying to replace it with， "I didn't hurt anyone on purpose。 They are adults。 If they are mad at me， they will tell me。" （Just one example of how I'm trying to apply this book。）I am not completely cured of my overthinking yet， but Jon and his straightforward book have helped me take a flying leap in the right direction。 Highly recommend to all。 。。。more
Megan
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Fantastic！ My 8 year old was a captive to the audiobook on our road trip， and even she is caught saying， I need to change that Soundtrack， now。 My favorite soundtrack so far is from my youngest daughter’s ninja style tumbling class， “Even Ninja’s make mistakes。”
Gregory Mehfoud
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Jon Acuff has a phenomenal way on pinpointing areas of your life where overthinking can get in the way。 Such a refreshing book that shines a new light on how to break through the cycle of getting stuck in your own thoughts。
Megan Byrd
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An actionable book on how to get rid of negative thoughts that keep you stuck and create new ones that will propel you forward toward your goals。 Jon shares the research and strategies that lead to successful goal momentum。 An enjoyable read。
David
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Had I not read so many powerful psychology and self-help books in the past 2-3 years， I'm sure I'd wholeheartedly give this a full 5 stars。 It's very good; I'm just not sure it's as powerful as The Practice: Shipping Creative Work， The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle， The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results， or even Acuff's own Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done。 But it's a simple premise: use your tendency to overthink and transform it into an Had I not read so many powerful psychology and self-help books in the past 2-3 years， I'm sure I'd wholeheartedly give this a full 5 stars。 It's very good; I'm just not sure it's as powerful as The Practice: Shipping Creative Work， The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle， The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results， or even Acuff's own Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done。 But it's a simple premise: use your tendency to overthink and transform it into an advantage。 Take the broken soundtracks in your head （"I'm not good enough。" "This is too hard" etc） and rewrite them （"Nobody is good enough when they get started。" "Let's just do this next step" etc）。 Once again， Acuff is entertaining as well as motivational。 。。。more
Denise Marrone
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Wow， just wow。 I don't generally leave reviews for books， but this one is so good。 Read it - you won't regret it！ Wow， just wow。 I don't generally leave reviews for books， but this one is so good。 Read it - you won't regret it！ 。。。more
Chris Williams
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Maybe Acuff's best book。 As always， he's practical and funny。 But he hits on such a common topic for everyone that it sticks to the ribs in ways some of his other work hasn't。 His advice is good enough to write down; simple enough that you might not have to。 And he's the rare self-help/productivity author who is able to use humor without sounding patronizing or condescending。 Maybe Acuff's best book。 As always， he's practical and funny。 But he hits on such a common topic for everyone that it sticks to the ribs in ways some of his other work hasn't。 His advice is good enough to write down; simple enough that you might not have to。 And he's the rare self-help/productivity author who is able to use humor without sounding patronizing or condescending。 。。。more
Aaron Asbury
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I’ll change this rating to a 5 if it actually helps me stop overthinking。 I liked the book but wish it was backed up by more science instead of just one study that had many of Acuff’s fans in it。 I would read the book Mindset by Carol Dweck first because it is more scientific but I love the idea of your thoughts being soundtracks and how to change them into being more positive。 I hope it works！
Carter Hemphill
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The premise of the book is about the importance of having positive messages that you can play in your head frequently to offset the negative thoughts you might have about your life or yourself。 I found that the author included a few useful advice， yet much of it was about his own personal successes。 The degree of “humble-bragging” has exponentially increases in his last few books and it detracts from the focus of helping the reader and places too much focus on the author。My main concern about th The premise of the book is about the importance of having positive messages that you can play in your head frequently to offset the negative thoughts you might have about your life or yourself。 I found that the author included a few useful advice， yet much of it was about his own personal successes。 The degree of “humble-bragging” has exponentially increases in his last few books and it detracts from the focus of helping the reader and places too much focus on the author。My main concern about the book is that by repeating positive message about oneself， the author didn’t explore the potential of this also leading to a inflated ego。 Stating “everything is always working out for me” frequently seems like a recipe for being arrogant and insufferable to be around。 Some of my favorite sections were advice he seemed to have collected from raising questions to his followers on social media， which suggests he may be running out of practical ideas beyond the platitudes。A good read， a few good ideas to incorporate in one’s life， but definitely not a book I’m want to re-read。 。。。more
Paige
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Jon Acuff does it again。 I borrowed this from the library， and it took everything in me not to buy it before I was finished reading （and knew for sure it was worth owning）。 Wouldn’t have mattered。 I bought it once I was done。 This is one of the first books I’ve ever wanted to start rereading immediately。 Do yourself a favor and don’t think twice。 Buy it。 There’s a soundtrack just waiting to bring music to your dreams。
Emilie
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Jon is hilarious and I really enjoyed listening to him read this book。 Lots of great ideas and anecdotes。
Jason
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I'm not going to overthink this one。 This is a greatly beneficial book for anyone who wants to think differently！ I tend to overthink things and rehash conversations in my head and for that alone， this book was worth the price of admission。 But his defense of having a symbol to help guide you to think differently can be life-changing if applied correctly。 I will come back to this book regularly and also my friend Adam made an appearance on page 69 which was truly worth getting it。 I have followe I'm not going to overthink this one。 This is a greatly beneficial book for anyone who wants to think differently！ I tend to overthink things and rehash conversations in my head and for that alone， this book was worth the price of admission。 But his defense of having a symbol to help guide you to think differently can be life-changing if applied correctly。 I will come back to this book regularly and also my friend Adam made an appearance on page 69 which was truly worth getting it。 I have followed Acuff for years （from the Stuff Christians Like days） and this is his best book so far in my opinion。 。。。more
Bobby Jones
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Another great book by Jon Acuff！ Soundtracks is a book about overthinking。 "Overthinking is when what you think gets in the way of what you want。" That is the first line of the first chapter。 If that resonates with you （and I'm sure it does）， then I encourage you to pick up Soundtracks。 Heck。。。I had to turn down the broken soundtrack "Nobody cares about what you have to say。" just to write this review！ We all deal with overthinking。 Why not spend a few hours learning how to harness positive thou Another great book by Jon Acuff！ Soundtracks is a book about overthinking。 "Overthinking is when what you think gets in the way of what you want。" That is the first line of the first chapter。 If that resonates with you （and I'm sure it does）， then I encourage you to pick up Soundtracks。 Heck。。。I had to turn down the broken soundtrack "Nobody cares about what you have to say。" just to write this review！ We all deal with overthinking。 Why not spend a few hours learning how to harness positive thoughts， replace a few broken soundtracks and possibly change the direction and quality of your life。 Yes。。。it's that good！ Oh and there were several things he shared that had me laughing out loud。 Thanks Jon for sharing your struggle， your broken soundtracks and your solution！ 。。。more
Kayla
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a self help book that made me laugh， challenged my thinking and gave small actionable ideas to try。
Bailey T。 Hurley
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When a book’s ideas immediately start to change your life， then you know it’s GOOD！ Acuff tackles our broken soundtracks that keep us from moving foreword in our goals。 They are more significant than we ever imagined。 And gives us tools to re-record new ones！ Saying my New Anthem in the mirror each day and already seeing a shift in my personal productivity， even when things don’t go the way I plan。 This is a read for EVERYBODY。
Dan Brigman
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Fantastic addition to Acuff's collection。 In my opinion， the best of his volumes I’ve read so far。 The best insofar that every person suffers from overthinking and Acuff offers clear thoughts on how to overcome the problem。 We， as humans， tend to overthink all the time about things that should either have relegated into oblivion or simply learned how to control the background noise of the soundtracks we create for ourselves。 I won’t spoil Acuff’s volume for you， as I highly recommend this though Fantastic addition to Acuff's collection。 In my opinion， the best of his volumes I’ve read so far。 The best insofar that every person suffers from overthinking and Acuff offers clear thoughts on how to overcome the problem。 We， as humans， tend to overthink all the time about things that should either have relegated into oblivion or simply learned how to control the background noise of the soundtracks we create for ourselves。 I won’t spoil Acuff’s volume for you， as I highly recommend this thoughtful， succinct， and well-researched volume about how to correct overthinking。 。。。more
Caroline Haney
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This guy is hilarious and gives really practical advice。
Matthew
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Quick and entertaining read。 I wouldn't say Acuff presents a purely novel premise in this book， but that doesn't make it any less applicable。 Interestingly， the same concepts seem to appear in other arenas as well -- your feelings will often lie to you， and what you tell yourself matters。 At times the book felt a little too much like an exuberant motivational speaker， but that's part of Acuff's gig， so I can't complain much there。 And it doesn't hurt to be practically reminded to look to the enc Quick and entertaining read。 I wouldn't say Acuff presents a purely novel premise in this book， but that doesn't make it any less applicable。 Interestingly， the same concepts seem to appear in other arenas as well -- your feelings will often lie to you， and what you tell yourself matters。 At times the book felt a little too much like an exuberant motivational speaker， but that's part of Acuff's gig， so I can't complain much there。 And it doesn't hurt to be practically reminded to look to the encouraging parts of life。 To summarize: recognize the lies you tell yourself， replace them with truth， and look for ways to actively reinforce those truths。 。。。more
Chad
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Not only is Jon Acuff hilarious， he is full of insight and wisdom that he packs into his books。 One of the great things about him is that he uses examples from his own life， with great detail， to make a point relatable。 And these aren’t just the great times in his life that he talks about。 If you， like many others， overthink to the point of inactivity， this book can change all of that for you。 Just like you choose what to listen to on repeat in the car， you can choose what thoughts to listen to Not only is Jon Acuff hilarious， he is full of insight and wisdom that he packs into his books。 One of the great things about him is that he uses examples from his own life， with great detail， to make a point relatable。 And these aren’t just the great times in his life that he talks about。 If you， like many others， overthink to the point of inactivity， this book can change all of that for you。 Just like you choose what to listen to on repeat in the car， you can choose what thoughts to listen to on repeat in your head。 Why not choose thoughts that will help you move forward， closer to your goal？ 。。。more
Jennifer Highfield
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I like Jon’s style。 He’s very conversational and funny but has the scientific research to support the suggestions。
Audiobook Accomplice （Gillian）
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Can’t help it; I just love Jon （Are We On A First-Name Basis Yet？） Acuff！！！ My Full Review → Can’t help it; I just love Jon （Are We On A First-Name Basis Yet？） Acuff！！！ My Full Review → 。。。more
Amber Lee
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