Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

by Jon Acuff Narrated by Jon Acuff

Overview

Overthinking isn't a personality trait. It's the sneakiest form of fear.
It steals time, creativity, and goals. It's the most expensive, least productive thing companies invest in without even knowing it. And it's an epidemic.
In Soundtracks, New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff offers a proven plan to change overthinking from a super problem into a superpower.
If you want to tap into the surprising power of overthinking and give your dreams more time and creativity, learn how to DJ the soundtracks that define you.
If you can worry, you can wonder. If you can doubt, you can dominate. If you can spin, you can soar.

Editorial Reviews

SEPTEMBER 2021 - AudioFile

The example of memorable songs becoming locked into our brains as adolescents works well to remind us that irrational or limiting beliefs can also become stored—as cognitive mandates that subconsciously guide what we do. The likable Acuff shows how we can take control of our lives so that instead of anxiously overthinking and acting out these unhelpful thoughts, we can declutter our minds and change the destructive soundtracks to narratives that are self-affirming. The personal growth author is a persuasive writer who shares a lot of his own journey and sounds utterly authentic. His audible desire to help and cheery vocal delivery add something special to the listening. Though managing one’s thoughts to improve our lives is not a new idea, Acuff’s performance gives it new power. T.W. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

Publishers Weekly

02/22/2021

Motivational speaker Acuff (Finish) offers an energetic if trite guide to shutting down the naysayers in one’s head. Virtually everyone overthinks, he writes, yet few people know how to get out of their own heads long enough to pursue—let alone achieve—their goals. As a result, overthinking becomes constant background noise. To turn this around, he proposes three steps—“Retire your broken soundtracks,” “Replace them with new ones,” and “Repeat them until they’re as automatic as the old ones”—and shares stories of how he changed his own self-defeating habits. In order to become an author and inspirational speaker, he writes, he “chose to play new soundtrack at full blast: ‘YOU CAN BE A PUBLIC SPEAKER AND AUTHOR!’ ” Acuff cites lessons from psychology and neuroscience to bolster his take on turning “overthinking from a super problem into a superpower,” but the ideas are little more than repetitive riffs on basic pep talks about creating a positive internal monologue. Acuff’s passion is undeniable, but this has the feeling of a pamphlet padded out to book-length. Agent: Mike Salisbury and Curtis Yates, Yates & Yates. (Apr.)

SEPTEMBER 2021 - AudioFile

The example of memorable songs becoming locked into our brains as adolescents works well to remind us that irrational or limiting beliefs can also become stored—as cognitive mandates that subconsciously guide what we do. The likable Acuff shows how we can take control of our lives so that instead of anxiously overthinking and acting out these unhelpful thoughts, we can declutter our minds and change the destructive soundtracks to narratives that are self-affirming. The personal growth author is a persuasive writer who shares a lot of his own journey and sounds utterly authentic. His audible desire to help and cheery vocal delivery add something special to the listening. Though managing one’s thoughts to improve our lives is not a new idea, Acuff’s performance gives it new power. T.W. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173186010
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	04/06/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	595,176

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