đ Ok, stop thinking so hard
Two tips to free yourself from overthinking paralysis. And breaking news: TikTok just posted all their Summer '23 internships! Check them out here.
Hello, Tech Pod! đŠ
We know you â you want to do quality work.
Whether itâs a marketing one-pager, a slide presentation for clients, or even a college essay, you work hard.
And thatâs a beautiful thing.
But greater mental strain doesnât always equal greater results.
Hereâs what we mean âŹïž
Donât judge if your work is good while doing it
When weâre creating something and worry if itâs good, two things happen:
đ The creative mental space is disrupted and blocked. We canât create great work while worrying if our work is greatâ the mind has trouble doing both at the same time.
đ§ Our mental energy reserves get depleted from evaluating performance, forcing self-control, and anxious emotional expenditure.
Tip: đ Shoot for C. Hear us out â donât strive to create top-tier work right away. Instead, set out to create average/good work. With the pressure of perfection off your shoulders, youâre more likely to take creative risks, enter into a flow state, and enjoy your work. And, in the end, youâre likely to end up with a B or A product.
The best ideas come when youâre not trying
A flow state is when weâre in the zone â where creativity is effortless and time flies by.
Itâs where we produce our best creative work.
But the funny thing is, if weâre trying too hard, we wonât get into it.
Has an idea ever just come out of your mouth and it ended up being great? Like, âwhere did that come from?!â
Tip: Donât measure your work by the mental strain you expended on it. Great work, and often better work, can be done without it.
Final words đ
We know â telling someone âjust donât stressâ can be irritating and confusing.
A more practical step forward can be to learn about flow states and experiment with the principle to learn how it works for you.
Professionals within the business side of tech are thought workers â our careers are based upon our ability to generate, communicate, and act upon ideas.
Freeing our minds from overthinking paralysis is invaluable and likely a key to success in our careers.
In the news:
You can finally fix that typo â maybe. Twitterâs debuting its edit button to paying subscribers (also, apparently, Twitter has paying subscribers).
How to pitch your company viaâŠ..Venmo? How a young founder found his âin.â
Google commits to closing education gaps â they just pledged $20m to teaching computer science.
The jobs. The internships. đ„
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Technical Learning Experience, Braze (NYC)
Growth Marketing Associate, Brex
Inbound Sales Representative, Angi
Internships đ©âđ»
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Legal Policy Operations, TikTok
Post-grad Internship:
Strategy MBA Internship, TikTok
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Written by Jacqueline Mastrelli