Still Feeling Overwhelmed? Fix These 2 Things First

Still Feeling Overwhelmed? Fix These 2 Things First

From Top Secrets of Marketing & Sales by David Blaise

April 7, 2026 · 11 min

About this episode

David and Jay discuss how to manage feelings of overwhelm by focusing on self-awareness and the importance of one's surroundings.

If you’re still feeling overwhelmed, it’s often just a good idea to take a moment and consider: What exactly is it that I’m struggling with at the moment? What are the specific things that make me feel overwhelmed? Then, what’s the one thing I really need to be doing right now and what’s the next step I can take toward making that happen? David: Hi, and welcome to the podcast. In today’s episode, co-host Jay McFarland and I will be continuing our discussion on how to avoid feeling overwhelmed. Welcome back, Jay. Jay: Hey, David. It’s good to be back and I’m really glad we’re following up on this topic because after we recorded the last podcast, we kind of sat around and continued the discussion and thought, we need to share this with everybody as well. Before we were talking about self-awareness. But it really occurs to me that who you surround yourself with, especially on those days when you’re feeling overwhelmed, that’s going to be really important. David: Absolutely. And as you said, we started talking about it after the last podcast and the conversation got so good, I’m like, “we need to hit record…

People in this episode

Host: David Blaise

Guest: Jay McFarland

Topics covered

  • overwhelm
  • self-awareness
  • surroundings
  • motivation
  • focus

Keywords

  • overwhelmed
  • self-awareness
  • motivation
  • focus
  • surroundings

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