Oversharing can feel like honesty, progress, even connection. But more often than not, it trades short-term relief for long-term problems we don’t see coming.

In this episode, I look at why creatives talk too soon, how oversharing leaks power, creates professional risk, and undermines momentum, and why learning to keep your powder dry is one of the most important skills for staying effective long term. 

“Oversharing isn’t honesty. It’s often anxiety looking for relief.” Carter Ferguson

LINKS
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QUOTES
“Say less than you think.” – Baltasar Gracián
“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.” – Dionysius the Elder
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” – Seneca
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” – Will Rogers
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” – Sun Tzu
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed silence.” – Mark Twain
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” – Confucius

THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY Christina at SAMH

Scottish Action for Mental Health, Scotland’s largest mental health organisation. Now offering walk-in support seven days a week.

Find out more at https://www.samh.org.uk/about-us/the-nook

REFERENCES
Warren Buffett
Emotional disclosure research
Social sharing of emotion
Co-rumination
Affect labelling
The Art of War

Please check out my friends shows:
FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCAST with Stephen Koepfer and Paul Varacchi (etc)
THE FILMMAKERS PODCAST with Giles Alderson (etc.)
THE HORROR CUT with Stephen Kerr and Gary Hewitt
WILDE WORLD with David Wilde
FILMMAKING CONVERSATIONS with Damian Swaby

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