Inversion Thinking

Instead of thinking about positive outcomes (assuming everything will turn out right), turn the process on its head by thinking what could go wrong and cause you to fail so you know what and who to avoid to maximize your chance of success or at least not being surprised so you’re able to make contingency plans ahead of time to compensate

You need to also do the more conventional process of thinking so you actually have an affirmative plan but it helps to know where all the mines are buried (like Minesweeper)

  • @Critical_Insight
    50•6 months ago

    I’ll let you, OP borrow my brain anyday if you’d like to experience what it’s like to live always expecting things to go wrong.

      • Rikudou_Sage
        5•6 months ago

        Yeah, it’s so alien to me. I’m envious, though, must feel nice.

      • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        1•5 months ago

        That is not what I have observed. I do kinda wonder sometimes however

        Me: right so we said we would be there by 630. If we leave within the next five minutes we should be there at 6:25

        Wife: it’s fine

        Me: just you know we could leave now and no one has to have any anxiety about being late.

        Wife: they aren’t going to care

        Me: true they won’t really care that much but we did say 6:30. Wouldn’t it be nice to not be worried? Like what if we make a wrong turn and have to double back? We would still be on time if we left now.

    • @dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•6 months ago

      Right??? Like wtf I thought everyone just thought about how everything could go wrong all the time. You mean people do things and expect to succeed instead of expect to fail??? This is legitimately wild to me.

    • KptnAutismus
      7•6 months ago

      i don’t expect things anymore, it goes how it goes. if it doesn’t go how it’s supposed to go, i’ll see if i can fix it.

      • @Critical_Insight
        4•6 months ago

        I wish I could do that. Currently I’m trying to start a bussines, but my mind just keeps coming up with the most unlikely terrible scenarios that might happen and convincing me to never try anything new so that I can’t fuck it up.