From the course: Cultivating Mental Agility
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Scenario preplanning
- When you're launching a new course of action, of course you're optimistic. You wouldn't be doing it otherwise. But that optimism can mask a multitude of sins. You may be almost certain to succeed, but we all know nothing in life is 100% certain. Unexpected situations can occur, whether it's a natural disaster or an unexpected move from a competitor. If you want to take your mental agility to ninja levels, it's useful to try out a technique popular in the military known as scenario pre-planning, otherwise known as a pre-mortem. Specifically, instead of just wishing or hoping or assuming that something will work out, you map out in advance what could go wrong and why. That allows you to spot potential weaknesses in advance and figure out how to offset them. Here's how to do it. First, set aside time to write down all the possibilities, all the possibilities for how your upcoming situation might go. Let's say you're…
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