Invert the Problem
In the pursuit of these goals
- What’s the worst possible outcome?
- What systems would lead to that?
- What daily actions would I regret?
- In short, what would you view as winning the battle but losing the war?
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Think of anti-goals as being about avoiding the "Pyrrhic victory”—a victory that takes such a terrible toll on the victor that it might has well have been a defeat. (Sahil Bloom)
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