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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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Set-up your goals
A goal setting process forces you to think about the journey instead of just the end destination.
1 - Ask yourself the following questions
- Is this goal something you truly want?
- Is it important enough to pour hours of time and effort into it?
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How to set anti-goals
The generalized process involves four steps:
- Choose your area
- Set-up your goals
- Mark out the negative outcomes - either as final outcomes or along the way. Do this by inverting the initial goals.
- Set-up these negative outcomes as Anti-g
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Where to use this frame-work?
Use this to;
- Plan for new projects
- Design your life
- Create self-improvement plans
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Establish Anti-goals
Now work backwards to establish your anti-goals.
Expanding on James Clear analogy: If traditional goals are the rudders that set your direction, think of anti-goals as the map that tells you where the rapids are.
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Anti-Goals
antigoal (plural antigoals) An undesirable state to be avoided, the opposite of a goal.
The concept is grounded in inversion—a mental model that says that big probl...
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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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