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Fear-Setting
Fear-setting is a tool to help us overcome the fear of making difficult decisions.
Fear setting is an operating system for thriving in high-stress environments. It is a way to make a checklist of all the bad things that could happen, so you become less afraid of taking action.
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Organizing a Fear-Setting Template: The 3 Pages
Page 1. Make three lists with the following headings:
- Define - what are the worst things that could happen?
- Prevent - How do I prevent each from happening?
- Repair - If the worst happens, ho...
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Fear-setting
It is a decision-making tool for risky situations. The main point is that visualizing the worst-case scenarios lets you manage them rationally.
There are 3 stages in fear-setting for any decision:
- Defining fears
- P...
Create a “fear list”
Tim Ferriss recommends “fear-setting” - creating a checklist of what you are afraid to do and what you fear will happen if you do it.
This exercise helps you seeing with clarity the benefits of the attempted effort and the cost of inaction.
Fear-Setting and Escaping Paralysis
Write down the answers in a sheet of paper-
- What is the worst thing that can happen to you?
- How likely that would actually happen?
- How could you get things back under control?
- What will be the outcomes? temporary and permanent.
- What you have done wrong?
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