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Ep.256 Mental Time Travel: Why You Need to Think Backward from the Future
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Mental Time Travel: Your Brainâs Built-In Success Simulator
Your brain can time travel.
Not physicallyâbut mentally.
It can simulate outcomes, map futures, and rehearse results.
But hereâs the catch:
Most people use this power to worry.
High performers use it to plan.
Try this:
đ Jump ahead one year.
Youâve just hit your biggest business goal.
Now ask:
What decisions did I make this year that got me here?
Thatâs not visualizationâitâs strategy.
This exercise lights up your prefrontal cortexâyour decision-making HQâso you stop reacting and start reverse-engineering the future you want.
Because the smartest way forward...
is thinking backward.
301 episodes
Manage episode 497025234 series 3602431
Mental Time Travel: Your Brainâs Built-In Success Simulator
Your brain can time travel.
Not physicallyâbut mentally.
It can simulate outcomes, map futures, and rehearse results.
But hereâs the catch:
Most people use this power to worry.
High performers use it to plan.
Try this:
đ Jump ahead one year.
Youâve just hit your biggest business goal.
Now ask:
What decisions did I make this year that got me here?
Thatâs not visualizationâitâs strategy.
This exercise lights up your prefrontal cortexâyour decision-making HQâso you stop reacting and start reverse-engineering the future you want.
Because the smartest way forward...
is thinking backward.
301 episodes
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