• In Hindsight: The Perfect Time to Quit

    edited by Alexander Becker on October 30, 2006 | Link

    Do more of what you did not do.

    Zero-based thinking is about reconsidering negative decisions and urges you to study the process of deciding. Learn to trust your inner voice is about attaining superior results by acknowledging your instincts alongside your sensory input.

    Applied hindsight is about getting out of the next situation as soon as possible. Sub-zero-based thinking.

    How many times did you have that feeling from an early moment on and you finally quit much too late? Try to recall such an instance and trace your steps back to the first occurrence of that feeling -- it was at the very beginning and you just knew it.

    In hindsight, most failures were recognizable very well, long before they occurred. Take note and consider this next time you feel something is not going to work out.

    The definite proof that your intuition was perfectly right comes exclusively and with the negative situation already experienced and eventually over. You knew that you had to get out. You even knew that you had to get out as soon as possible but you chose not to rely on intuition only. With what you now know -- that your intuition was in fact right -- you would have quit right away.

    A positive version exists only in theory: You never experienced the intuitively sensed, positive outcome of an arbitrary situation because it never actually happened. The negative, on the other hand, sadly proves itself by fulfilling itself.

    While this may be the principle of the self-fulfilling prophesy in effect, and there is always the danger and the opportunity to shape events according to your fears or desires, it doesn't make a difference: Whenever a situation is destined to fail, through self-fulfilling prophesy, by law of attraction, its reverse, or through self-sabotage, you are better off acknowledging the failure and moving on without too much looking back.

    Please note that this is not about quitting because work is too hard or discipline or demands are too high. In fact, this is about quitting when there is not enough to work for, not enough discipline to exert and not enough demands to meet. Please also note that this is not the If only I had... approach. Quite the opposite. The core of the hindsight principle is geared towards making you rethink and react your situation without losing much time hesitating or hoping for a better future.

    Consider sub-zero-based thinking as a way to create even more confidently.

    Instead of --

    Knowing what you now know, would you get into this business, job, or situation again?

    Consider, for example --

    Completely trusting your intuition, isn't it preferable to get out of this business, job, or situation as soon as possible?

    The conclusion? Feeling the slightest bit of uncertainty or perceiving a potential lack of confidence in your eventual victory even in the most abstract sense -- stop immediately, go back to the very beginning and start all over. Repeat until absolute confidence is with you. Anything less is not worth the effort, the pain, nor the ultimate reward.

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