Lesson 15 - How To Buy A Candy Bar
Sounds strange, doesn’t it?
Hearing that the best way to move forward is to think backwards? Seems convoluted and ridiculous, right?
I know that if I want to walk down the hall and grab a candy bar, the way I would plan to do it is I would a) get up from my chair b) walk out of my office c) avoid flirting with my secretary (I always need to avoid the obstacles) d) take 50 cents out of my pocket and finally e) place the money into the machine and then press the correct button.
Simple, right? That’s ‘normal’.
But where is the part of this plan that has the highest potential to break down? It could be that I don’t have enough money in my pocket or the correct amount of change (the machine doesn’t take dollar bills. So, if I plan my outing in the forward thinking mode, it would be fairly common that I’d get to the machine and only then realize that I can’t get a candy bar. If I thought backwards, the first thing I would plan for is if I the money to buy the candy bar. Thinking backwards just saved me time and effort, which could both be better spent flirting with the secretary to give me the necessary 50 cents.
See how simple Simpleology makes life?