This technique has stuck with me since I read about it a year ago. It’s very useful to do a quick pass with it—a single iteration can make a plan ~1.2x more likely to succeed. I tend to do the “pre-mortem” in my head quickly when using it.
I know I’m not using it to its full power. This time, for my central life goal, I’m going to fully write it out and iterate until I would be shocked. It might take a long time but this is worth it. Plus, I’ll probably learn a lot about this technique and what does or doesn’t work.
I already started but I’ll probably finish up tomorrow. Since I resolved (in the spirit of Sunk Cost Faith) to comment on this every day, I’ll leave this here for now and edit my comment tomorrow to include what I’ve learned.
edit: I did about 10 iterations of my Very Important Plan today but I’m still not done. I’ll update tomorrow.
This technique has stuck with me since I read about it a year ago. It’s very useful to do a quick pass with it—a single iteration can make a plan ~1.2x more likely to succeed. I tend to do the “pre-mortem” in my head quickly when using it.
I know I’m not using it to its full power. This time, for my central life goal, I’m going to fully write it out and iterate until I would be shocked. It might take a long time but this is worth it. Plus, I’ll probably learn a lot about this technique and what does or doesn’t work.
I already started but I’ll probably finish up tomorrow. Since I resolved (in the spirit of Sunk Cost Faith) to comment on this every day, I’ll leave this here for now and edit my comment tomorrow to include what I’ve learned.
edit: I did about 10 iterations of my Very Important Plan today but I’m still not done. I’ll update tomorrow.