I find myself thinking in reverse more often than I am thinking forward. What is “thinking in reverse”? I believe thinking in reverse is seeing the end goal, and then trace from the end-goal to the present moment. Things like, I want to make x dollars a year in salary, I want to help this company make x dollars in revenue, I need to get these pieces into this position in order to solve this puzzle. If I want to be have this sort of lifestyle and live in this location in 10 year, what are the things I’d have to do, where do I have to be, who do I need to know? So on…<\/p>\n
I wonder if this is part of planning, or if I merely came to a self-realization that everyone pretty much thinks this way.<\/p>\n
The concept of “budgeting” is a clear example of thinking in reverse. How much money can I spend? What can I spend this money on? A forward thinking approach might be, I’ve buying, and bought x items, and then checking the balance to see how little money is left in your bank account and make a decision from there.<\/p>\n
I like solving puzzles from two ends, the beginning, and the end. What does the end have to look like, what does it look like in the beginning? Then I meet everything somewhere in the middle, and I have my optimum path. This technique works really well for me in any type of pathing sort of puzzle (think mazes). Come to think of it, even Soduku puzzle in a way tell you how things MUST be before you even start.<\/p>\n
Makes you wonder what things you really thing\u00a0forward<\/em> on, and if you spend all your time thinking\u00a0reverse<\/em>, what type of life are you leading, what does it mean, is it a good or bad thing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I find myself thinking in reverse more often than I am thinking forward. What is “thinking in reverse”? I believe thinking in reverse is seeing the end goal, and then trace from the end-goal to the present moment. Things like, I want to make x dollars a year in salary, I want to help this … <\/p>\n