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Black Coffee Theory

April 10 · 6 min · Episode 428 · 5.9 MB
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A few weeks ago, I shared a piece on my ​Anti-To-Do List​ and the general merits of using inversion to improve your life.


The idea was straightforward:

  1. Write down what you want to avoid doing.
  2. Avoid doing those things.

I've gotten a lot of value from using inversion like this as a tool to provide clarity on my actions and avoid painful mistakes.


As the late Charlie Munger famously said, "All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there."


But a few readers replied with an interesting question:


Doesn't focusing on what you don't want make you more likely to get it?


This raises an important point that I've never addressed directly...


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