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Tim Ferriss's Stoic-inspired exercise for making hard decisions by defining, preventing, and repairing worst-case scenarios.
We spend so much time setting goals. But Tim Ferriss argues there's something more important: setting fears.
Fear setting is a Stoic-inspired exercise based on Seneca's observation that "we suffer more often in imagination than in reality." The exercise has three parts: define your fears, plan prevention strategies, and map repair options. Most people discover that the downside of action is usually recoverable, while the downside of inaction is permanent and compounding.
Key Topics: Fear setting, Tim Ferriss, Seneca, decision-making, worst-case scenarios, cost of inaction, Stoic philosophy
Today's Practice: Pick one decision you've been avoiding. Define the fears. Write prevention strategies. Plan the repair. Calculate the cost of doing nothing. Let the math speak for itself.
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