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156 - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Stoic Coffee Break

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Imagining the Unlikely: Premeditatio Malorum and Pre-Mortem

Exploring the importance of premeditatio malorum, a practice of imagining all possible ways things could go wrong, as a tool to test ideas and plans against reality. They also introduce the concept of a pre-mortem and emphasize the need to let go of the desire to be right in order to make better decisions.

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