The Power of Reverse Anxiety

Travis Williams: I would suggest to your dad to harness the power of something that I invented called reverse anxiety. Your dad is anxious about something that would be very scary for him, but is very unlikely. So here's what I do. I as a form of flight cognitive distance. I tell my brain, okay, if you're going to be afraid of that, you have to be afraid. You have to look forward to the exact inverse good thing that is just as likely to happen.