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BehavioralJMJane McGonigal 3-min read 10-min action

Hindsight to Foresight

To imagine how you'll feel a year from now, walk backward through a year you already lived.

The concept

Episodic future thinking trained by episodic memory

Researchers at the Institute for the Future and in psychology labs find that our ability to vividly imagine the future is built from the same neural machinery as autobiographical memory. Practicing detailed hindsight strengthens the foresight muscle — and quiets catastrophic thinking about decisions you're stuck on.

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Train Your Foresight
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