What is the Worst Case Scenario? What is the Best Case?
“Confronting the worst-case scenario saps it of much of its anxiety-inducing power. Happiness reached via positive thinking can be fleeting and brittle, negative visualization generates a vastly more dependable calm.” Oliver Burkeman
Often when we fear taking action we fear it for a reason. There is some truth to our fears. We are aware of the fears we have because we can feel it in the experience. I feel fear is a signal for as to act. Many thoughts on this I have shared before.
For much of what we fear however is over exaggerated self-created assumption about the future. These fears can form our beliefs and our beliefs can be hard to influence to change. But we can change them.
If we wish to remove the fear, we must do the work within the mind. We do that work we can take the action that is required to overcome the fear. When we overcome the fear we progress.
The worst case scenario practice is designed to assist us to flesh out these assumptions. The reason we have this fear is likely due to an unlikely assumption of what might happen if you took action. Go to that place and take yourself one step beyond and then another step beyond that. Stretch them so far they become ridiculous.
This will allow you to see how unreal your current belief and thoughts are on this fear you hold. This will allow you to act, proceed in life and progress.
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