Invert

1. Run a Failure Pre-mortem.

Instead of doing a post-mortem review (where you discuss the results and learnings after the project is delivered), you could have a pre-mortem meeting.

Sit with your colleagues or clients, and discuss the most important goal or project you are working on.
Then, fast forward 6 months and imagine the project or goal has failed.

What went wrong?What mistakes did you make?

In other words, think of your main goal and ask, “What could cause this to go horribly wrong?”

As a team, you’ll come up with a list of challenges and points of failure you can now develop a plan for.

2.Don’t Try To Win.Just Avoid Losing.

Too often, people are focused on how to achieve success.A better way would be to consider the inverse of success instead.

Think about the kind of life you don’t want to lead or the kind of person you don’t want to be — and make sure you do everything you can to avoid that.

Write down the personality traits of people you don’t like being around？

Invert, and train yourself to spot when you are being that way.