Billionaire business owner Charlie Munger says “he wants to know where he is going to die” so that he never goes there, his point being that avoiding stupidity is a better strategy than trying to be smart. He refers to this process as inversion.
The writer and philosopher Nassim Taleb refers to a similar idea known via negativa, which means a life of subtraction. Taleb was an options trader. In his profession, mistakes can be costly. He set up his entire career and life to avoid risks that could cause a level of harm he couldn’t overcome.
Trying to predict the future is futile. Perhaps becoming intelligent enough to build a perfect future is too. Instead, let’s consider removing the ideas, beliefs, and actions that have been known to ruin futures.
We came into this world perfect, but as time goes on influences around us add layers to our personalities without our permission. The process of reinventing yourself happens when you unravel these layers and remove the ones that don’t fit.
Do any of the following sound like things you do? If so, you might be ruining your future without even noticing it.
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