Negative Visualization
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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My First Million
3 statements about Negative Visualization, every show
George Mack: Stoic Negative Visualization Holds a Billion-Dollar Product Idea
“So I think negative visualization is a tool from stoicism, but I think there's probably a billion dollar idea in.”
Santos: Negative Visualization Halts Hedonic Adaptation and Resets Expectations
“Just by feeling what it might feel like To have something negative happen, it resets your reference point. It also kind of, like, stops your hedonic adaptation for a second, where you're like, oh my gosh, like, there are good things about having my spouse, and…”
Irvine: Negative visualization should be a brief flickering thought, not dwelling
“So it's a flickering thought that you have, and you can fill in some detail on that flickering thought. So imagine that you've lost your job. Then you allow yourself to kind of think about that for a sec, fill in some of the details, and then snap out of it an…”