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Premortem
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Last discussed Oct 14, 2026
A decision-making technique where you intentionally imagine the worst-case scenario before making a decision, identifying warning signs and defining measures of success and failure in advance.
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The Failure Advice That's Ruining Your Life
Mark Manson · Oct 14, 2026
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Mark Manson
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Used for: Mapping potential failure points before starting a project or quarterly initiative
Praised: Reinforces plans and helps prevent failures ahead of time
"One of them is the premortem, which is a practice where you sit down before you start working on a new goal or new project... and you write out: if this is to fail, what will have caused it? ...Once you've mapped out all of the potential failure p..."
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"And this is Drew Birnie, my co-host, producer, lead researcher, and the man who ran a premortem failure analysis on this very podcast episode and c..."
The Failure Advice That's Ruining Your Life
· Oct 14, 2026
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