How To Be Unhappy-Invert For Happiness
Here’s a powerful mental model used by top performers:
Inversion thinking.
Inversion means solving a problem in reverse.
Instead of asking, “How do I reach my goal?”
Ask, “What would guarantee failure?”
Then, simply do the opposite of that.
Other strategic examples:
Building wealth?
➨ Map out wealth-depleting habits first.
Growing a business?
➨ List what great companies never do.
Seeking better health?
➨ Start with what derails good health.
Sara Blakely uses inversion.
Jeff Bezos swears by it.
Charlie Munger credits it for his success.
The path to progress is clear:
Eliminate what blocks it.
Master inversion, master your goals