Anticipation
Anticipation is creating forecasts about future events and preparing responses to them.
Definition
Anticipation involves anticipating possible events, emotions and consequences of action. It supports planning, risk assessment and response preparation, but always operates in conditions of uncertainty. Effective anticipation combines data, experience, scenarios and the willingness to change the plan when new information becomes available.
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Practice and life
Before an important action, write down three scenarios: optimistic, realistic and crisis, and prepare the first step for each.
Common misunderstanding
It is a mistake to treat forecasts as certainties. The second mistake is catastrophizing, i.e. considering the worst-case scenario as the most probable without checking the data.
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