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Daniel Catena's avatar

Solid concept, Arman! When you know what not to do, you have your answer.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Thank you Daniel. Knowing what not to do (and not doing that) is waaaaaay easier than obsessing over what to do!

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Daniel Catena's avatar

Same goes for food. It’s easier to eliminate choices that are a “no” so you get closer to what you really want.

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Alexander Lovell, PhD's avatar

You wrote, “What if hard problems had simple solutions when addressed backward?” That sentence stuck with me. It makes me think that perhaps the complexity we see isn’t inherent to the problem, but rather to our approach. We get caught up in the "shoulds" and the "how-tos" that we lose sight of the obvious pitfalls. Inverting the question forces us to strip away all the unnecessary fluff and see the raw bones of the issue. It’s a refreshing exercise in clarity and honestly seems liberating. It makes me think about how much time is spent making things more complicated, when we could simply be making things easier by getting rid of what's bad for us first.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

thank you Alex. I'm glad you liked that sentence. And of course, you more eloquently described what I was trying to say. How to is seductive but maybe not how to is more useful?

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

…it is also one of the great methods for resolving conflict…consider how you make the conflict/conflicted feel instead of feeling the conflict…live a day in a one legged man’s shoes and wonder why he has shoes and not just a shoe…

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

yet again a deep insight my friend. im actually kinda jealous of the one legged man. he gets to save 50% every time he buys a new pair of shoes!

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Rick Lewis's avatar

"“You go through a long life like a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.” Ha ha, never heard this one. It doesn't even need inversion to clearly make its point.

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Haha Munger's got so many gems but this is easily one of my favorites

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C.M. Cardinale's avatar

"Do the opposite of unsubscribing, please." LOL'd a bit there.

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Krspeace's avatar

This was an awesome piece! Definitely borrowing the principle!

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