How to stop negative thoughts ( negative thought exercise) | My First Million Podcast

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One of the hosts shares a pre-mortem and downside-protection exercise they use to manage emotions and risk when starting ventures. By visualizing worst-case scenarios and deliberately securing fallback options, they reframe uncertainty into controlled risk and create a baseline of gratitude for outcomes better than their predetermined floor.

Key takeaways

• Practicing negative visualization—imagining worst-case outcomes in detail for 5-10 minutes—can reduce anxiety by making the downside feel more manageable and turning daily events into perceived upside
• Before starting a company or major life change, quantify your downside protection needs (e.g., months of runway) and proactively secure fallback options (job connections, skills, savings) so you know your actual floor
• Defining the lowest outcome you’re willing to accept creates emotional stability; once you’ve locked in that floor, any better result becomes gratitude-inducing upside rather than a source of fear

Episode details: published March 21, 2020 · 1.4K views · 4:55 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The business ideas, figures and results discussed are the hosts’ and guests’ own claims, shared as brainstorming and entertainment — not verified facts and not investment advice.

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