Say I get exactly what I want. Then what?

The knock-on effects of a choice traced three steps out, with the one you’d miss marked.


When to use
When the first result of a choice looks good and you haven’t looked past it.
Time
5 min

The prompt

I’m thinking about . The first result I expect is . Trace what follows from that. Give me three chains of consequences: one for my time, one for my money, one for the people around me. In each chain, show three steps, one line each: what happens first, what that leads to within a year, and what that leads to after. Follow each chain where it actually leads, not where I’d like it to go. Mark the one consequence I’m least likely to have thought of. Say which steps are close to certain and which are your guess.

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