Tag: looking back

Girls kayaking String Lake, Wyoming. Peruvian woman and Chilean woman.

Creeping Determinism Gets You to Beat Yourself Up

Lucas Necessary

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou kick yourself for making that dumb decision! What were you thinking? The team tried a play that just didn’t work—gah! Why’d they blow it? Introspection is important, but there’s a subtle, insidious error that can slither into our thinking—creeping determinism. It’s a phenomenon where, over time, we begin to look back and realize how a decision wasn’t going to work out; how all the dots were connecting into a…

Looking Back Can Kill You

Lucas Necessary

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDo you have lots of regrets? Do you look back on past relationships, actions, or feelings, wishing that you could JUST do it different? Sometimes that consumes people! John Landy and Roger Bannister broke the miracle mile (sub 4’00”) around the same time (header image). When they raced against each other, the eyes of the world were looking. Right before the finish, Landy looked back over his shoulder to see…