1450: [Part 1] Three Typical Mistakes in Thinking About the Future by David Cain of Raptitude on Negative Thinking

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🗓️ 30 November 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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David Cain of Raptitude shares three typical mistakes in thinking about the future. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 1450: [Part 1] Three Typical Mistakes in Thinking About the Future by David Cain of Raptitude on Negative Thinking David Cain is a writer and entrepreneur living in Winnipeg, Canada. On a particular boring day at his office job in 2009, he started Raptitude. His interest has always been human society and the internal human experience, and Raptitude became his megaphone for his thoughts about those things. It found an audience rather quickly and it’s been central to his life ever since. In 2013, he left his day job to write full time. The original post is located here: https://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/three-typical-mistakes-in-thinking-about-the-future/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.0	three typical mistakes in thinking about the future, part one by David Kane of Raptitude.com,
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1:11.3	your life. Three typical mistakes in thinking about the future, part one by David Kane of Raptitude.com.
1:22.0	When I was six years old, I was crossing the little bridge on center street when I realized I was
1:27.6	doomed. I don't know why it only occurred to me then, but once it did, I couldn't deny it.
1:33.2	I was in grade one, and I liked my current teacher, but I was afraid of the grade three teacher,
1:37.9	let's call her Mrs. X. I heard stories about how mean she was from older kids, and I'd seen her
1:42.9	barking in her shrill voice that the students were unfortunate enough to be in her class. Because I
1:47.5	was in grade one, it never seemed like it was my problem. Until it occurred to me that I had no
1:52.0	means to prevent myself from aging naturally, and eventually becoming a grade three student.
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