Why you should have multiple plans for the future | John Puthenveetil | TED Institute @tedinstitute
Why you should have multiple plans for the future | John Puthenveetil | TED Institute  @tedinstitute
Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
We’re constantly planning ahead but generally focused on just one outcome: the one we want most to be true. John Puthenveetil says we’d be better off imagining multiple scenarios -- and offers convincing examples from recent history to demonstrate why.

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