MWM: Mental Vaccination

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Midweek Mini – Mental Vaccination

What’s the worst that could happen?

No really. Write it down.

This Midweek Mini explores a concept used by high-performance athletes, military teams, and leadership groups: mental vaccination.

The idea is simple.

You deliberately imagine the worst-case scenarios so that if they happen, you’re already prepared.

• What if the market crashes?
• What if there’s a cyber attack?
• What if the plan fails?

Elite teams rehearse these possibilities so they aren’t shocked when pressure arrives.

But there’s a catch.

For some people, this builds resilience.
For others… it just creates anxiety.

So the real skill is knowing when scenario planning builds confidence — and when it just becomes a list of things to worry about.

And sometimes the worst-case scenario isn’t war, business collapse, or global pandemics.

Sometimes it’s just dropping your headphones in a moat.