If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Persistently predicting negative outcomes can make someone appear prophetic when things go wrong.
- In plain terms
- If you always say bad things will happen, you might look like a prophet.
- What can you take from it?
- Pessimism can look like prediction if things go bad.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you predicting or just pessimistic?
- How do you test predictions?
Another view
Some prophets are right for reasons other than pessimism.
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