You look at where you're going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you've been and a pattern seems to emerge. And if you project forward from that pattern, then sometimes you can come up with something.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Looking forward may be confusing, but reviewing past patterns can reveal a direction for future planning.
- In plain terms
- Past patterns help make sense of the future.
- What can you take from it?
- Use hindsight to guide forward thinking.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do patterns mislead?
- How to balance intuition with data?
Another view
Not all patterns are reliable predictors of future outcomes.
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