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Five rules why we can depend on situations reverse themselves naturally.
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This article explains that trends never continue in one direction forever. We are taught linear thinking but strategy the opposite of linear thinking. We are taught in the context of increasing production, but competition is the opposite of production. When we look for opportunities as openings, we are not looking for something but for nothing. Because of this, identifying competitive opportunities is counter intuitive for most people. From this perspective of all our training, an opportunity never looks like an opportunity. It looks like a problem.