Invert, always invert.
Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.
If you think backwards from a big problem, and you talk to all these other people who have skills and who think forward from their skills, it's very easy to form collaborations because everyone is incentivized to work together.
A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.
Don't think OF your goals, think FROM them.
I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed. It's reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they'll print the truth.
I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective.
A lot of folks look at the political calculation and then determine the policy. I think that's backward.
