The Backwards Habit That Works

When I was a brand new cop going through field training, it was hell. Absolutely terrible.

But it’s not supposed to be fun. It’s supposed to prepare you.

Everything you do is wrong, nothing you say is correct. But you learn a lot…and if you don’t, you don’t make it.

One of the lessons my first training officer gave me was about my reports.

He said when I finished writing the report, to go back and read it, but read it backwards.

At the time It didn’t make sense. But as time went on, I’ve realized the brilliance and applied that elsewhere.

When you look at something from an angle or path that is less intuitive, you don’t just subconsciously fill in the blanks. You ACTUALLY think about the info.

I’ve caught SO many errors in my writing and other aspects of life by just “reading it backwards”.