tertiary · Temperance

Foresight

Part of the Character Strengths Wheel

What is Foresight?

The capacity to anticipate the long-term consequences of current decisions. People with foresight make fewer regrettable choices — because they have already imagined where each path leads.

When you might feel foresight

Foresight is a specific form of prudence, which itself is a type of temperance. You might experience this feeling in situations where temperance is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define foresight.

Emotional Hierarchy

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