@ Catherine: I remember seeing the trailer for that film. The going-back-in-time-to-change-the-present is also the main theme in the last season’s hit TV series Heroes. I guess that’s one reason I liked it — the other being I was a big comic book geek growing up.

@ Barbara: I agree about the past, but when I do go over the past, it’s to see what lesson I should take away. I, too, focus on the present, and use it often in my own business, too.

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

It’s not too often I think “what if”. based on past decisions, but I do use the theory for decisions I currently make…thinking of how my actions will affect the outcome. It’s a great “tool” to use in business, as well as one’s personal life, since every action has a consequence (good or bad).

Great post…got me thinking.

But, each time he tried it, someone suffered as a result.

It is weird isn’t it. No matter how well we try to work out what may happen by doing A or B and make an ethical decision, one small action could still affect a complete stranger. And what’s more, we’d probably never know what happened.