Recognizing alternative outcomes — and the role of luck — keeps your mind open to other possibilities, so you can manage or mitigate them. (inc.com)
As well as learning history by the back door, you get the chance to experiment with alternative outcomes. (totalpolitics.com)
It is considered essential that the student be taught replacement behaviours that meet their needs as opposed to being expected to behave in ways that produce alternative outcomes. (cyc-net.org)