What does “Connecting the dots backwards" mean ?

[fanaticgeek]

I have big dreams and I read a lot of Self help books. Though I work tirelessly on things but I often get distracted among multiple projects and eventually none of them brings out substantial result. That's why I took a job to ensure that I am not completely wasted.

I have read the phrase "Connecting the dots backwards" so many times but I am sure that I couldn't get it's meaning correctly. I read it again in "http://www.jonathanfields.com/what-lucky-people-do-differently/" , so please help me in knowing it.

[ColinWright]

Here, let me Google that for you:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22connecting+the+dots+bac...

Top hit:

http://www.quora.com/What-does-Steve-Jobs-famous-words-conne...