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Come Back from the Future To apply the come-back-from-the-future approach, ask yourself what the best possible future could be and then work out the milestones you have to reach to get there. Start with a clear endpoint—what you want to achieve—and then work backward from there to try to unpack everything that will make your goal possible and every

Positive thinking is great for exploring possibilities about the future. It’s also good for your mood. But when it comes to attaining your desired future – then it’s a real detriment. What we really need is action – so that people can change their lives. Positive fantasies about the future are not the answer to how people are resilient. Positive da

simulating the future in your mind.

You become better able to meet goals in all parts of your life.

And it becomes a lot more intuitive to project your thoughts about your life into an imagined future, leaving you anxiously wondering if things will unfold as you want them to.

research shows that people who focus on the process of achieving a desired outcome are more likely to achieve it than those who simply think about the outcome itself.

my view is that the primary motivation for doing effortful deliberate practice is to improve your skill.

having a strong desire to reach a goal isn’t enough. What’s necessary is a plan for when, where, and how you will reach your goal—and for how you will respond to obstacles.