25. Ask yourself: if I don’t change my direction,
will my Default Future be the one I want?
RELATIONSHIPS FINANACIAL
JOB/ BUSINESS
RETIREMENT
HEALTH & WELLBEING
26. Remember Confucius….
If you keep going in
the same direction,
you are likely to
wind up where
you are headed.
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27. Envision An Impossible
Future
Where is the pain in your life?
What is your biggest frustration?
What is your biggest hope?
What is you big dream?
What is your biggest concern?
28. Now articulate your Impossible
Future in one sentence:
My Impossible Future is…
30. Ask 3 to 5 people:
What are my unique
talents and gifts?
How can I leverage them
to create an extraordinary future?
What weaknesses do I have that could
throw me back into a default future?
31. Other Questions
• What do you see as my possibilities?
• What do you see as my greatest strengths?
• Where might my strength become a weakness?
• What do you see as my biggest blindspot?
• What do you see as my next development steps?
32. Write down:
▪ 1 strength you will build on,
▪ 1 weakness you will work on
to help you to reach your
Impossible Future
43. Tip 4. Build a Team of Talented
People to Help You
44. People will
join your team
if they see an
exciting goal or
problem they can
subordinate their ego to,
as well as a big opportunity for them
to learn, grow, make money
45. Write down on a piece of paper
the kind of people you will
need to realize your
Impossible Future…
For example, managers,
scientists, engineers,
bankers, artists, architects,
HR people, students.
Next go out and recruit them
46. Tip 5. Gather Outside Information;
Keep Asking: “What’s missing from
this picture?”
47. You can’t realize an
Impossible Future
based on what you
already think and
know
Google, read, and talk
to people to gather
outside information to discover solutions
you never knew existed
48. Whenever you run into a big problem
or opportunity ask:
What’s missing from this picture?
This is the key
to coming up
with exciting,
breakthrough
solutions
49. Tip 6. Bypassing Elaborate
Planning and Preparations
Take Action!
50. With an Impossible
Future there is often
no simple or obvious
plan
You discover the path
forward in the
process of taking
some action—any
action
51. Look at your Impossible Future…
What’s missing that, if provided, can
make a difference?
Now design a small, 90-day CATALYTIC
BREAKTHROUGH PROJECT that will take
you to a different place
53. Catalytic Breakthrough Project Example
If you want to start a new business…
Build a new “micro-website”
that will develop your brand,
help define your business,
and give you an address
54. Catalytic Breakthrough Project Example
If you want to improve your marriage…
Agree to go to
a counselor
every ten days
for 90-days
55. Tip 7. Get a Coach to Help
You to Keep on Track
56. A COACH
Keeps the goal in
front of you
Picks you up when
your spirits are
down
Doesn’t let anything
fall through the
cracks