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1. Look Into Your
Future

2. Making decisions can be tough
sometimes.

3. One way is good, but it's got some
drawbacks.

4. On the other hand, if you do
something else, it may be safe, but not
nearly as fun.

5. A lot of things go hand in hand.

6. Often times something good will go
along with something not so good.

7. It feels really good to stuff your face in
front of the TV. But it doesn't feel so
good the next morning.

8. It may feel good to sleep in, but when
you finally roll out of bed and see that
it's already in the early afternoon, you
might not feel so excited.

9. One economist theorized that humans
reached an evolutionary tipping point
when we started to naturally think of
pleasure out in the distant future,
compared to the pleasure now.

10. Meaning that lower animals are only
driven by instincts.

11. They can't really plan. Even when
squirrels save nuts for the winter,
they're being driven by instincts. It's
not like they fire up Excel and calculate
their caloric requirements.

12. Humans, on the other hand, somehow
figured out how to compare doing
something now, vs. doing something
differently, and then comparing the
potential results in the unknown
future.

13. Like maybe in the present a caveman
wanted to punch another caveman in
the face.

14. But then he'd imagine that guy's
buddies ganging up on him later, so he
would plan a better alternative.

15. They great thing about this is that you
can cultivate it, and develop it.

16. Like any other skill, the best way to do
this is to simply practice.

17. Start small, and do more and more as
you can.

18. For example, consider waking up ten
minutes earlier tomorrow, just to
prove that you can.

19. This will build up your "delayed
gratification" muscle in your brain.

20. As you well know, persistence is one of
the most important skills for any kind
of success.

21. All the genius inventors, artists,
business people, scientists, none of
them would have accomplished what
they accomplished had it not been for
persistence.

22. Whatever you want, you can get. But
getting it WILL take time.

23. It WILL take trial and "error," or
feedback.

24. So long as you keep your imagination
fixed on the distant future, when you
WILL be successful, you'll keep going.

25. Consider doing something each day
that builds up this attitude.

26. Take one thing you'd like to do, or one
thing you want to do but know you
shouldn't, and imagine how it will
affect your life one year from now.

27. Spend a few moments thinking about
that BEFORE doing it, whatever it is.

28. Keep this up and you'll develop a skill
few people have.

29. Which means you'll be able to get stuff
few people can.

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