Powerful Futures

How to future-proof yourself in a dramatically

changing world

Tony Ryantony@tonyryan.com.au

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Possible FuturesProbable FuturesPreferable Futures

Want to plan your own Powerful

Future? There are at least three

perspectives.

Possible Futures. Dream / visualise / imagine. What are the

astonishing possibilities in your life?

Probable Futures. Get analytical. Determine the trends and facts. What are the most likely

scenarios in your life?

Preferable Futures. What do you most want to have occur in your future? If you could

choose your future, what would it be?

Four Upfront Hints On Future-Proofing

Yourself

1. Watch the FEAR factor2. Look for the trends3. Let go on certainty

4. Be innovative

1. Watch the FEAR

factor

How does this type of article make you feel??

Now, how does this type of article make you feel???

Some people will believe anything. Don’t be one of them!

Being scared of the future will paralyse you.

It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy anyway.

Ask yourself this: What’s your 1 to 10 rating on your personal future (1 is

horrendous, 10 is sensational)?

It’s likely to end up being what you choose!

Use the FEAR Plan when you have to do something that is challenging for you

• Feel good and relax (just breathe deeply for a few secs)

• Expect good things (visualise the pending action in a positive light)

• Action Plan (remind yourself of the 1st 2 steps you will take, just before you start)

• Reward yourself (after you finish, reward yourself for using the FEAR plan)

2. Look for the trends

Have a look at some of the trends from Faith Popcorn eg SheChange; Icon

Toppling

Two-thirds of all people in history who lived past

65 are alive today

1000 AD. Life expectancy 25.1900 AD. 47.2000 AD. 78.Up to now, we have

had a linear life plan. We learn, we earn, we

retire, we die. He challenges us to have a circular life plan eg every 7 yrs, to learn, earn, and then ‘retire’ for 6

mths

Ken Dychtwald’s ‘Age Wave’ is one of the most critical trends

in human history

Retirement from life is not an option

• 10 critical skills for the future:

• Communication management

• Reputation management

• Privacy management

• Information management

• Opportunity management

• Technology management

• Relationship management

• Legacy management

• Time management

• Money management

Thomas Freyfuturistspeaker.com

Some likely skills you’ll need in the future??

3. Let go on certainty

Some things in life are (relatively) certain eg the sun will come up

tomorrow

Many events in your life are not certain eg possible accidents

Accept what you CAN change (eg your attitude to any event); and accept what you CAN’T change (eg the

choices made by political leaders)

Just keep learning. It encourages you to let go on certainty.

• What do you consistently do to advance your knowledge?

• What is new in your thinking so far this year?

• What new skill do you intend to learn in the rest of this year?

• At the Personal level

• At the Professional level

4. Be innovative

Thinking??!

Thinking outside the Square is very 20th Century. Instead, think outside the dodecahedron *.

* It’s a 12-sided polygon!

Look for examples of innovation in everyday life.

Generate at least one set of

innovative ideas every day!

Tony Ryan’s FutureCards

Mapping out your thinking and planning

for the future

Free copies and details available at

powerful futures.com

What could you do with this info?

What will you do?How and when will you

do it?

Imagine the possibilities if you designed your own future

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