Katherine Woodward Thomas

There was a study done by two women in 1986, Paula Nurius and Hazel Marcus.

And they wrote an academic paper on it about positive possible selves.

And what they saw, now positive possible selves is like the best case in the Olympic gold medal winner.

or the actor standing on stage receiving an Oscar.

Or it could be a negative possible self, which many of us have and are trying desperately to believe.

Yeah, homeless or whatever it is.

But the future that we're living into, what they found is the future that we're living into actually determines our current motivation and actions even more than the past does.

Than the past.

Wow.

So here we are doing our work on personal development, looking at the past, the past, the past, the past, the past, as though there's some kind of mystery.

Like if I get to the bottom of all of it, then I'll finally be free.

But it's actually the future that holds the cake.

Especially if it's the craziest idea.

It's an intention.

It's a visioning practice.

Like, what does it feel like?

You know, we bring the future into the present.

We're all starting to get hip to this mental rehearsal of seeing yourself.

Obviously, athletes and musicians have been doing this for years.

So you bring the future into the present, and it is ace.