All right, and welcome to this edition of the Prosper Leader member call.
This is the end of month call.
So even though it's falling a little early because we have a lot of Thursdays this month,
one, two, three, four, five Thursdays, but normally we always meet the first Tuesday
of the month in the morning, 7 a.m. Pacific Standard Time to kick us into gear for the
month.
And then we meet near the end to have some time to wrap it up.
And so we're gathering kind of sandwiching the month with some space in between.
So today I'm very excited about the topic that I'm going to talk about.
And if you're here live, you're going to get to experience it and together, and then we're
going to gather and talk about it.
And I'm super excited about this.
If you're listening to the recording, I'm going to just push stop.
And whereas they will have 10, 15 minutes to do the exercise, you could just push replay
when you're ready to go to the rest of the video.
So everything that I'm sharing is based on a book, one of the top books that I am recommending
for 2024, and it's called Be Your Future Self Now by Dr. Benjamin Hardy.
He's one of my favorite up and coming authors.
He teams up with Dan Sullivan, who's totally OG.
He's been, I've been getting his stuff for decades.
And so it's real fun kind of see them combine and what they're producing.
So they've got three really good books that I loved, Easier Than 2X, The Gap and the Gain.
And this one is called Be Your Future Self Now.
So when it comes to New Year's, when it comes to tapping into your vision, when it comes
to really being compelled and propelled and stay focused and just get a hold of the vision
in a way that it gets a hold of you, this is a powerful book and these are going to
be really powerful exercises.
You know, I think about Philippians 3.13, Philippians 3.13.
And in the NLT, it says, no, dear brothers, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this
one thing, forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead.
And he goes on to say, I press on to the mark, et cetera.
And it's a really powerful verse because first of all, too many of us lose our joy, our impetus,
our everything.
It's robbed, it's stolen from us whenever we get stuck in the past, thinking about the
past, the coulda, shoulda, woulda, the regrets, the blames, the bitterness, the, you know,
the sadness, the grieving, all parts of process.
But as we stay in the now and we release and we bless and, you know, we bless and we release
and we forgive our past, ourself and others, it frees us up to truly live in the now.
And so you've heard me say a lot about that.
And so then if I'm always telling you the importance of living in the now, why am I
now telling you to do an exercise with the future self?
Okay, I want you to understand the slant, okay?
And the slant is that you get super clear on your future self and then you are taking
daily actions and living it in the now.
That'll maybe make a little more sense as we get going.
But this is really powerful.
Go ahead and mute yourself.
I'm hearing some noise in the background.
You can even turn your camera off until we come back.
And so here's, there's a couple ways that we look at life.
We often shape our future based on our present circumstances.
In other words, the danger is that we think that things are not going to change that much.
And so somehow in our mind, if we think 10 years forward, we think things are going to
stay pretty much the same in 10 years from now.
And we have a tendency to think that 10 years is really far away.
And I think you've heard Tony Robbins say, we overestimate what we can do in a year and
we underestimate what we can do in 10 years, right?
So because of that, we do not really get clear on our future and we often sell off our future by responding to what gives the dopamine hit right now.
So to truly advance, we have to shift our focus from the daily grind, and I'll explain more in detail what I mean this, to truly being driven by and having a clear, just compelling future.
A future that's driven by a clear vision, by faith, by mental flexibility, right?
And so the first step to being farsighted in doing this is being connected, really getting connected with our future self.
So let me read some quotes from the book, Be Your Future Self Now, and then we're going to get into some powerful exercises.
Here's some powerful quotes.
Building a connection to your future self requires seeing your future self as a different person than you are today.
This does not come naturally. As a rule, most people assume their future self is basically the same person they are today.
So that's the first thing. And the quality of the connection you have with your future self determines the quality of your life and behaviors right now.
And another quote, when we're disconnected from our future selves, we opt for near immediate goals or dopamine hits.
This short term seeking ends up costing our future selves really big.
This is why we often get sold on things, no payments till June of next year.
And our brain says, ah, that's far away. Everything, yeah, I'm going to go ahead and take that right now.
And it's like, boom, that fast, right?
So the more connected you are with the future, the better your present will be.
So here's if you were going to write something down, and I'll also send you this template.
The distinction is you're learning to live from and not towards your future goal.
So most people have their future goal, and it's almost like the carrot on the stick.
And it's just in front of them. In front of them, it's always future. It's always future.
And we always see a future. We don't see it being fulfilled.
We're not investing in it. We're not compelled by it. We're not driven by it.
It's just something always future, future, like the carrot, always in front.
That's when you're going towards a goal, and it's like you never get there.
When you're coming from the goal, you actually get into the feeling tonality of that goal.
And you begin to live it now.
Now, those of you that have been around me for a while, you've heard me teach this, okay?
So you're living from that place as if you're already there.
And so you're living from that goal and not to get towards that goal.
Okay, so here is your step one. Step one.
And I'm going to tell you it. I'm going to put some music on.
And you're welcome to just work privately or turn your camera on.
It's fun to see each other working on this.
But here's step one, and I'm going to give you time to work on this.
I'm going to stop the recording during this and just play some music.
So the first thing is we have to realize just how much we can change.
This is really big to realize.
So the first step is we are going to go backwards.
So you are going to go back ten years.
So I did this exercise. It's so powerful.
So you're going to go back to January 2014.
You're going to go back to January 2014.
And I want you to think about who you were ten years ago.
What were you thinking?
What were your beliefs?
What were you doing?
What were you struggling with?
Who were you?
What compelled you?
I really want you to get a sense of who you were ten years ago.
And then you start to really realize how much you've changed in ten years.
And this opens your mind to like, wow, if I've changed that much in the last ten years.
Wow.
what's possible in the next 10 years.
So this is kind of a primer exercise.
So I'm gonna give you about 10 minutes.
I'm gonna play the music and I want you just to journal.
You know, if you wanna look in your phone at pictures,
if you have them still in your phone, I happen to, yes.
Or, you know, if you have a journal around,
whatever that just reminds you, whatever you need,
think about where you were living,
what you were feeling, what you were struggling with.
Want you to really get in touch with you 10 years ago,
2014, okay?
So I'm gonna give you about 10 minutes to do that.
I'm gonna pause the recording.
Okay, so the next exercise is we're gonna travel
into the future.
So it's now 2034.
So what is your age in 10 years?
And so you're gonna go forward
and you're going to live in that place
and you're going to write a letter
or speak to your current self.
In other words, you're gonna go there
and you're gonna be in touch with what your life is like,
where you're living, who you're associating,
what you're feeling, what you learn,
what your thoughts are now, what's, you know, everything.
And now from that future self, you're going to journal
and you're gonna write a letter
and talk to your current self.
Like what is your future self wants this current self
to know, to understand.
Your future self's really talking to you.
It might be inspiring, encouraging, warning,
like let it talk to you, okay?
So step into 2034, write down how old you are,
where are you living, what are you doing,
what are you thinking, what are you feeling,
how are you showing up and get into that place.
And once you've really gotten into this place,
write a letter to your current self.
We'll have 10 minutes.
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So I just thank you for this experience.
Thank you for this experience.
And I hope that with this course of absolute inspiration.
As you have promised.
That you are going to do exceedingly abundantly above
anything we could ask. Hope or imagine.
To think about the possibilities to think about the
And what we can learn and the depths that we can love and
the depths of experience that we can have
And so I pray that you will use this exercise
Very powerfully
To set our minds and our hearts
On everything that you have for us
And I give thanks in Jesus' name
Amen