Your future self is begging you to watch this video — Transcript

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1. 0:00If I had 2 minutes to speak to the whole
2. 0:02world, what I would say is all you need
3. 0:04is a pen and a notebook to completely
4. 0:07change your life.
5. 0:11Because with these two things, [music]
6. 0:14you can figure out exactly how to get
7. 0:16from who you are now
8. 0:18to the person you want to become.
9. 0:23Imagine that behind this door
10. 0:26is the life you actually want.
11. 0:31And walking out of it
12. 0:33is the future version of you who built
13. 0:35that life.
14. 0:39What do they look like? [music]
15. 0:41Are they happier?
16. 0:43More charismatic?
17. 0:44More successful?
18. 0:49Now imagine [music]
19. 0:50they reach their hand out to you,
20. 0:52inviting you into the life
21. 0:54>> [music]
22. 0:54>> you've been imagining.
23. 0:56How do you reach back,
24. 0:58take their hand,
25. 0:59and actually become [music] the person
26. 1:01you've always dreamed of?
27. 1:04Open your notebook to a blank page
28. 1:07and write down those traits you just
29. 1:08imagined.
30. 1:11Then, underneath each one,
31. 1:13write down the small everyday behaviors
32. 1:15that person actually does.
33. 1:18If they're charismatic, they start
34. 1:19conversations.
35. 1:21If they're healthy, [music] they go for
36. 1:22a run.
37. 1:23If they're successful, they send out the
38. 1:25email.
39. 1:27Here's what most people miss. [music] We
40. 1:29like to picture our future selves based
41. 1:31on their accomplishments,
42. 1:33what they've achieved, but
43. 1:34accomplishments only describe where they
44. 1:37ended up, not how they got there.
45. 1:39>> [music]
46. 1:39>> So, take the person you want to become
47. 1:42and break them down into the daily
48. 1:44actions required to achieve that future
49. 1:47version of yourself.
50. 1:49>> [music]
51. 1:49>> That's how you close the gap between who
52. 1:51you are today
53. 1:53and the person
54. 1:54that you actually want
55. 1:56to become.