Conversations with my Future Self!
Since the beginning of January this year, I have been working with a mental magic coach. We meet every Saturday morning on zoom and discuss the principles of using our minds to create our future. We talk about tapping into the power of spaced repetition to create neuroplasticity in our minds, how to use our past successes to fuel our NOW and how to connect to our future.
One of the best parts of this story though is how it happened.
In late December 2021, I decided that I needed to focus on learning how to use the power of my mind to create the changes I wanted in my life.
I had an audiobook from an acquaintance of mine called Mind Time & Power that I had casually listened to in the past and realized that THIS WAS THE BOOK that I was going to use to start my journey. I decided that this time I was not going to just passively listen while I did other things like I so often do with audiobooks, this time I was going to STUDY it.
This time it WAS ABOUT ME, for me!
See as a coach I spend a lot of my time learning new information to be able to use with my clients, but NOT THIS TIME!
I was about halfway through the book, taking notes and putting the ideas into practice when I received a FB message. This message was about to change the direction of my life. This message was from Anthony Hamilton, the author of the book I was reading, asking me to build a community with him around his book and online course.
THE BOOK I had just decided to study!
What???????
Mind Blown!
I had met Anthony about 5 years prior at an event. We were seated at the same table for this 3-day event and when he told me he was taught mental time travel I thought “okay, this guy is a bit much for me”. But we had stayed in contact over the years through Facebook. I had invited him to be a guest on my podcast (Ignited Entrepreneurs) in early 2020 but I wouldn't say we were “friends”.
I of course immediately said YES! If you are the kind of person who wants a sign to know you are on the right course, well this was mine!
We decided to start meeting every Saturday morning to see what we could do. Apparently, he was only thinking about maybe 12 weeks but I didn't know that and as of today July 8th, we have been doing this for 28 weeks straight.
Since starting we have had a few people join us and if you are interested in seeing what we do, you can check out Anthony's youtube channel.
a couple of weeks ago Anthony mentioned a book by Dr. Benjamin Hardy, who is also a contributor here on medium, and introduced us to his new book Be Your Future Self Now.
This took the work that we had already been doing to a whole new level. I dove into the audiobook and began to apply the ideas that Ben was sharing.
I realized that to really start taking the steps toward who I want to be, I had to figure out who what person is and start acting from the perspective of my future self. I spent some time thinking about this and then used my future self as a guidance system. Before doing anything I would ask myself if this would move me closer or further from this new amazing future version of myself.
THIS CHANGED EVERYTHING!
No longer was I concerned with the immediate gratification of my actions, but rather the long-term effects of them. In the moments of decision when I didn't FEEL like doing the “things”, I would think that if I don’t then I am giving up on the future self I want so badly to be.
It's as if I could picture her (my future version) starting to fade.
We have all seen that in movies, like the Back to the Future movie where they do something that changes history, and you see the character start to fade until they find a way to fix it. This is what drives me now to do the things that I don’t always feel like doing.
Just this past week, I created the future version of myself that retires from working to full-time writing. When I spoke these words out loud and then started asking my future self what the next best step would be for me to get there, I heard myself say “ message everyone that liked your book release post”.
So I picked the first person who had already said that she wanted to buy a copy and sent her a thank you and the amazon link. NOT expecting much beyond her hopefully buying a single copy.
BUT that is NOT what happened at all!
She immediately started putting a plan together for her and me to plan a book signing, get me in the local papers, and our high school alumni newsletter. She just took me to the next level I needed to go to for my future self to become a reality.
I would not have thought to do that, thinking who would come to get me to sign a book. But I am going with it, just like I did when Anthony reached out to create our community. I believe 100% that when you focus on what you want, YOU WILL GET IT!
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