A short motivational micro-chapter by Brian Johnson (Arete +1) that guides listeners through a one-minute visualization of meeting their best possible self five years in the future. The piece encourages imagining this future self’s qualities (energy, calm, integrity, joy), reflecting on what that future self would tell the present self, writing that advice down, and acting on it immediately.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome Back to another Arete plus one degree. A micro chapter from Arete. Activate your heroic potential. 451 ideas like this. Time traveling, hanging out with the future you. You see that time machine over there? Yes, that one. Let's hop in. Please secure that seat belt. You ready? Let's go. Boom. It's five years from now. Unfasten that seat belt of yours, step out of the time machine, and who do we see? It's you only. It's the most radiantly alive version of you that you can possibly imagine. Gasp. Would you look at you? You're clearly in the best energetic shape of your life. You're calm, confident, energized, tranquil. You're happy. No more than that. You're joyful. You're alive and flourishing and clearly living in integrity with your deepest values. It's amazing. Now you and your heroic best you get to spend one minute together. What is that version of you from five years from now have to tell the current version of you? If you feel so inspired, pause, reflect. Imagine the most optimized, heroic version of you five years from now. You're living in integrity with your deepest values and flourishing in every area of your life. Here's the question. What does that version of you want this version of you to know? What one thing does future you tell current you? You got it. Write that down. And most importantly, follow that advice today.
