The speaker realized his imagined future self was just an ordinary person who couldn't solve problems any better than he could now. Stop waiting for a wealthier, healthier version of yourself to fix things. The only reliable person is who you are right now, with what you have.
How many people need to change? Raise your hand. I wrote this to myself after reading about 50 things about change. I realized my future self isn't a reliable guy. Your future self isn't going to earn a ton of money and fix everything for you. Your future self isn't going to be healthier, stronger, or faster. Your future self isn't going to spend time with your family or take care of the other challenges in your life. I spent years waiting around on my future self, hoping that he'd come through for me. Eventually I realized that future self was just an ordinary guy making a lot of mistakes. He wasn't going to pay my bills. My future self was just little old me. If you expect that your future self is going to fix your problems, think again. He or she is not reliable. The only person you can rely on is you right now with the resources that you have, right? We got all these resources.
