Utkarsh NarangFounder, IgnitedNeurons · Your best doers become your worst managers as you scale. I turn them into leaders so your best people don’t leave.

Meet Your Future Self And Start Becoming Them Today

7 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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Mike compares himself to an imagined future version who writes books, tours on a motorcycle, and works less than 80 hours a week. He's currently writing two books with his literary agent while juggling client work that pays the bills, caught between the grind and his creative ambitions.

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Do you have days when you compare yourself to others? Honestly, another great question. I mean, I'd lie if I said no. I don't necessarily know who I compare myself maybe to. Something, the person that doesn't exist, that has it all together. You know, like there's an imaginary Michael that has it all together, that has all the stuff, that doesn't work 80 hours a week, that isn't always trying to crush it and prove that he's crushing it. That there's, there's maybe a future Mike. I compare myself to. I think, you know, I was talking with my agent the other day, like my literary agent. I'm just like, okay, so I've got these 2 books. One is another business book and one is nonfiction. And I'm like, I want to do that. He's like, good, do it. We can sell that. But I'm stuck in this moment, which is I've got to do these things and that stuff for these clients and this to put food on the table, roof over our heads, pay for insurance and gas and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So I think to answer your question is future Mike is the guy who's chilling And is writing his book, the next one, whatever that happens to be, is doing his another book tour. I just did one this last summer on a motorcycle, and I enjoyed the hell of it. I want more of that. Love it. It's all I want to do.