Thought Lateral » future

#77 How do you know what the real priorities are?

Denver — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:54:56 +0000

It is very time efficient to do the priorities first, but a major inefficiency would be incorrectly identifying the priorities in the first place. What to do?

Quickly and accurately targeting a priority allows for more time to deal with it. The million dollar question then would be “How do you know what the real priorities are?”

In order to know the real priorities an end goal must be held in mind. With this future situation in mind think of the activity you need to do. Does it really matter to the achievement of the end goal? Or is it a extraneous time eater you can do without?

This simple technique can save much wasted effort, and help one achieve far more with far less.

#47 Stretch each day to help an elderly person who doesn’t exist… yet

Denver — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:46 +0000

When young it seems like a time wasting activity. Stretching is known to prevent injury and is a simple way to carry youth into old age.

With time we slowly lose the flexibility we once had, but the loss is gradual. So gradual in fact, that we may only notice the lack of flexibility when trying to do something we did a number of years before. Then we realise the gradual loss has accrued to quite a significant amount, such that we are now unable to complete the activity, or do so with increased difficulty.

With each passing day we lose a minute amount that the act of stretching will ensure we retain. Stretch each day and give the gift of flexibility to an elderly person – that is, to yourself in the future!

(A useful site with stretching exercises I stumbled into is http://www.thestretchinghandbook.com/ )

#9 How keeping in touch with older family members can save your life

Denver — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:14:43 +0000

For the reasons described in the article of phoning a loved one [lifehack #8] the same would apply to maintaining contact with family. Perhaps even more so, since the health of particularly older family members are a glimpse into the future of your own health issues that are yet to emerge on life’s horizon.

Don’t be so afraid to pick up the phone and call when you think they’ll only talking about their aches, pains, & doctor visits. It can prove to be a warning to yourself to avoid actions today that would lead to such problems in future. Also, it may arm you with key information that could quite literally save your life in the years to come. Keeping in contact can hold great benefits for both of you.

What will the future hold? Think about it.

Denver — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:05:49 +0000

Time has three dimensions, the past, the present, and the future.
The first of these, our past, is recorded in videos, photographs, print, inscriptions, and memory.
The second, the present, is a constantly flowing flux that is being played out to, and absorbed by, our senses.
What about the third, the future? What does the future hold? What will the world look like in say five, or ten years time?

If we could take a mental snapshot of humanity, a photo of our minds’ thoughts we’d see what is yet to unfold. For the thoughts of our mind now will become actions of the future.

For the thoughts of our mind now will become actions of the future.

Wide angle lens anyone? Just don’t think about cheese when the ‘photo’ is taken!