INTRODUCTION 1
1. ABOUT THE FUTURE 7
Population growth 7
Space colonisation 11
The environment 13
Energy 15
Water and food 16
Transport 18
Employment 20
Globalisation 24
Healthcare 25
What do we need to be, do and have, to survive and thrive by 2040 and beyond? 27
2. ENVISION YOUR BEST FUTURE THAT FOCUSES AND DIRECTS EFFORT 31
How to define your vision 36
What is a personal vision and why have one? 36
So how do you define your vision? 39
What does it typically feel like to live your vision? 40
When is your vision not a true vision 41
How will having a vision now benefit you in the new world? 42
3. ENQUIRING MINDS STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION 45
The importance of cultivating an enquiring mind 48
How to develop an enquiring mind 49
How to develop an enquiring mind in toddlers 52
How to develop an enquiring mind in young children (up to 9 years old) 54
Developing an enquiring mind in older children (10+ years old) 55
How to develop an enquiring mind in adults 57
Why is it important to develop now for the future 58
4. ENTERPRISING BEHAVIOURS THAT ACCELERATE ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION 61
Researching the enterprising behaviours exhibited by entrepreneurs 66
Define a compelling Reason for doing what you do 68
Adopt a mind-set of Readiness to take on any challenge 69
Adopt a mind-set of Resourcefulness 69
Adopt a mind-set of no Regret 70
Reframe your situation in a positive way 71
Develop a high tolerance for Risk 71
Your money threshold determines your Reward 72
Resilience is intrinsic strength 73
Be Remarkable in all that you do 74
Self-Renewal is profitable 75
Why develop Enterprising behaviours? 76
How to develop Enterprising behaviours 77
5. ENHANCE EXPERTISE THROUGH EDUCATION 80
What expertise will be needed in future 84
How does learning take place in the brain? 86
What other educational options are there? 88
Why enhance expertise? 96
6. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE 98
My 5-Forces Framework for the Future 100
Faith in self: develop an unfaltering sense of self-belief and self-mastery 101
How to cultivate self-belief and achieve self-mastery 102
Freedom: liberate yourself and empower others 105
How to free yourself from the chains of fear 107
Focus: adopt the Falcon’s force of focus 110
How to manage the conflicts and stay focused 111
Forgive and forget 113
How to forgive yourself and others 114
Fun: place the force of fun at the centre of what you do 116
How to inject fun into what you do 117
7. ENVIRONMENTAL APPRECIATION 120
How to see the positives in a negative environment 122
How to create an environment conducive to your life vision 123
How to preserve the environment 124
8. EXERCISE TO ENERGISE 128
9. ENROLMENT CREATES ECHOES IN THE WORLD 147
A deep emotional connection – ‘I must do …’ 151
Guidelines for getting to your ‘I must do’ 152
Breaching your threshold – ‘I’ve had enough’ 154
Guidelines for getting to ‘I’ve had enough’ 155
A radical change in circumstances – ‘I have no choice’ 156
Guidelines for getting to ‘I have infinite choices’ 159
10. CONCLUSION 165
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 173
REFERENCES 178
ONLINE REFERENCES 182
THE AUTHOR 195