Your 1-Minute Call 10 Years Ago

INTRO

We’d all like to be able to turn back the clock. Why? Because then we’d do things differently that would give us better outcomes than we’ve had. What would you change? In this episode, we zero in on that and ask, “Why not use that insight to ensure we have a better next 10 years then?”

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT

• Most people would want more money
• Some might have relationship advice
• Giving yourself career advice
• Advising yourself - what would you say?
• Our hopes reveal our values
• The value of extracting what’s important
• Saying - “We’re not too good at thinking about what’s important in the future, but we easily recognise it from the past.”
• Use your insights from the last decade to shape your next
• For me:
  • Creating more time for close friendships
  • Improving your financial wisdom
  • Stop doing work you don’t enjoy sooner
• What is your advice to yourself?
• In 10 year’s time, what will you    

HOW TO WORK THIS INTO YOUR LIFE

Clarifying your values and what’s most important to you is a core exercise for living a life that matters to you from hereon.

One good way of doing that is to reflect on what you don’t like from the last 10 years, and turn it around into a positive commitment.

1. Take some time to evaluate the highs and lows from your last decade.
2. Identify what you like that you want more of.
3. Identify what you didn’t like.
4. Think about why that is the case.
5. What’s the underlying value that that situation did not support?
6. Ask yourself, “So, based on that, what commitment should I make to how I want to live my next 10 years?”
7. Repeat the exercise as many times as necessary to clarify your values.