Thinking Long Term In A Short Term World

Do you know that astronauts who come back to Earth after spending time in space report a whole new perspective on life?

They have a greater sense of clarity, unity, and responsibility.

After watching Earth from outer space, they share how some of our big problems look smaller, conflicts seem trivial and our immediate short-term wants disappear.

They call this The Overview Effect.

Now, what if you could trigger a similar Overview effect for your own life?

What if the next time you feel stuck, face a conflict, or feel like giving up, you could step back and shift your perspective?

This is exactly what I shared last week in this video on LinkedIn.

I believe that all of us have the fundamental ability to step away from some of our immediate worries, even temporarily, and take stock of how we want our lives to unfold in the long run.

We all have a universal long-term perspective that we can seek whenever life seems too hard or too painful at the moment.

The truth is everything takes longer than we want. Everything.

Long-term thinking protects us by giving us the courage to keep moving toward our most important goals.

It helps us hold a vision for our future - a future actively created by us and not driven by short-term expectations or comparisons.

It gives us a universal perspective - something so much larger than your current reality to pull you out of your current problem.

Coach Yourself | The next time you feel stuck with a problem or a goal.

1. Why am I really doing this?

2. What would be the result of me striving for this 10 weeks, 10 months, or 10 years from now?

3. How has this journey unfolded for others like me? What do my well-wishers and advisers have to say?

4. What do I need to be more patient for?

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Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.

- Roman Krznaric in The Good Ancestor - How To Think Long Term in a Short Term World