Looking backward — Where were you a decade ago? What were you like, who were your friends, and what were your hopes and dreams? If someone had asked you then where you’d be in ten years, what would you have said — and are you where you wanted to be?

Looking forward (the reframe) — Instead of “Where will I be in ten years?”, ask: How am I going to live the next ten years of my life? How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?

On values and priorities — What am I going to stand for from now on? What’s important to me right now, and what will be important to me in the long term?

On action — What actions can I take today that will shape my ultimate destiny?

On identity and contribution — Ten years from now you’ll arrive somewhere, as someone, doing something: Where will you be? Who will you have become? How will you be living? What will you be contributing?

The closing gut-check — When you look back on the 2020s, will you be pleased or perturbed? Delighted, or disturbed?

– Summarised from Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins