If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Thinking about the future is necessary to have one; without planning, there is no future.
- In plain terms
- If you do not plan for the future you will not have one.
- What can you take from it?
- Plan ahead to create your future.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What future are you building?
- How much do you plan ahead?
Another view
Some futures are shaped by others or chance.
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