All decisions are about the future. Your decisions partly determine your future and partly reflect what you believe your future to be. Think creatively about the three kinds of futures: (1) The possible futures: This is what you think could happen. Become a "possibilist," imagine as many possible futures as you can. (2) The probable futures: This is what you expect will happen. Remember that what you expect is influenced by what you want, believe, and do not know. (3) The preferable futures: This is what you want to happen. Treat your preferable futures as hypotheses - let goals guide you, not govern you. (Gelatt & Gelatt, 2003)