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Our economy is in freefall. Large financial institutions like Lehman Brothers had gone bankrupt; others like Merrill Lynch survived through acquisition. This unexpected and disastrous change in the financial outlook of the world’s largest economy, the mortgage meltdown and risky sub-prime loans, took many by surprise—most of all, the government. The failure of large organizations to foresee the future and to react accordingly has been as problematic as the crisis itself.
What happened to our leaders’ foresight in the events that led up to our current recession? Why are businessmen like Steve Jobs so consistent in anticipating and meeting the public’s desires? The most successful people in our culture are those who have the power to engage and imagine the future. Better foresight is an important need for all of us.
A person’s foresight–the way we envision and interact with the future–can be honed, and in Improve Your Foresight, Improve Your Life, author Dave Sawle puts forth a straightforward and powerful technique for improving it.
By improving our foresight we will:
- Enhance our relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and those we deal with on a one-to-one basis.
- Gain a superior understanding of the ‘cause and effect’ of our actions, and those of other people in our life.
- Make better choices for ourselves.
- Create and modify our personal strategies to achieve our dreams and desires.
- Get more of what we want out of life and less of what we don’t want.
By improving foresight we improve the quality of our decisions, we deepen our understanding of our intuition, improve our relationships with co-workers, friends and significant others, recognize valuable opportunities and improve our life.
REVIEWS
A sensible and user-friendly method of improving foresight that is indispensable in our rapidly changing world.–Stephen R. Covey, Ph.D., author, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
This book demystifies the fuzzy understanding of intuition and foresight, giving the reader tools for a happier, successful and more satisfying life. –Jane Schorer Meisner, Emmy Award-winner, Des Moines Register & Tribune
This book fulfils an important need for all of us in search of genuine happiness in our complex and consumer-driven world -Peter C. Whybrow, M.D., UCLA—Judson Braun Distinguished Professor. Thought-provoking and smartly written. An indispensible guide for anyone trying to find new and better ways of approaching life.– Faith Popcorn, Futurist
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A scientist and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, and former Department of Defense Research and Engineering and ARPA, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, General Electric Company, Aerojet General Nucleonics, MB Associates. Skipper of his yacht Victoria in the 1979 and 1981 Transpac race to Honolulu; Member, World Future Society. |
