If You're Curious About These Questions...
You should listen to this audiobook
- What if you could 'mentally time travel' ten years into the future to discover exactly how to solve the problems you're facing today?
- Did you know that playing specific types of psychological games can actually make you more resilient to 'future shock' and global uncertainty?
- Are you curious about how to stop feeling like the future is just happening to you and start becoming an active architect of what comes next?
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Key Takeaways from Imaginable
- Learn how to practice "episodic future thinking" by simulating future scenarios in vivid detail to mentally prepare for uncertainty.
- Discover how to use "pre-feelings" to evaluate potential futures, helping you identify what actions you must take today to create a reality you actually want to wake up in.
- Master the psychological concept of "time spaciousness" by setting ten-year timelines for your goals, which surprisingly reduces procrastination and makes you feel time-rich.
- Understand Dator's Law and why embracing ridiculous or silly ideas about the future is an essential practice for stretching your open-mindedness and creativity.
- Find out how to unstick your imagination by playing the "flipping facts" game, where you assume the opposite of today's truths to creatively prepare for dramatic life shifts.
Imaginable — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Learn to picture the unimaginable.
Chapter 3: To simulate the future well, you need ten years and wildly creative ideas.
Chapter 4: Signs of the future are hiding in plain view – you just have to notice them.
Chapter 5: Hard empathy can heal the world by deepening connection with others and your future self.
Chapter 6: Future simulations – and video games – can turn helplessness into a sense of helpful power.
Chapter 7: Spend ten days living inside a believable future to get ready for reality.
Imaginable Summary & Overview
Imaginable (2022) lays out a simple but powerful premise: you have more control over the future than you may think. Through psychology-backed games, it explores how to train your imagination in order to transform your outlook on life and, ultimately, change the world. Its big-picture thinking and actionable exercises will help you prepare for – and get excited about – what’s to come.
Who Should Listen to Imaginable?
- People stuck in a spiral of doomsday thinking
- Action-oriented folks seeking an antidote to the world’s afflictions
- Anyone who thinks the future is just something that happens
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