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When people hear that Brian David Johnson is a futurist, they typically want him to offer up some predictions for what the world will look like 10, 20, 50 years from now. But Brian will\xa0explain to them that being a futurist is less about predicting the\xa0future\xa0than envisioning\xa0possibilities\xa0for it, choosing the one\xa0you\xa0want to build, and figuring out how to get there from the present.\xa0\n\n\nBrian works through\xa0this process of\xa0futurecasting\xa0for Fortune 500 companies\xa0and the military, and in his book,\xa0The\xa0Future\xa0You, he shows individuals\xa0how they can apply it to their personal lives. He shares what that looks like with us today on the show, beginning with the importance of envisioning the\xa0future\xa0not as something set that\xa0you're helplessly hurtling towards, but as something\xa0you\xa0can actively change and shape. We then talk about how to do your own\xa0futurecasting\xa0by figuring out what\xa0you\xa0want the life of the\xa0future\xa0you\xa0to look like, and\xa0identifying\xa0the tools and people that can get\xa0you\xa0there. Brian then explains how to get going towards your desired\xa0future\xa0and why that\xa0future\xa0is local. We end our conversation with what all this has to do with a quote from General Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Plans are useless, but planning is everything."\n\n\nAfter the show is over, check out the show notes at\xa0aom.is/futureyou