[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/the-future-you-create\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/the-future-you-create\/","headline":"The future you create","name":"The future you create","description":"It sounds strange, but you really do create your future. […]","datePublished":"2026-01-19","dateModified":"2025-07-20","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/author\/algorithmlife\/#Person","name":"algorithmlife","url":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/author\/algorithmlife\/","identifier":1,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d9ce54bf7884db06c868d4c3d9f401d81cecc940d6403409642a6a34d06caa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d9ce54bf7884db06c868d4c3d9f401d81cecc940d6403409642a6a34d06caa8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dave Burnett"},"url":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/the-future-you-create\/","about":["Get More"],"wordCount":635,"articleBody":"It sounds strange, but you really do create your future.You can’t control what happens to you, what hand life has dealt for you, but you can play it to the best of your ability.\u00a0 You can play for keeps, you can play to win, and you can simply choose to play.Once you make up your mind that you do have some control over your future, and accept responsibility for your past, it’s time to take massive, relentless action.Now don’t get me wrong, life will throw challenges your way you hadn’t even thought of.\u00a0 For me, concussions, vision issues, bad decisions.\u00a0 All those things impact where I am today.\u00a0 I choose to own them all.When thinking about what massive action you’re going to take, there are a couple of best practices to bear in mind.The first is to outline your best and worst case scenarios.The second decision is about your time-allocation, and sacrifices you will have to make.\u00a0 You have to bear in mind by saying ‘yes’ to this thing, you are, in effect, saying ‘no’ to many other things.The third best practice is to know what return or outcome you’re looking for, and how you’ll measure it.Let’s chat a minute about each of those things in turn.What is your best case scenario?\u00a0 If you choose a path, say as a student you decide to become a teacher, or a lawyer, or a doctor, what choices do those decisions imply as a best case?\u00a0 A teacher has two months in the summer off, but a capped salary.\u00a0 A lawyer can help under served people defend themselves, but it’s a demanding profession.\u00a0 As a doctor you can literally save lives, but you won’t be able to save all of them.\u00a0 That’s going to be hard.Each of these things has pros and cons, and the most important question is can you wake up for the next 20,000 days doing that thing?So that brings us to your time allocation.\u00a0 It’s very difficult to become a stockbroker, and an MD.\u00a0 Not that it can’t be done, but the question is, is that how you want to spend your time?\u00a0 The only way to do this is to live an integrated life.\u00a0 Where your personal, family, business, and community are all interwoven into the way you do things.\u00a0 Into the decisions you make.\u00a0 Into your life in general.\u00a0 So ask yourself, by saying yes to this, what are you in effect saying no too?\u00a0 Or can you make it all work?Can you be successful, and good?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Can you be successful, happy, a massive contributor who also has a loving family?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Can you be a tyrant and successful?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Can you be on your third family, and your oldest children don’t talk to you?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 So bear in mind what you do will impact you for years to come.And the third thing, the outcome you want.\u00a0 How will you measure it?\u00a0 As a doctor, you will save lives, but not all of them.\u00a0 Should you save most?\u00a0 Some?\u00a0 One?\u00a0 Does that one you save make up for all the others you can’t?\u00a0 It’s truly amazing all the things you can have, if you just measure them and judge how you are progressing towards them.You don’t have to keep score the way I do.\u00a0 You can simply know where you want to go, and get a general idea of where you’re headed.\u00a0 So long as you know what path you should be on, you’ll head in the right direction.And that, is the future you create.So take some time and think about your future.\u00a0 Then get to it."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Get More","item":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The future you create","item":"https:\/\/algorithmforlife.com\/get-more\/the-future-you-create\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]