If you knew only 1 right thing that is 100% sure about the future, you can be very, very rich. Or, you could make a really significant impact that will change people's lives.
In a sci--fi movie, Paycheck, where the main character portrayed by Ben Affleck had the ability to travel through time, he needed only 1 information: next week's winnning lottery number. And he lived happily ever after.
In a more real application, if only our weather bureau, PAG-ASA or our disastrous naitonal disaster council knew how much destruction typhoons like Sendong or Ondoy can produce and when, then so many lives could have been saved.
Predicting, or anticipating the future, is a must. Some well known futurologists are worth quoting:
*''"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create."'' --Leonard I. Sweet
*''"If you don't think about the future, you cannot have one."'' --John Golsworthy
*''"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."'' --Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
*''"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."'' -Theodore Hook
*''"The only way you can predict the future is to build it."'' -Alan Kay
*''"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."'' -Malcolm X
*''"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one."'' -Wayne Dyer
Source: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Future/Quotes
Here are some predictions for 2012 worth considering when we try to create our future:
To actively personalize and create your future, you may want to check this out: http://www.josephdeungria.com/2011/05/strategic-marketing-by-prof-de-ungria.html
What does your future look like?
A singer once said that his future is so bright, he "gottsa wear shades."
