It's Your Future.Make It a Good One!

There is a lot you can know about your future. There is a lot you can do about your future. There is a lot you can change about your future to make it the future you want to live. This book shows you in simple, easy steps how to learn about the methods and tools that futurists use (very successfully) in large businesses around the world and how you can use the same methods (even more successfully) in your own life, career, or business. Learn about scenarios and how to use them to explore your future. Learn how to develop a vision of your future for the next ten years and for the rest of your life. Learn how to create strategies and plans to achieve your vision of your future. Learn about the value of a long term perspective, one of the most valuable attributes of leadership. Learn about YOUR future!

Verne Wheelwright, PhD. is an internationally recognized professional in the field of Foresight and Futures Studies. He is the author of It's YOUR Future...Make It A Good One!(2010) selected by the Association of Professional Futurists as "Most Important Futures Work" 2012. Translations now available include: O SENIN Gelecegin (Turkish) and Es TU Futuro... Hasta Bueno! (Spanish).Other translations will be available soon. Wheelwright has also authored The Personal Futures Workbook 4th Ed. (2011)and the Small Business Foresight (2011) workbook. The workbooks are available as free PDF downloads at his web site (www.personalfutures.net). He has published articles about foresight in a number of professional journals and other publications. Wheelwright conducts workshops and addresses audiences in the U.S. and internationally. Wheelwright is a professional member of the World Future Society, an active member of the Association of Professional Futurists, and a member of the World Future Studies Federation. His business and personal travels have taken him to over fifty different countries, offering him insights and an awareness of worldwide cultures and trends. His interests over the years have included skiing, water sports, mountain climbing, scuba diving, sports car racing, flying and writing. As a child, Wheelwright lived in Grangeville, Idaho, moving to Milwaukie, Oregon when he was twelve and living in the Portland area until 1983. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon (business), earned a Masters degree in Futures Studies at the University of Houston Clear Lake and a PhD. at Leeds Metropolitan University. He and his wife now live in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.