“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”- Mary Oliver This visual assistant helps us visualize 2 futures: our default future and our invented future. The premise of the visual assistant is that you can give a numerical rating to each of the 8 important areas of your life 1. Family 2. Physical health 3. Professional 4. Finances 5. Spiritual 6. Relationships 7. Hobbies 8. Community Service By plotting the current state (our default future) and our future state (our invented future), we can more easily see the gap and create the

Dear Blue Eagle, You're reading this because you're nervous, curious, excited, stressed or all of the above. Maybe it's the night before your oral defense, or perhaps you're staring at the start of your strategic management paper wondering how you'll ever get through this. I get it. After sitting on defense panels since 1997, I've seen that same look of uncertainty cross the faces of hundreds of professionals just like you—capable leaders who've led teams, closed deals, transformed businesses, yet suddenly feel like freshman students again. Here are empowering context that may