Those with future mindsets frame their lives differently. They aren’t bound strictly to what the present has to offer (or deny) them. They are able to disconnect from it; concrete and empirical reality doesn’t bind them. They focus on the future with all its distant possibilities and consequences. The future-oriented first think about the outcome they want, then work backward to how their actions create it. They do so without the distractions of the present. And even though they frequently work with abstract ideas and no guarantee of positive results, they still organize their thoughts and
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