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3 ways to plan for the (very) long term

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April 15, 2017

Ari Wallach: 3 ways to plan for the (very) long term

13:42 minutes · Filmed Oct 2016 · Posted Apr 2017 · TEDxMidAtlantic

It's easy to make decisions based on short-term goals and gains -- but "short-termism" can make the future more uncertain, more risky. How can we learn to think about a better future in the long term ... like, grandchildren-scale long term? Ari Wallach shares three tactics for thinking beyond the immediate.

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Quote of the Week

'Future,' we treat it like a noun, but it's not. It's a verb. It requires action. It's not this thing that washes over us. It's something that we actually have control over. But in a short-term society, we end up feeling like we don't. We feel like we're trapped. We can push through that."

Ari Wallach
3 ways to plan for the (very) long term

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