What Would Your Future Self Thank You For?
This is a common coaching question—
but it’s especially powerful for ADHD minds. 

Because sometimes we know what we need to do.
We even want to do it.
😤 But we. just. can’t. start. 😤

🧠 Enter: Future Flashing
Future Flashing is more than remembering your “why.”
It’s mentally time traveling ✈️to a moment in the future—
when the task is behind you
and you’re finally enjoying the payoff. 🏆

 ✨ Make it vivid. Make it real.
The more your brain believes it’s happening,
the more your motivation chemistry kicks in.

⚙️ The Neuroscience
 💡 Dopamine fires when you imagine a reward—
giving you that spark of “I want this.”
 💡Norepinephrine kicks in when something feels emotionally important—
sharpening your focus and energizing you to act.
💡Anandamide is triggered by positive visualization—
it calms fear and quiets your inner critic.

Your brain starts acting like the reward is already real.
You don’t need to force motivation—
you just need to borrow it from the future. 🚀

📸 My Future Flash: Photo of myself as an aged black belt
A Photoshop filter aged my face and hair—
but I enlarged my knuckles
to reflect decades of training.

➡️For the past year I suffered illness and injury,
I honestly wondered if I’d have to quit. ☹️

Then I asked:
👉 “What would my future self thank me for?”
💪 “Working through the pain so I can keep training for life!”

 🌟 Results:
 ✔️ I healed my illness and injuries.
 ✔️ Now I’m rebuilding my strength and conditioning.
 ✔️ I’m creating my future wizened-old-martial-artist self. 🥋

🧭 For My Clients, It Looks Like This:
👉 Visioning their dream life

 Using that energy to:
 💪 Apply for jobs and study for interviews
 💪 Finish the project that earns their promotion
 💪 Buy a swanky new condo

 🌟 Results:
✔️ A fulfilling new career
✔️ Career advancement
✔️ New home in a vibrant neighborhood

💭 What would your future self thank you for today?