Purpose
The purpose of Managing the Future (MTF) is to give people tools to manage change, to balance priorities, develop decision-making skills, and increase motivation. It prepares individuals to take the initiative required to move to a new level of performance.

People today are faced with many day to day decisions, but are they equipped to consistently decide on what is best for them? Are the decisions that they make based on a vision of themselves in the future? Are they investing in their talents and dreams?

Managing the future is a tool for helping people to become clear about what really matters to them as it integrates personal, career, and family aspects of our lives. It is as individualized as the people who come to the workshop are.

It was May 1996, when I first shared my work with a Howard University graduating Law Student. We had met earlier while chaperoning a Youth Leadership Conference. Our bus from Detroit to Washington, DC had mechanical problems; and while we waited, I talked with him about his future. He had big dreams. I encouraged him saying that success was within his grasp and shared some strategies for staying focused and shaping his goals. He honored me with an invitation to speak at his graduation party. My gift to him was a session that as he put it, gave him “a blueprint for his dreams.”