What's the best-case scenario?

How the future you imagine shapes the life you create

Most people don’t realize how much they’re using their imagination against themselves.

They use it to forecast disaster. To anticipate rejection. To build elaborate worst-case scenarios and then emotionally react to situations that haven’t happened—and probably never will.

They feel the fear, so they avoid.
They see failure, so they procrastinate.
They expect disappointment, so they don’t even try.

All this is based on a future they made up.

All this is a reaction to imagination, not reality.

If our imagined future can make us shrink, shut down, or stay stuck… the opposite must also be true. Our imagined future can also make us expand, come alive, and take action.

All is takes is reclaiming our imagination.

Because here’s the thing: Your ability to imagine the future is one of the most powerful tools you have. It is creative. It is directive. It is alive.

When you envision a future that excites you, something starts to shift. You walk differently. Think differently. Show up with more energy, clarity, and courage. Your body responds. Your brain begins to recruit the resources you need to move toward it.

Your energy attracts it.

Let me make one thing clear.

Imagination is not fluffy.
Imagination is strategy.

Imagination is one of the most powerful forces in our lives.

A hopeful image of the future informs present-day actions.

I was just creating a training for coaches on Appreciative Inquiry. In Appreciative Inquiry, there is something called the Anticipatory Principle. It puts forth that the future we imagine, or anticipate, directly influences how we show up today.

When we envision a future that feels exciting, hopeful, and worth moving toward, we’re not just entertaining ideas—we’re activating energy. A compelling vision sparks internal motivation, resilience, and clarity. It invites action.

When I ask my clients questions like “What are you most looking forward to?” or “What’s the best-case scenario?” I’m not just inviting them to dream—I’m handing them the keys to change.

Because when someone can see a compelling future, they’re far more likely to create one.

The possibility precedes the becoming. And possibilities are the stuff of imagination.

So go ahead. Use that brilliant imagination of yours. But use it on purpose.

Make it work with you, not against you.

Predict joy. Forecast growth. Expect miracles.

Imagine something so good for your life it calls you forward every single day.

Then watch what happens.