Day 51 (Fifty-one) of 365 days

Consideration of the consequences of one's action and thinking ahead. This virtue allows us to think about today while being mindful of the past and conscious of the future. Instilling the virtue of foresight helps us think before we act and make better decisions throughout life.

Today's world presents us with an exciting time to understand how we process Information because, throughout history, we never have had the unpredictability of the pace of change as we experience it today. We have never had as many tools and opportunities available to greatly improve our lives, our teams and our world. Yet, at the same time, we never had such a growing number of problems, competing priorities and desires. We never experienced the volatility, ambiguity and complexity in managing all our tasks.

It is no secret we all struggle to find the capacity to meet different demands in our roles and have a growing need to be able to think and decide more holistically. The only core human attribute that may be able to help us is "Foresight". Unfortunately, foresight is often undermined as it gets labelled as a prophecy, but it is neither prophecy nor prediction. It does not aim to predict the future - to unveil it as if it were predetermined - rather, it helps us build it. It invites us to consider the future as something that we can create and shape, rather than as something already decided.

If we don't understand our past, we may become ignorant of many of the probabilities and possibilities presented. At the same time, if we spend too much time in the past, we can easily lose sight. Similarly, if we aren't sufficiently attentive to the present, we may bypass what needs most care today. At the same time, we must actively relate today's experience to the past.

The gateway to foresight is to keep an open heart. If we could carry a heart large enough to love, to accept and to care for life around us in all its detail, we would be able to take charge of our experiences.