This is the newest version of the Personal Futures
Workbook, and you can downlod it FREE. And share it. It's a PDF file, so you will need Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher (available
free at Adobe.com). You can copy, fill in your personal information, print and save on your computer in this version. Try it! And send your questions, comments and suggestions.
If you interested in translating the Personal Futures
Workbook into another language, send me an email and I'll work with you to put your work into the same format and we'll
offer it on this web site, along with your photo and a short bio.
The family worksheet is an Excel worksheet that you can download to
your own computer. Jim Mathews, a futurist in Salt Lake, Utah and I developed this worksheet for a Personal Futures Workshop
we did together in Toronto, then updated it 2008. You simply fill in the names and present ages of yourself and your family
members. The worksheet will then show everyone's ages and life stages for every year up to your age 100.
Because
the last three stages of life are health related, they are not related to chronological age, so the worksheet assumes you
will be a healthy Independent Elder at age 100.
You will need Excel to open the file. When you open the file, you
will see data in the columns that illustrates how the worksheet works. Just type in names and ages and the data will be replaced
with your information.
The Personal Futures Wheel was introduced at the 2008 World Future
Society conference in Washington D.C. This is the handout, and is a simple tool based on Mind Maps and Futures Wheels for
considering impacts or outcomes of events and decisions. This is a very effective tool for developing a Personal Vision of
your future
Dissertation:
PERSONAL FUTURES: FORESIGHT AND FUTURES STUDIES FOR INDIVIDUALS
If you want to read about my research
that led to the development of concepts about personal futures, you are welcome to a copy (Free) of my dissertation. This
will be a PDF file, which reduces the file size substantially. The first chapter summarizes the dissertation and results,
the second chapter offers a foundation in futures studies literature and the sixth chapter details the conclusions from the
research. A copy of the original workbook is in the appendix, and a bibliography of all the cited publications is included.
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I'm starting to work on revisions for
the 2010 version of the Personal Futures Workbook. Your comments and suggestions will help me make the workbook and this web
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