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Practice

Where Are You with Anticipation and the future?

Examine your relationship with the future. Discover what ancient wisdom reveals about your hopes, fears, and how you're preparing for what's ahead.

Laoziguide
What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Laozi. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Laozi, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Laozi
Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.
Understand first
Ziran: Spontaneous Right ActionThe Backwards-Looking Mirror: Learning from PatternReturn: The Cycle of Completion and RenewalThe Uncarved Block: Simplicity in PlanningWu Wei: Non-Forcing Action
Go deeper
The Examined Anticipation and the futureAnticipation and the future in PracticeLiving with Anticipation and the futureAnticipation and the future: Questions Worth AskingAnticipation and the future: What Nobody Tells You
Peri
New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.