Guest Speaker: Mike Liebhold

It was a pleasure to have Mike Liebhold from the institute for the Future to come to our school and speak to us. For me personally it gave me a different perspective of how hard it is and what it takes to “see the future”. Also, it gave me a new perspective on how to examine my life for the future. It seemed like one of the main goals for predicting the future is to make a difference and to blend realities into making something work. To be able to see trends and how it can affect the future is a definite key for success. I loved the part when he said to, “don’t predict the future but forecast the future”. It makes sense because people cannot seriously predict the future because things happen but to be able to have a good forecast of it, to be prepared, it a great ability to have.
With that in mind, listening to Mike Liebhold speak, made me plan for my future differently. it made me realize that I have to see what’s going on in my life right now and apply that to where I want to be in the future. It was definitely inspiring to hear him speak because its different reading articles about the future than listening to a speaker because with hearing somebody say it, well for me, it feels more credible. Ultimately it was a great experience; not life changing but definitely something for me to consider and it opened my eyes on how to prepare for the future better.