Most people's notion about how long they're going to live is an oppressive thought. They feel confined by a certain number of years, an age expectation based on family history and averages. But what if you could extend your lifetime? How would adding extra years impact the way you live now?

My goal of living to 156 may sound outrageous at the outset. But in reading this book, I think you'll find that the imagination can have a huge impact on our behavior, and a simple mindset shift can literally change every thought in your brain.

I consciously wondered what would happen to my think­ing if instead of seventy-five or eighty, I talked myself into thinking of my lifespan as 156 years. In doing so, I found that every time I thought about my lifespan, it made me feel young.

I don’t like the thought of feeling older and that there are things I won’t be able to do because I don’t have enough time left to do them. I decided to leverage this thought of 156 into always feeling that I’m young and that I have an enormous amount of time left. I could start whole new proj­ects and have big goals.

This number has changed all the other thoughts I’ve had in my life.

I consciously wondered what would happen to my think­ing if instead of seventy-five or eighty, I talked myself into thinking of my lifespan as 156 years. In doing so, I found that every time I thought about my lifespan, it made me feel young.

I don’t like the thought of feeling older and that there are things I won’t be able to do because I don’t have enough time left to do them. I decided to leverage this thought of 156 into always feeling that I’m young and that I have an enormous amount of time left. I could start whole new proj­ects and have big goals.

This number has changed all the other thoughts I’ve had in my life.