[tomhoward]

In the personal development/emotional healing technique I've most used in the past few years, this concept is called "living in the future" and it's most certainly been a deeply ingrained tendency for myself and others I know, and is critical to overcome for one to make tangible progress in life.

A personal development coach I know trained me to stop talking to others about the successful things I plan to do or expect to do, the theory being that the subconscious/unconscious mind can't tell the difference between talking about them and actually accomplishing them.