FUTURISTIC 
"Wouldn't it be great if. . ." You are the kind of person who loves to peer over the horizon. The future fascinates you. As if it were projected on the wall, you see in de~: tail what the future might hold, and this detailed picture keeps pulling you forward, into tomorrow. While the exact content of the picture will depend on your other strengths and interests-a better product, a better team, a better life, or a better.- world-it will always be inspirational to you. You are a dreamer who sees visions of what could be and who cherishes those visions. When the present proves too frus.;:, trating and the people around you too pragmatic, you conjure up your visions of the future and they energize you. They can energize others, too. In fact, very often peo., pIe look to you to describe your visions of the future. They want a picture that can raise their sights and thereby their spirits. You can paint it for them. Practice. Choose your words carefully. Make the picture as vivid as possible. People will want to latch on to the hope you bring. 

Futuristic sounds like this: 
Dan F., school administrator: "In any situation I am the guy who says 'Did you ever think about. . . ? I wonder if we could. . . I don't believe it can't be done. It's just that nobody has done it yet. . . . Let's figure out how we can.' I am always look- ing for options, for ways not to be mired by the status quo. In fact, there is no such thing as the status quo. You are either moving forward, or you are moving backward, That's the reality of life, at least from my perspective. And right now I believe that my profession is moving backward. State schools are being out-serviced by private schools, charter schools, home schools, Internet schools. We need to free ourselves from our traditions and create a new future." 
Dr. Jan K., internist: "Here at the Mayo Clinic we are launching a group called the Hospitalists. Rather than having patients handed off from one doctor to another, during their stay in the hospital, I envision a family of providers. I envision fifteen to' twenty MDs, of various genders and races, with twenty to twenty~five nurse practi., tioners. There will be four to five new hospital services, most of which will work with surgeons and will provide paraoperative care as well as care for the hospitalized elderly. We are redefining the model of care here. We don't just take care of the pa- tients when they are in the hospital. If a patient comes in for a knee replacement, a member of the Hospitalist team would see him before the surgery, follow him from the day of surgery through the days of hospitalization, and then see him when he comes in six weeks later for his postoperative check. We will provide patients with a complete episode of care so that they don't get lost in the handoffs. And to get the funding Ijust saw the detailed picture in my head and kept describing this picture to the department chair. I guess I made it seem so real that they had no choice but to grant me the funds."