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—Scott

BONUS… THE REAL FOUNDATION — TAKING CARE OF

YOURSELF, YOUR PEOPLE, AND YOUR PRESENCE

The business doesn’t thrive if you’re exhausted.
The strategy doesn’t work if you’re running on fumes.
The leadership falls flat if you’re disconnected from your own energy.

This part was in the original FuturePROOF guide.

And honestly, I thought about cutting it for the 2025 version.

But, I remembered that this is the most important thing you can do.

Because all the shifts we’ve talked about… the offers, the growth systems, the content,
the AI, the cash flow—it all relies on you.

Your nervous system.
Your energy.
Your capacity to hold what’s coming.

You are the infrastructure.

You are the strategy.

And if you’re not well—if you’re burnt out, dysregulated, or disconnected from your
people—it doesn’t matter how smart your plan is. It won’t land.

That’s why I want you to treat this part not as an afterthought, but as a non-negotiable
foundation.

Because the future you’re building?

Requires a version of you that’s resourced, regulated, and ready.

Because if you want to lead through the next era…
If you want to sustain the shifts we’ve talked about in this guide…
If you want to be undeniably present in your content, your client delivery, your decisions,
your relationships…

This is the part that makes that possible.