One trick I like to play on myself is to imagine I come back from twenty years in the future. What advice would I give myself? First thing would have to be "shut up about being old! Your life is still ahead of you."
I like the other trick too, where I imagine being visited by a teenage me and thinking what he would say about where I'm at. It can be an awkward conversation. Where's the Ferrari?
As a less whacky version, pay really good attention to your parents and your kids.
Things I thought that would end, like the CMS market 16 years ago (a market my company thrived in) didn't end. They became bigger. If I would've not hurried, I would have less stress at the time and probably be running on a larger scale than that company is doing now. You cannot stand still and for some parts there needs to be a sense of urgency but it doesn't change that much in most markets. Currently I use that to tell my colleagues we need a 10-year plan, not just a 3-5 year plan.