New PN: Your Future Self
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How to Make Tomorrow Better Todayby Hal Hershfield |
“To make better decisions today that create happier tomorrows, we need to find ways to close the gap between our current and future selves."HAL HERSHFIELD |
FROM THE BOOK“My research focuses on understanding how this ability to time travel—albeit in our own minds—can help us manage our emotions and improve our decisions about the things that matter.
Things, for example, like our finances or our health. Those are just two of the areas where our present-day wants run up against our long-term wishes. We want the slightly over-budget, nicer car; we want the extra cocktail or delicious-looking dessert. And yet at the same time, we wish to be financially stable and physically healthy. However, by strengthening the connections between our past, present, and future selves, we can gain a new perspective on what’s important—and help create the future we want. That, in essence, is one of the main points of this book. Just because time travel takes place inside our heads doesn’t mean it can’t change reality. How you think about your future can have a huge impact on your present and future selves.” |
Brian's Notes
I got this book after Ben Hardy referenced (and recommended it) in his great book Be Your Future Self Now.
As we discuss in those Notes, there’s a LOT more science on the power of connecting to our future selves than I was aware of before reading Ben’s book.
And... Some of the most powerful research done on the subject was conducted by Hal Hershfield and his colleagues.
As per the book flap bio: “Hal Hershfield is a professor of marketing, behavioral decision-making, and psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he has won numerous awards for his teaching and research.”
His research has been featured in tons of media outlets (including NPR, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal) and it’s been published in the leading business, psychology, and general science academic journals (including the Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, and Psychology Today).
Fun fact: I went to UCLA as an undergraduate. I minored in business and was a Teacher’s Assistant for an accounting professor at the Anderson School of Management.
Note: I laugh simply typing anything about me and “accounting” (lol) and... I wish Hal was at UCLA back in the day. Would have been fun to be *his* TA!
As always, this book is PACKED with Big Ideas. And, as always, I’m excited to share some of my favorites so let’s jump straight in!!
As we discuss in those Notes, there’s a LOT more science on the power of connecting to our future selves than I was aware of before reading Ben’s book.
And... Some of the most powerful research done on the subject was conducted by Hal Hershfield and his colleagues.
As per the book flap bio: “Hal Hershfield is a professor of marketing, behavioral decision-making, and psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he has won numerous awards for his teaching and research.”
His research has been featured in tons of media outlets (including NPR, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal) and it’s been published in the leading business, psychology, and general science academic journals (including the Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, and Psychology Today).
Fun fact: I went to UCLA as an undergraduate. I minored in business and was a Teacher’s Assistant for an accounting professor at the Anderson School of Management.
Note: I laugh simply typing anything about me and “accounting” (lol) and... I wish Hal was at UCLA back in the day. Would have been fun to be *his* TA!
As always, this book is PACKED with Big Ideas. And, as always, I’m excited to share some of my favorites so let’s jump straight in!!
Big Ideas
01: CURRENT & FUTURE YOU
02: CATERPILLARS
03: PROCRASTINATION
04: PRE-COMMITMENTS
05: TIME TRAVELING
“If you were able to have a conversation with your future self, what would you say, and what would happen as a result?"HAL HERSHFIELD |
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