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We've all had the desire to travel through time and to see what life will be like for our future selves. While we want to envision the best possible future, why do some of us fail to make decisions that will truly make that a reality, while others succeed? Why do some of us choose steak over vegetables at dinner, waving off concerns of raising our cholesterol? Why do some splurge on luxury cars that we can't really afford, while others choose cheaper models and save more for the future? Why are so many of us so disconnected from our future selves? In YOUR FUTURE SELF, Hal Hershfield reveals his groundbreaking research that shows that, in our minds, our future self often looks like a stranger. Many of us view the future as incredibly distant, making us more likely to opt for immediate gratification that disregards the health and wellbeing of ourselves in the years to come. People who are able to connect with their future selves, however, are better able to balance living for today and planning for tomorrow. YOUR FUTURE SELF explains the science, describes the mental mistakes we make in thinking about the future, and gives us practical advice for imagining our best future so that we can make that a reality.

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A timely idea from one of today's leading behavioral scientists. YOUR FUTURE SELF delivers on its promise, showing you how and why mental time travel makes your tomorrow better today! What's more, this book is both personal and thoroughly grounded in the latest research, much of which Hershfield has pioneered himself -- Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GRIT Hershfield's entertaining and powerful book tells us how thinking about the future can change our behavior in the present-and help us grow into the people we eventually want to be -- Carol Dweck, bestselling author of MINDSET

A timely idea from one of today's leading behavioral scientists. YOUR FUTURE SELF delivers on its promise, showing you how and why mental time travel makes your tomorrow better today! What's more, this book is both personal and thoroughly grounded in the latest research, much of which Hershfield has pioneered himself -- Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of GRIT Hershfield's entertaining and powerful book tells us how thinking about the future can change our behavior in the present-and help us grow into the people we eventually want to be -- Carol Dweck, bestselling author of MINDSET Who doesn't want to grow? To have a better future? Fascinating and illuminating, YOUR FUTURE SELF shows us how to get there. It's certain to shift the ways we live - right now and beyond -- Jonah Berger, author of CONTAGIOUS, INVISIBLE INFLUENCE and THE CATALYST When you get to the last page of this fascinating book, your future self will thank you for having started it. An insightful and delightful examination of the strange journey we all make through time. Don't leave the present without it! -- Daniel Gilbert, author of STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS

A timely idea from one of today's leading behavioral scientists. YOUR FUTURE SELF delivers on its promise, showing you how and why mental time travel makes your tomorrow better today! What's more, this book is both personal and thoroughly grounded in the latest research, much of which Hershfield has pioneered himself -- Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of GRIT

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Hal Hershfield is a professor of marketing, behavioural decision-making, and psychology at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, where he has won numerous awards for his teaching and research. His research on future selves has received widespread attention in outlets such as NPR, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Hershfield's research has been published in prestigious business, psychology, and general science academic journals, as well as in the Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, and Psychology Today.

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