⚖️ Achieve Balance: Mastering Your Present and Future Self with Hal Hershfield

Hi, the present version of you.

Are you ready to find your equilibrium between the present and the future?

🎙️ In our latest episode of the NR4W Labs podcast, we're thrilled to host Hal Hershfield, Professor of Marketing, Behavioral Decision Making, and Psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and the brilliant mind behind "Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Than Today."

🚀 Episode Title: Balancing Your Present and Future Self in the Workplace

🔍 Key Takeaways:

• Dive into the intricate relationship we have with time

• Explore the impact of superficial future thinking and common mistakes in envisioning our future selves

• Understand age progression techniques and activities to enhance your future self-vision

• Discover practical strategies for leaders to visualize their future selves and find the right balance between work and personal life

• Uncover the power of small behavior changes and the impact of role-playing on decision-making

🎧 Listen Now: Podcast link & YouTube

👉 Episode Timestamps:

• 01:18 Understanding Our Relationship with Time

• 01:59 The Impact of Superficial Future Thinking

• 02:15 Common Mistakes in Thinking About Our Future Self

• 04:05 The End of History Illusion in Group Context

• 05:40 The Difficulty in Imagining Our Future Selves

• 06:46 The Challenge of Simulating the Future

• 08:06 Strategies to Make Better Decisions for Our Future Self

• 10:55 The Impact of Letter Writing Exercise on Our Future Selves

• 12:45 Understanding Our Future Selves as Other People

• 15:47 The Importance of Emotional Connection with Our Future Selves

• 23:24 Practical Techniques for Leaders to Visualize Their Future Selves

• 25:29 Balancing Sacrifices for Future Benefits

• 29:48 The Importance of Taking Time Off

• 30:45 Balancing Utility Over Time

• 31:21 The Challenge of Predicting Future Circumstances

• 32:49 Balancing Work and Home Life

• 34:07 Our game: 'Would You Rather?'

• 37:54 The Impact of Role Playing on Decision Making

• 40:04 The Power of Small Behavior Changes

• 40:51 How to Connect with Hal Hershfield

🎧 Listen Here: Podcast link & on YouTube

Hal takes us on a journey of self-discovery, debunking myths about our future selves and offering practical techniques to achieve balance. Get ready to rethink your relationship with time and make tomorrow better than today!

📚 Recommended Resources:

Hal's Website

Hal's Book: Your Future Self

Ready to achieve balance and redefine your future self? Hit play now and join the conversation.

Here's to a better tomorrow!

-Elise & Dave

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