Hal Hershfield

Based on over a decade of research, psychologist Hal Hershfield explores how connecting with our future selves can both improve our lives right now and help us achieve our goals and hopes for the future. We've all had the desire to travel through time and see what our lives will be like later in life. While we want the best possible future for ourselves, we often fail to make decisions that would truly make that a reality. Why do we choose steak over vegetables at dinner, waving off concerns about high cholesterol? Why do we splurge on luxury cars rather than save for retirement? Why can't we stick to our exercise programs? Why are so many of us so disconnected from our future selves? Based on over a decade of groundbreaking research, Your Future Self explains that, in our minds, our future selves often look like strangers. 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 presents 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.

How to Make Tomorrow Better Today

Your Future Self

Set your future self up for success with the “fascinating, profound, and immediately practical guide to shaping your life to come, while living more richly in the moment."―Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks We've all had the desire to travel through time and see what our lives will be like later in life. But while we want the best possible future for ourselves, we often fail to make decisions that would truly make that version of the future a reality: Why do we choose steak over vegetables at dinner, waving off concerns about high cholesterol? Why do we splurge on luxury cars rather than save for retirement? Why can’t we stick to our exercise programs? Why are so many of us so disconnected from our future selves? Based on over a decade of groundbreaking research, Your Future Self is the “entertaining and powerful book” (Carol Dweck, author of Mindset) that explains that in our minds, our future selves often look like strangers. Many of us view the future as incredibly distant, making us more likely to opt for immediate gratification that disregards our health and well-being 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. “Mind-boggling and soul-stirring” (Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret), Your Future Self describes the mental mistakes we make in thinking about the future and gives us practical advice for imagining our best future so we can make that vision a reality.

Hepimiz geleceğimizi merak eder ve yarınlarımızın daha iyi olmasını arzu ederiz. Ancak kendimiz için mümkün olan en iyi geleceği istesek de bunu gerçeğe dönüştürecek kararları vermekte başarısız, hele de pratik adımlarını atmakta ihmalkâr veya ertelemeciyiz. Neden gelecekteki hayatımızdan bu kadar uzak, bu kadar kopuğuz? Psikolog Hal Hershfield, on yılı aşkın bir araştırmaya dayanarak gelecekteki benliğimizin zihinlerimizde çoğunlukla yabancılara benzediğini açıklıyor. Oysa bu yabancılaşmayı aşmak ve gelecekteki benliğimizle bağlantı kurmak mümkün. Böylece hem şu andaki yaşamlarımızı iyileştirebileceğimizi hem de geleceğe yönelik hedeflerimize ve umutlarımıza ulaşmamızın kolaylaşabileceğini anlatıyor. Birçoğumuz geleceği inanılmaz derecede uzak görüyor, bu da önümüzdeki yıllarda sağlığımızı ve refahımızı göz ardı eden anlık tatminlere yönelmemizi artırıyor. Ancak gelecekteki benliğimizle bağlantı kurabilirsek bugünü yaşamakla yarını planlamak arasındaki dengeyi daha iyi kurabiliriz. Hershfield, araştırma sonuçlarına dayanan bilimsel gerçekleri sunuyor; gelecek hakkında düşünürken yaptığımız zihinsel hataları sergiliyor ve en iyi geleceğimizi hayal etmemiz ve gerçekleştirmemiz için pratik tavsiyeler veriyor.

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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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