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CM 241: Hal Hershfield on Creating Your Tomorrow

2023/6/4
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Hal Hershfield: 本书的核心观点是,将未来的自己视为与现在的自己存在联系的个体,而不是完全分离的个体。这种联系的紧密程度会影响我们为未来做出牺牲的意愿。研究表明,通过增强与未来自我的情感联系,可以提高储蓄、锻炼、做出道德选择等方面的积极行为。作者介绍了多种方法,例如虚拟现实技术、写信给未来的自己等,来帮助人们更好地与未来的自己建立联系。他还探讨了预测偏差、历史终结论等认知偏差,以及如何克服这些偏差来更好地规划未来。 Hal Hershfield: 研究表明,人们常常将未来的自己视为另一个人,而这种看待方式会影响我们对未来的规划和行动。为了更好地与未来的自己建立联系,我们可以尝试各种方法,例如虚拟现实技术、写信给未来的自己等。这些方法可以帮助我们更清晰地想象未来的自己,并增强与未来的情感联系,从而提高我们为未来做出牺牲的意愿。 Hal Hershfield: 我们常常因为无法预见未来的变化而难以深入思考未来。预测偏差是指我们用现在的感受和想法来预测未来,而忽略了未来可能发生的变化。历史终结论是指我们能看到过去的变化,却低估了未来自身的变化。这些认知偏差会让我们制定不切实际的计划,并因此给未来的自己制造困难。 Hal Hershfield: 为了更好地与未来的自己建立联系,我们可以尝试从未来回望现在,或者将时间跨度用天数而不是年来衡量,这样可以缩短时间距离感,增强与未来自我的联系。此外,我们可以利用承诺机制,例如移除诱惑、将诱惑锁起来等,来帮助我们避免做出错误的决定。 Hal Hershfield: 过度关注未来可能会导致幸福感降低,例如拖延积极体验。平衡当下与未来的需求才能提升整体幸福感。我们需要在当下与未来之间找到平衡,既要享受当下,也要为未来做打算。 Gayle Allen: 访谈围绕如何更好地与未来的自己建立联系,从而更好地规划未来展开。访谈中,主持人与Hal Hershfield探讨了多种方法,例如虚拟现实技术、写信给未来的自己等,以及这些方法背后的心理学原理。访谈还探讨了预测偏差、历史终结论等认知偏差,以及如何克服这些偏差来更好地规划未来。

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We’ve all had the experience of working toward goals today that would benefit us in the future. Goals like exercising more, losing weight, or saving for retirement.

Yet when faced with early-morning alarms or tempting desserts, we may lose sight of our goals.

But what if the answer to sticking with them was to form a relationship with a very special person – future you?

Hal Hershfield, author of the book, Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today, has spent his career studying what happens when we build a closer relationship with our future self. His work reveals how this relationship can have an outsize impact on our success, one that extends beyond weight loss, fitness, and a comfortable retirement.

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