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SBR Authors Podcast – Hal Hershfield, Your Future Self – Part 2

Welcome to the Sunday Book Review, the Authors Podcast! On this episode, Tom is joined by colleague Earnie Broughton for Part 2 of their interview with Hal Hershfield, author of Your Future Self, on Sunday Book Review-Author’s Edition. Join Tom and Earnie as they discuss cutting-edge ethical decision-making and behavior management solutions with Hershfield. The hosts delve into using aging apps and age progression algorithms to bring a vivid picture of one’s future self, ultimately leading to positive actions. But that’s not all. They introduce deep visualization exercises and the ancient tradition of idealism, which can help individuals make better choices and reduce anxiety. Hershfield shares his project about a chatbot that allows people to talk to their future selves, paving the way for groundbreaking research in long-term decision-making. Discover ethical commitment devices and other strategies in this captivating episode.

Tune in to the SBR-Authors Podcast and gain insight into how behavioral science can transform your life.

Key Highlights Include:

The Power of Age Progression Algorithms
Connecting with Future Self
Using Commitment Devices to Achieve Goals
Finding Balance with Commitment Devices
Multiple Selves and Technological Aids
Technology for Long-Term Decision Making

Notable Quotes:

“If we can work with someone on really deeply visualizing their future selves and seeing that person and feeling their feelings, that’s the type of thing that I think can hopefully change behavior.”

“Commitment device is one of my favorite behavioral science topics to explore. The basic idea here is that this version of me wants to eat healthy right now. What a commitment device does is it commits me to act a certain way. It puts constraints on my future behavior.

“The basic idea is I read a letter to my future self, and then I tried to write one back from that person. Fascinating exercise because it forces you to step into the shoes of your future self and see the world through their eyes.”

“When people were asked to do this send and reply exercise, it did cause them to take a step back, and it almost calms the feelings of the situation at hand. And that helped them see the big picture and ultimately feel better now.”

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SBR Authors Podcast – Hal Hershfield, Your Future Self – Part 1

Welcome to the Sunday Book Review, the Authors Podcast! In this episode, Tom is joined by colleague Earnie Broughton. Join Tom and Earnie as they interview Hal Hershfield, author of Your Future Self, on Sunday Book Review-Author’s Edition. Delve into the psychology of decision-making and the importance of understanding present and future selves. Listen in as they discuss how organizational identity influences risk and ethical decisions and how the concept of multiple selves relates to integrity and making ethical decisions. Discover the neuroscience behind thoughts about one’s future self and how forgiveness and self-forgiveness can overcome procrastination. Learn how a connection to one’s future self can affect ethical behavior in an organizational context and find practical ways to bring ethics and compliance into workplace programs. Make sure to catch the release date of Hershfield’s upcoming book and where to find his research. Tune in now for an engaging and thought-provoking conversation!

Key Highlights Include:

· Inaccurate Self-Prediction in Organizations

· Collective Identity and Ethical Decision Making

· Challenges of Future Self Concept

· Importance of Future Self in Decision Making

· Visualization, Procrastination, and Forgiveness

· Connection to Future Self and Ethical Behavior

· Ethical Behavior and Personal Values

Notable Quotes:

“People who have a stronger sense of connection to their future selves end up doing more of the stuff that they say they want to do, saving more, for instance, reporting higher levels of subjective health.”

“If an organization has a strong collective identity and sees itself almost as a person would over time, then you might imagine if the employee is there and the decision makers there, I buy into that identity, and they feel strongly about where the organization will go in the future, then I could imagine that level of connection will be an important input into these risk decisions, ethical decisions.”

“The essential self. The one that is continuous over time that others see as these moral traits that you’re talking about…I think that relates to the ethics topic of integrity integration and bringing those disparate parts in the resonance.”

“Our future selves evoke similar activity patterns as thoughts about others. In the brain, our future selves look like other people.