Time travel may just be the ultimate behavioral finance hack. We explore the neuroscience of how our brains perceive our future selves and how we can leverage this understanding to our advantage. By utilizing psychology, we share actionable strategies to bridge the empathy gap, helping us make financial and lifestyle choices today that our future selves will genuinely appreciate.
Ginger joins this week’s podcast as we talk about:
– The value in thinking about our future selves
– Exploring the behavioral finance hack of “time travel” to make better choices today
– The neuroscience behind why your brain treats your future self like a complete stranger
– How reviewing your past journals can reveal long-standing struggles and motivate you to break the cycle
– Practical tactics to connect with your future self, including age-progression apps and writing letters
– Reframing daily choices by asking what your 100-year-old self would prioritize right now
Show References:
- Book: Someday is Today by Matthew Dicks
- Book: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Book: Replay by Ken Grimwood
- Book: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
- Book: The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
- Book: A Framework for Understanding Poverty
- FutureMe.org – A website to write and schedule letters to your future self.
- YouTube: “How can we help our future selves?” | Hal Hershfield | TEDxEast
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