Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation

by Benjamin Hardy

Overview

This isn’t a book about BECOMING it’s about BEING: noted psychologist Dr. Benjamin Hardy shows how to imagine the person you want to be, then BE that person now. When you do this, your imagined FUTURE directs your behavior, rather than your past.

Who is your Future-Self?

That question may seem trite. But it’s literally the answer to all of your life’s questions. It’s the answer to what you’re going to do today. It’s the answer to how motivated you are, and how you feel about yourself. It’s the answer to whether you’ll distract yourself on social media for hours, whether you’ll eat junk food, and what time you get up in the morning.

Your imagined Future-Self is the driver of your current reality. It is up to you to develop the ability to imagine better and more expansive visions of your Future-Self.

Your current view of your Future-Self is very limited. If you seek learning, growth, and new experiences, you’ll be able to imagine a different and better Future-Self than you currently can.

It’s not only useful to see your Future-Self as a different person from who you are today, but it is also completely accurate. Your Future-Self will not be the same person you are today. They will see the world differently. They’ll have had experiences, challenges, and growth you currently don’t have. They’ll have different goals and priorities. They’ll have different habits. They’ll also be in a different world—a world with different cultural values, different technologies, and different challenges.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401967574
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	06/14/2022
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	450,744
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist, author, and the world’s leading expert on the application of the Future Self science. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and his blogs have been read by hundreds of millions. He and his wife, Lauren, are the parents of six kids. They live in Orlando, Florida.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Psychology's 180 Degree Revolution ix

Part 1 7 Threats to Your Future Self 1

Threat #1 Without hope in your future, your present loses meaning 7

Threat #2 A reactive narrative about your past stunts your future 15

Threat #3 Being unaware of your environment creates a random evolution 23

Threat #4 Being disconnected to your Future Self leads to myopic decisions 31

Threat #5 Urgent battles and small goals keep you stuck 37

Threat #6 Not being in the arena is failing by default 45

Threat #7 Success is often the catalyst for failure 51

Conclusion: Future Self threats 59

Part 2 7 Truths about Your Future Self 61

Truth #1 Your future drives your present 69

Truth #2 Your Future Self is different than you expect 77

Truth #3 Your Future Self is the Pied Piper 85

Truth #4 The more vivid and detailed your Future Self, the faster you'll progress 95

Truth #5 Failing as your Future Self is better than succeeding as your current self 101

Truth #6 Success is achieved by being true to your Future Self, nothing else 109

Truth #7 Your view of God impacts your Future Self 113

Conclusion: Future Self truths 123

Part 3 7 Steps for Being Your Future Self 125

Step #1 Clarify your contextual purpose 129

Step #2 Eliminate lesser goals 141

Step #3 Elevate from needing to wanting to knowing 149

Step #4 Ask for exactly what you want 157

Step #5 Automate and systemize your Future Self 163

Step #6 Schedule your Future Self 169

Step #7 Aggressively complete imperfect work 175

Conclusion: Future Self steps 183

Conclusion: Be Your Future Self Now 185

Endnotes 189

Index 203

Acknowledgments 211

About the Author 213

Editorial Reviews

"Knowing your Future Self is key to living powerfully and purposefully. Dr. Benjamin Hardy has laid out the groundwork and science so that you can not only know your Future Self intimately, but you can also transform your life." - Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Life Force

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