Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation

by Benjamin P. Hardy

Truth #2 is that your Future Self is far different than you expect them to be.

Albert Einstein correctly said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“Time will be your friend or your enemy; it will promote you or expose you.” —Jeff Olson

Everything you do has a consequence for better or worse.

Everything you do has a compounding consequence.

Your Future Self is the exaggerated result of your c...

Author Jim Rohn, said, “Discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.”

Discipline costs dollars. Regret costs millions.

A cost to your Future Self is anything that has more downsides than upsides. Generally, a cost is some short-term reward or indulgence that has no positive aftereffects, and often has negative consequences.

Costing your Future Self means you’re more focused on present or short-term rewards over long-term consequences.

Costing your Future Self means you’re consuming far more than you’re creating.

A cost makes you less healthy in some way, whether mentally, emotionally, spiritually, relationally, or physically. If repeated, costs make you fatter, lazier, hazier, and less connected. A cost is something t...