How to Use Visualization and Mental Time Travel to Achieve Your Goals and Dreams with Hal Hershfield

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers Sleep Breakthrough, AirDoctor, and Paleovalley. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Hal Hershfield to discuss how to move closer to your goals and dreams using the power of visualization. Dhru and Hal talk about the roadblocks that get in the way and why setting a clear, distinct, and manageable timeline is essential to achieve your goals. Hal also shares tools like letter writing as a way to connect, communicate, and commit to your future self. Hal Hershfield is a Marketing, Behavioral Decision Making, and Psychology Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. His research, which sits at the intersection of psychology and economics, examines how we can improve our long-term decisions. Hershfield publishes in top academic journals and contributes op-eds to The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and other outlets.  Hal earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, has received numerous teaching awards, and was named one of “The 40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs Under 40 In The World” by the business education website Poets & Quants. His book, Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today, is out now.  In this episode, Dhru and Hal dive into: -What gets in the way of our goals and dreams (2:06) -Visualizing your future self (9:47) -The fundamentals of goal setting (23:57) -Ways to connect to your future self (35:13) -Why it’s important to pair visualization with conversation (40:37) -Addressing the nuances of climate change (51:00) -Is the future getting better or worse? (1:00:23) -The dangers of comparison (1:10:45) -Getting clear on your goals (1:20:13) -Writing a letter to your future self to determine the obstacles of your goals (1:29:06) -Hal’s highest hopes for the future and where to follow his work (1:39:11) For more on Hal Hershfield, follow him on Twitter @HalHershfield, LinkedIn @hal-hershfield, or through his website, halhershfield.com. Also mentioned in this episode: -Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today -Halhershfield.com Right now, you can get 10% off Sleep Breakthrough, and if you buy two or more, you’ll get a free bottle of Magnesium Breakthrough for a limited time. Head to sleepbreakthrough.com/dhru and use code dhru10.  AirDoctor is offering my community a special discount. Go to dhrupurohit.com/filter, and get access to the AirDoctor3000 for only $349. That's a $280 savings! Paleovalley is offering my listeners 15% off their first order. Head over to paleovalley.com/dhru to check out all their Paleo products and take advantage of this deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices