Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation

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Creating a vision of your ideal future self gives one (who may feel hopeless) something to aim for, and the concept may well be semantics but it does seem to work. I only got about a fifth of the way through the book before it started to feel redundant, and I stopped reading. Across the three sections of the book, Hardy guides the reader on a journey that, if traversed, can be life changing. Since then, his work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times and Harvard Business Review.

It is geared towards the entrepreneur but honestly anyone in any walk of life could benefit from this. I really like the concept of being your “future self” and appreciated how Hardy laid out most of the steps to get there. Now that you have a feel for your future self and efficient systems and schedules directing you toward it, you’ll start to see momentum build. I did like how the images/charts broke up the text, but at times they felt unnecessary as they re-stated information that had already been conveyed several times. And enjoy a clear path to the expansive, abundant you by heeding the steps to becoming your future self – for example, systemizing success and prioritizing completion over perfection.

Then, in the final chapters, it becomes what strikes me as a gloss on one of the funniest (cringiest) songs from The Book of Mormon. Commitment is Key: Hardy quotes Clayton Christensen, emphasising that it's easier to commit 100% than 98%. Not saying it isn’t important to be in touch with who we were, but getting in touch with your future self is nuclear powered! Be Your Future Self Now (2022) is a guide to defining your future self – and making sure you get there.

The most fundamental threat to a person’s Future Self is not the loss of freedom but the absence of purpose and meaning. None of us has commitments to work or family that stand in the way of our formulating our own happiness and fulfillment.Viktor Frankl, whom Hardy quotes liberally in this book himself wrote, "Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. Benjamin Hardy outlines the seven threats to your future self, the seven truths about your future self, and the seven steps to making this transformation a reality. He was referring to the fact that everyone has ideas, but real artists deliver on them or ship them, as he put it. G) Finally, it seems like this is the biggest pet peeve - the premise of the book - "The goal, The vision, The destination.

This goes into the idea that we can't even imagine what our future selves will want for their future selves (future self 2.You can be the bee who goes out looking for the flowers, or you can be the flower and have the bees come to you.