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In the psychology of self, the future self concerns the processes and consequences associated with thinking about oneself in the future. People think about their future selves similarly to how they think about other people. The extent to which people feel psychologically connected (e.g., similarity, closeness) to their future self influences how well they treat their future self. When people feel connected to their future self, they are more likely to save for retirement, make healthy decisions, and avoid ethical transgressions. Interventions that increase feelings of connectedness with future selves can improve future-oriented decision making across these domains. Philosophical foundations Psychological research on the future self often attributes its theoretical foundations to the philosopher Derek Parfit. Parfit argued that people might differ in the extent to which they feel similar and connected to themselves in the future. Under Parfit's conceptualization, people act rationally by basing their concern for their future on the degree of connectedness between present and future selves. According to Parfit, it is rational for people who perceive very little connectedness with their future self to act in ways that neglect the future self (e.g., by smoking). The psychological work that followed did not similarly argue for Parfit's normative view but has instead attempted to test the descriptive validity of Parfit's theory. Psychological theory Social psychological and neurological evidence suggests that people think about themselves in the future similarly to how they think about other people. Just as feeling close to others increases prosocial giving, feeling close to one's future self motivates people to delay present gratification in order to benefit themselves in the future. Measuring psychological connectedness Shane Frederick initially tested whether the degree of connectedness with the future self is associated with less discounting of future benefits (in dollar amounts and time). Asking subjects how similar they felt to their future selves on a 1-100 scale, Frederick did not find a statistically significant relationship between the degree of connectedness and discounting of future benefits. However, later researchers argued Frederick did not find a connection because of the way he measured connectedness. In 2009, Hal Hershfield and colleagues introduced a new measurement of psychological connectedness by adapting the Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale, where the relationship between present and future selves is depicted with seven pairs of successively overlapping circles. Using this measurement, Hershfield, as well as Daniel Bartels and Oleg Urminsky, have now demonstrated a robust relationship between psychological connectedness and discount rates. The more psychologically connectedness people feel between present and future selves, the more they care about the future, and the more they discount present benefits. Manipulating psychological connectedness The research that followed showed systematic ways to enhance psychological connectedness. Experiments have manipulated connectedness by having participants: Interact with a visual depiction of their future self (increased connectedness) List ways in which they expect to be similar to themselves in the future (increased connectedness) Expect an upcoming event (e.g., college graduation) to fundamentally change who they are (decreased connectedness) The randomized experiments revealed a causal relationship between feeling connected to one's future self and subsequently making more patient long-term decisions. Policy applications Finances In one of the first experiments to enhance psychological connectedness with the future self, participants were given immersive virtual reality technology and instructed to look at themselves in a virtual mirror. The experimenters randomized whether participants saw an age-progressed version of themselves (meant to look approximately 70 years old) or a current-aged self. Participants that interacted with their future self were more likely to delay present monetary rewards and indicated greater intentions to save for retirement. Leveraging the insights from this experiment, firms such as Merrill Lynch have since adopted web applications with age-progressing software in order to increase retirement savings. The finding has been conceptually replicated with multiple diverse samples. In one field experiment, students from economically diverse backgrounds that had weekly interactions with an avatar of their future self demonstrated heightened performance during a financial education course. A team of researchers, in collaboration with Ideas42, launched another replication with thousands of Mexican citizens. Before deciding whether to sign-up for an automatic savings account, the treatment group was asked to spend time vividly imagining their lives in the distant future. Compared to a 1% take up rate in the control condition, 3% of people in the treatment condition enrolled in the automatic savings account. The effect of psychological connectedness on financial decision making is moderated by knowledge about future outcomes. When people are unaware of their future financial needs, regardless of how connected they feel, they are unlikely to save for the future. Similarly, people that have full information about the consequences of their financial actions will only save if they also feel connectedness with their future self. The researchers argue that policy makers who provide information to consumers on retirement savings should also consider simultaneously enhancing psychological connectedness. People are most likely to save rather than spend when they are knowledgeable about the outcomes of their decisions and feel connected to their future selves. In 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau included a measure of psychological connectedness to the future self in its first Financial Wellbeing Survey. Health Applying the existing theory, researchers hypothesized that increasing feelings of connectedness with the future self should cause people to make healthier dieting and exercising decisions. Correlational evidence suggests that feeling psychologically connected to the future self corresponds with greater self-reported health. In randomized experiments, participants that wrote in detail about a distant future self were more likely to exercise in the days following the intervention. Ethicality People engage in ethically dubious behavior because they tend to neglect the potential future consequences of their behavior, but feeling connected to one's future self should lead them to discount the future less and thus avoid ethical transgressions. Experiments have found that assigning participants to write about their future selves can decrease support for unethical negotiation strategies. In another set of experiments, after interacting with a 40-year old version of thems.... Discover the Jessica Ames popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jessica Ames books.
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Ravage
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames...RavageAs president of the Untamed Sons MC, I'm no stranger to pain, but three ye...
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Renewed Rider
Jessica AmesEnjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames...Beth's life has been turned upside down. Everything she thought she knew is a lie. The p...
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Bailey
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... BaileyI've always felt like an outsider in the Untamed Sons. I'm Nox's sister, ...
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The Savior
J.R. WardA vampire and a scientist’s fates are passionately entwined in a race against time in this thrilling romance in the #1 New York Times bestselling “utterly absorbing and deliciously...
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Lover Unveiled
J.R. WardThe #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series returns featuring a powerful MMA fighter with a buried secret that can change the world of Caldwell forever. Sahva...
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The Sinner
J.R. WardA sinner’s only hope is true love in this passionate new novel in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.Syn has kept his side hustle as a mercen...
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Fury
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... FuryAs SergeantatArms of the Untamed Sons, my job is simple. Kill anyone who tr...
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Darius
J.R. Ward#1 New York Times bestseller J.R. Ward shares the powerful starcrossed love story of reader favorite, and original member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Darius.Darius, son of Mar...
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The Little Board Game Cafe
Jennifer PagePreorder SECOND CHANCES AT THE BOARD GAME CAFE, the new cosy, uplifting romance in the Board Game Cafe series, now! 'An absolute delight from the very first page to the deli...
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Blood Truth
J.R. WardThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “utterly absorbing” (Angela Knight, New York Times bestselling author) Black Dagger Brotherhood series and The Savior brings you the...
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End Game
David BaldacciTwo of the government's most lethal assassins scour rural Colorado to find their missing handlerand discover an insidious and lethal threat along the way in this New York Times bes...
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Best of Living Well Dr Jessica
Vet Candywhen someone chooses to become a veterinarian, the first thing that comes into mind is providing care for pets, but now more than ever, emotional and mental health in the veterinar...
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The Only Girl in the Game
John D. MacDonaldHer employers are the high priests of Las Vegas and she is their handmaiden. Her job is to lead the lambs to the sacrifice, to keep them happy at the tables, where her partners sla...
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The It Girl
Ruth WareINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “claustrophobic spinetingler” (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a...
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Forbidden Rider
Jessica AmesEnjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames...The Lost Saxons stole Piper's future. They took her brother from her, put him on a bike ...
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Where Winter Finds You
J.R. Ward#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward is heating things up this winter with a holiday novel featuring some of her most iconic Black Dagger Brothers.When Trez lost his belo...
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Fallen Rider
Jessica AmesEnjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames...Mackenzie is falling for the wrong man. Dane is completely offlimits and now someone she...
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The Wolf
J.R. WardReturn to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp spinoff series from the #1 New York Times bestsellin...
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Levi
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... LeviAs Secretary of the Untamed Sons MC, I know my place. I'm the youngest memb...
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Fractured Vows
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark mafia romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... Sariah4 weeks, 28 days, 672 hoursthat's all I have left until my fate is sealed. I am pro...
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Daimon
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... DaimonAs Treasurer of the Untamed Sons MC, I don't have time to deal with a bra...
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Snared Rider
Jessica AmesEnjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames... Beth is in danger. Her only protection is her exboyfriend and biker, Logan. Can he save...
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Game Changer
Cora StauntonCora Staunton is an iconic figure in the world of modern GAA. In this groundbreaking autobiography, she reveals her extraordinary journey from teenage rookie to the highestscoring ...
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Flawed Rider
Jessica AmesEnjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames...Noah 'Weed' Williams is not a good man. He drinks too much, sleeps around too much, and ...
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Forever
J.R. WardLydia Susi and Daniel Joseph’s story continues in the Lair of the Wolven series from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.For Lydia Susi, there is no sweet sorrow in sayi...
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Galloglass
Scarlett ThomasEffie, Lexy, Wolf, Raven, and Max are faced with their most challenging adventure yet in the third installment of the magical Worldquake series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “tailorm...
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The Girls Are All So Nice Here
Laurie Elizabeth FlynnTwo former best friends return to their college reunion to find that they’re being circled by someone who wants revenge for what they did ten years beforeand will stop at nothing t...
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Claimed
J.R. WardA heartpounding new series set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, about a scientist fighting to save the gray wolvesand getting caught in a deadly trap herself...Lydia Susi is ...
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The Ties that Bind
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark mafia romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... Elena My life was planned from the moment I was born. I am to marry for my family, to cem...
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Party Games
Jo CarnegieThis lighthearted but engrossing, irresistible novel is the perfect read for a holiday or a cosy night in! Brilliant for fans of Jilly Cooper, Catherine Alliott or Lucy Diamond.'Mo...
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A Warm Heart in Winter
J.R. Ward#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward is heating things up this winter with a holiday novel featuring some of her most iconic Black Dagger Brothers.Featuring one of the Bl...
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Secret Rider
Jessica AmesEnjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames...For the love of my Club, I'll give my life. For my love of her, I'll die…A onenight stan...
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Cracking the Cube
Ian SchefflerIan Scheffler, journalist and aspiring “speedcuber,” attempts to break into the international phenomenon of speedsolving the Rubik’s Cubethink chess played at the speed of PingPong...
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Safe Rider
Jessica AmesEnjoy this motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling romance author Jessica Ames... Rule #1 of getting life back on track: don't fall for a biker… A new life; a new startt...
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Nox
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... NoxAs Vice President of the Untamed Sons MC, my first loyalty is to my club and...
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Leap of Faith
Cameron Hamilton & Lauren SpeedThe fanfavorite couple from Netflix’s “delicious romp” (Slate) Love Is Blind share their engaging and accessible love advice for the modern world, the ups and downs they’ve experie...
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Glitter Every Day
Andy CohenThe Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom Andy Cohen, the New York Times bestselling author and host of Watch What Happens Live comes an inspiring collection of daily quotes from t...
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Wednesday Weeks and the Crown of Destiny
Denis Knight & Cristy BurneWednesday Weeks is just starting to get the hang of this whole magic thing. But Gorgomoth the Unclean is on the loose again and he's out to ruin everything, for keeps. When Gorgomo...
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Extraordinary Canadians
Peter MansbridgeFrom Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC’s The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer, comes a collection of firstperson stories about remarkable Canadians...
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The Fit Foodie
Derval O'RourkeThe fantastic new book from the No 1 bestselling author is full of delicious easy recipes and cando advice for being the best you can be!Derval O'Rourke believes that the secret to...
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Titch
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... TitchAs Road Captain of the Untamed Sons MC, I've had my share of pain, but not...
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The Jackal
J.R. WardThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sinner brings another hot adventure of true love and ultimate sacrifice in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world.The location of the gl...
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Prisoner of Night
J.R. WardFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward comes an unforgettable story of passion and vengeance in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world.When Ahmare’s brother is abducted, t...
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Cage
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... The cage is where I feel most at home. There's something about the thrill of th...
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Stoker
Jessica AmesEnjoy this dark motorcycle club romance from USA Today Bestselling MC romance author Jessica Ames... StokerAfter getting out of prison, I'm ready to restart my life again. My broth...