Hal Hershfield

Aug 21, 2023 | paw.princeton.edu | Oliver Burkeman |Hal Hershfield |Annie Duke

Adam Alter *09 is a professor of marketing in NYU’s Stern School of Business who also holds an affiliated professorship in social psychology. He’s the author of three books and the giver of this TED Talk about the psychology of tech addiction. In his latest book, Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most, he explains how and why people get stuck with writers block or trapped in a thankless job or a midlife crisis.

Aug 1, 2023 | longnow.org | Jacob Kuppermann |Hal Hershfield

We often think about long-term thinking as something that goes beyond the individual — projects that span generations, or intellectual movements and cultures that have lasted through centuries and millennia. But long-term thinking can also be something that you practice in your daily life — the choices we make about everything from our careers to the communities we make our own. Yet making those decisions is sometimes easier said than done.

Jul 26, 2023 | edweek.org | Hal Hershfield

How do I help students make decisions they won’t later regret? Try to help them make a stronger connection with their future self. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week:During my first year of college, the headliner at the annual “Spring Fling” concert was LL Cool J. I knew enough of his hits—and enough of my friends were going—that I didn’t want to miss out on a weekend of fun. The only issue?

Jun 22, 2023 | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Hal Hershfield

Editor’s note: This article is part of a partnership with Character Lab, co-founded byGritauthor and MacArthur “genius” Angela Duckworth at the University of Pennsylvania. During my first year of college, the headliner at the annual “Spring Fling” concert was LL Cool J. I knew enough of his hits—and enough of my friends were going—that I didn’t want to miss out on a weekend of fun. The only issue? I had an Intro Spanish final exam on Monday morning, and I was woefully unprepared.

Jun 16, 2023 | wsj.com | Hal Hershfield

Is future you…you? It might seem like a strange philosophical question. But the answer to how you think about your future self could make the difference between decisions you ultimately find satisfying and ones you might eventually regret. A growing body of research suggests that in many ways, our future selves can seem to us like other people, even strangers. To get a sense of this, try picturing your next birthday, and then picture your birthday 20 years from now.