Welcome back to the Power Hour and to Part 2 with Benjamin Hardy.

Earlier on this year, I interviewed Benjamin Hardy and we discussed the idea and the science

behind the concept of our future self, how we can radically change our lives by being intentional about creating and reimagining our future.

We talked about the benefits and value of spending time, practicing, imagining and thinking about the future and increasing our ability and our skill to be able to see the future more

granular and with more detail. We also talked about having the patience and in some cases the

discipline required to pursue something long term for a future outcome. But sadly we ran out of time

and I had so many more questions for Ben and we didn't even

get to talk about the power hour.

So Ben has kindly, kindly agreed to come back to record a part two.

Welcome back to the show, Ben Hardy.

I am happy to be back with you.

I loved being with you the first time and I'm excited to be with you now.

Well, as I said, so many questions I didn't get to talk to you about.

And hopefully my little recap can get everyone up to speed if they miss the first episode.

But if you didn't, I would really encourage you to go back.

It was in September 22 and have a listen to it because it honestly was one of my favorite

conversations that I've

had on this show this year. So I think a great place to start, something we didn't get to talk

about before, was the idea of hopefulness and how our ability to endure is directly linked to how

hopeful we are about the future. So Ben, could you speak to us? Could you kick it off with,

yeah, the idea of hopefulness? So hope from a psychology perspective is kind of like oxygen

or food for the body. Like without hope, mentally, emotionally, human beings fall apart.

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