Manifesting the Future You and Achieving Your Wildest Goals with Dr. Ben Hardy, PhD

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Sep 21, 2023

Dr. Benjamin Hardy joins Dhru Purohit on this episode to discuss practical steps for manifesting the future you and achieving your wildest goals. They explore top things that can prevent progress on goals, the difficulty in connecting to future selves, optimizing life to achieve what you want, building the muscle of imagination, reframing the past, practicing gratitude, the '10x is easier than 2x' rule, understanding goals in relation to desired future selves, building trust, and the release of Dr. Hardy's book.

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ADVICE

Nightly Gratitude Journaling

Write three to five things you're grateful for at night to improve happiness and sleep.
Limit journaling time to five minutes to focus attention and avoid distraction.

ANECDOTE

Workout Reconnects To Future Self

Dhru showed up to a workout despite mental friction and felt reconnected to his future self.
After strength training, mood lifted and focus improved, highlighting consistency benefits.

ANECDOTE

Building Muscle Through Consistency

Dhru set a goal to gain 10 pounds of lean muscle and nearly achieved it in less than a year.
He tracked calories, prioritized protein, worked with coaches, and overcame an injury.

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Many of us have a vision of what we want our future to look like but have trouble seeing a clear path to get there. What’s more, we allow the stories of our past to cloud our judgment of what’s possible. When we stop and envision our future through the lens of our accomplishments, it opens the door to what’s possible.

Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Dr. Benjamin Hardy to discuss practical steps for making your future goals a reality.

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, and best-selling author who focuses on the psychology of exponential growth and transformation, future self-science, and entrepreneurship.

In this episode, Dhru and Ben dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

-Top things that can prevent us from making progress on our goals (0:24 / 0:24)

-Why do people have a hard time connecting to their future selves? (2:20 / 2:20)

-Focusing on what you want and optimizing your life to make it happen (8:49 / 6:15)

-How to build the muscle of imagination (10:06 / 7:38)

-Looking at the past as a framework for how far you’ve come (19:48 / 17:36)

-Practicing gratitude to squash self-criticism (26:06 / 23:10)

-How to apply Ben’s “10x is easier than 2x” rule to different areas of your life (36:44 / 32:10)

-Dhru’s experience with the 10x rule (40:20 / 38:17)

-Understanding your goals and how they fit into your desired future self (50:32 / 46:20)

-The goals Ben is working on (59:32 / 51:58)

-Leadership, building trust within yourself, and when to outsource help (1:06:06 / 58:45)

-What to do when you’re not sure what to do next (1:12:26 / 1:08:10)

-Core concepts from Ben’s new book (1:26:09 / 1:22)

Also mentioned in this episode:

-10x Is Easier Than 2x, is now available for purchase at 10xeasierbook.com.

-Supercharge Your Sleep and Improve Your Longevity Using the Power of Intermittent Fasting & Circadian Biology (episode 401)

-Sleep Master Class (episode 378)

-Uncovering The Root Cause of Sleep Issues and How to Improve Your Sleep Today (episode 376)

-The Five Minute Journal

For more on Ben Hardy, follow him on Instagram @drbenjaminhardy and YouTube @dr.benjaminhardy.

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