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There is first, the present self.

But then there's this other self, the future self.

The other reason that it's difficult to resist temptation is because it's an unequal battle between the present self and the future self.

I mean, let's face it, the present self is present.

And the future self is not even around.

There's nobody to stick up for the future self.

And so the present self can trounce all over its dreams.

So I've been working for about a decade now on finding other ways to change people's relationship to the future self without using commitment devices.

In particular, I'm interested in the relationship to the future financial self.

The present self does not want to save at all.

Whereas the future self wants the present self to save.

And we try to test whether actually assisting your imagination by looking at the face of your future self can change you investment behavior.

Other conditions show people the future self.

And from the future self's point of view, everything is in reverse.

If you save very little, the future self is unhappy living on 44 percent of the income.

Whereas if the present self saves a lot, the future self is delighted, where the income is close up near 100 percent.

It's not telling you which way to put the slider, it's just reminding you that you are connected to and legally tied to this future self.

So when you look at the brain, and you look at how the brain makes possible a sense of self, you find that there isn't a central control spot in the brain.

But it's because of the way that they relate that we get this sense of self.

You might think that if it's true, that for each one of us there is no abiding core of self, no permanent essence, does that mean that really, the self is an illusion?

These are three psychologists, Thomas Metzinger, Bruce Hood, Susan Blackmore, a lot of these people do talk the language of illusion, the self is an illusion, it's a fiction.

The true self, as it were then, is not something that is just there for you to discover, you don't sort of look into your soul and find your true self, What you are partly doing, at least, is actually creating your true self.

And that's the idea I want to leave you with, that your true self is not something that you will have to go searching for, as a mystery, and maybe never ever find.

To the extent you have a true self, it's something that you in part discover, but in part create.

And I decided the remedy to all this malaise was going to be for me to chase an elevated dream, an extreme dream, something that would require utter conviction and unwavering passion, something that would make me be my best self in every aspect of my life, every minute of every day, because the dream was so big that I couldn't get there without that kind of behavior and that kind of conviction.

I've always been fascinated with knowing the self.

Do you know what causes fatigue in you or what brings out your energetic self, what triggers cause you to be depressed or what fun things are going to bring you out of that funk?

And it wasn't until my experience as a trans person collided with my new identity as a parent that I understood the depth of my vulnerabilities and how they are preventing me from being my most authentic self.

I had to engage with some of my most uncomfortable parts to move towards my most authentic self.

So I would like to show you a clip of my younger self from the film, that I feel embodies that philosophy.

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