This technique is based on research from Stanford University and elsewhere that suggests a powerful connection between how closely people identify with their future self and how motivated they are to take actions, which invest in their future. Halk Ersner-Hershfield and Brian Knutson found that the rostral anterior cingulated cortex in the brain is activated…
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