Village Green Shopping Centre | Vernon's Premier Shopping Destination
Choice Made Simple!
Too many options?Click below to purchase an online gift card that can be used at participating retailers in Village Green Shopping Centre and continue your shopping IN CENTRE!Purchase Here
Coles Borrowed Tomorrows: Why We Overestimate the Future and How to Reclaim the Present at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Coles
Every time you push a difficult task to next week, you are falling victim to a profound cognitive illusion. You inherently believe that the "Future You" will possess more energy, fewer obligations, and an ironclad sense of discipline. This is chrono-optimism, a deeply ingrained biological bias that makes our brains treat our future selves as complete strangers who are somehow immune to exhaustion. By outsourcing our current discomfort to this idealized future persona, we create a cascading debt of time that eventually bankrupts our present. Behavioral economists have identified this temporal discounting as the root cause of chronic procrastination, inadequate retirement savings, and burnout. We are fundamentally wired to assume that tomorrow's calendar will miraculously clear up, ignoring the undeniable reality that tomorrow will be just as chaotic as today. Through a blend of neurobiology and time-management theory, this book dismantles the myth of future availability. It provides actionable strategies to bridge the empathy gap between who you are today and who you will be tomorrow, forcing you to budget your time with the ruthless realism required to finally stop borrowing against a future that doesn't exist.
Every time you push a difficult task to next week, you are falling victim to a profound cognitive illusion. You inherently believe that the "Future You" will possess more energy, fewer obligations, and an ironclad sense of discipline. This is chrono-optimism, a deeply ingrained biological bias that makes our brains treat our future selves as complete strangers who are somehow immune to exhaustion. By outsourcing our current discomfort to this idealized future persona, we create a cascading debt of time that eventually bankrupts our present. Behavioral economists have identified this temporal discounting as the root cause of chronic procrastination, inadequate retirement savings, and burnout. We are fundamentally wired to assume that tomorrow's calendar will miraculously clear up, ignoring the undeniable reality that tomorrow will be just as chaotic as today. Through a blend of neurobiology and time-management theory, this book dismantles the myth of future availability. It provides actionable strategies to bridge the empathy gap between who you are today and who you will be tomorrow, forcing you to budget your time with the ruthless realism required to finally stop borrowing against a future that doesn't exist.
Find everything in-store including new, used and children’s books, music, movies, games and toys. Visit Coles today to find the perfect gift, or a novel for yourself. COVID-19 UPDATE: Open | Regular Centre Hours
