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The Century Plan | Connecting With Your Future Self

Season 4 Episode 1

Podcast Introduction

Welcome to The Century Plan, a podcast that looks at financial independence. How to achieve it, and how to maintain it, during a lifetime which may see people, born today, living to age 100. Dennis Hall and Sarah Steele educate and highlight ways to build a brighter retirement through financial planning.

This season, we’re tackling the big question: How can we inspire people to take action on the insights we’ve been sharing? And more importantly, what’s holding us back?

In our first episode, we dive into a challenge we all face—connecting with our future selves.

How can we motivate ourselves to protect our future—20, 30, or even 40 years from now—when it often feels like we’re sacrificing our present?

Here’s what we cover:

𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭: How it prevents us from taking necessary steps in our financial lives.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬: Why it’s so hard and what we can do about it.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭: The difficulty of thinking long-term and overcoming the fear of present-day sacrifice.

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬: Strategies to beat instant gratification and stay on track.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How envisioning our future can help us achieve our long-term goals.

This episode is packed with insights and actionable takeaways, plus some fascinating book recommendations you won’t want to miss!

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Useful information  

Host: Dennis Hall

Host: Sarah Steele 

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Be Your Future Self Now by Dr Benjamin Hardy

ABOUT YELLOWTAIL

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