Time Orientation and the Future of Society

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

I opened Brilliant Time Management, in Chapter 1, with an introduction to Philip Zimbardo’s research into “time orientation”.  In his book, The Time Paradox, he identifies six time perspectives:

  1. Past Negative
  2. Past Positive
  3. Present Hedonistic
  4. Present Fatalistic
  5. Future
  6. Transcendental Future

Philip ZimbardoFor a fabulous introduction to Zimbardo’s thinking, you can do no better than this wonderful ten-minute video made by the RSA.  If you haven’t seen their videos before, beware! You may get hooked and want to bookmark the RSAnimate YouTube Channel.

Here is Zimbardo talking about time orientations, cultural differences, and the future of society.  Enjoy!

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Mike is an author and speaker, specialising in project management and the management of change. When we try to make change work for us, things don't always go as planned: Shift happens! Over the years, Mike has developed strategies to anticipate and deal with shift.
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