num_pages: 272
description: Psychologist and bestselling author Benjamin Hardy PhD debunks the pervasive myths about personality that prevent us from learningand provides bold strategies for personal transformation In Personality Isnt Permanent  Dr. Benjamin Hardy draws on psychological research to demolish the popular misconception that personalitya persons consistent attitudes and behaviorsis innate and unchanging. Hardy liberates us from the limiting belief that our true selves are to be discovered and shows how we can intentionally create our desired selves and achieve amazing goals instead. He offers practical science-based advice to for personal-reinvention  Why personality tests such as Myers-Briggs and Enneagram are not only psychologically destructive but are no more scientific than horoscopes  Why you should never be the former anything--because defining yourself by your past successes is just as damaging to growth as being haunted by past failures  How to design your current identity based on your desired future self and make decisions here-and-now through your new identity  How to reframe traumatic and painful experiences into a fresh narrative supporting your future success  How to become confident enough to define your own lifes purpose  How to create a network of empathetic witnesses who actively encourage you through the highs and lows of extreme growth  How to enhance your subconscious to overcome addictions and limiting patterns  How redesign your environment to pull you toward your future rather than keep you stuck in the past  How to tap into what psychologists call pull motivation by narrowing your focus on a single definable and compelling outcome The book includes true stories of intentional self-transformationsuch as Vanessa OBrien who quit her corporate job and set the Guinness World Record for a woman climbing the highest peak on every continent in the fastest time; Andre Norman who became a Harvard fellow after serving a fourteen-year prison sentence; Ken Arlen who instantly quit smoking by changing his identity narrative; and Hardy himself who transcended his childhood in a broken home surrounded by issues of addiction and mental illness to earn his PhD and build a happy family.Filled with strategies for reframing your past and designing your future Personality Isnt Permanent is a guide to breaking free from the past and becoming the person you want to be.
language: English
title: Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story
publisher: Portfolio