Psychologist and bestselling author Benjamin Hardy, PhD, debunks the pervasive myths about personality that prevent us from learning and provides bold strategies for personal transformation In Personality Isn't Permanent, Dr. Benjamin Hardy draws on psychological research to demolish the popular misconception that personality a person's consistent attitudes and behaviors is 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, including- 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.
Psychologist and bestselling author Benjamin Hardy, PhD, debunks the pervasive myths about personality that prevent us from learning and provides bold strategies for personal transformation In Personality Isn't Permanent, Dr. Benjamin Hardy draws on psychological research to demolish the popular misconception that personality a person's consistent attitudes and behaviors is 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, including- 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.