Personality isn't permanent : break free from self-limiting beliefs and rewrite your story / Benjamin Hardy.

By:

Hardy, Benjamin [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2020]Description: 256 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780593328965

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DDC classification:

155.2 HAR 23

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	155.2 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100604132

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Tests like the Myers-Briggs or Enneagram are not only unscientific but are holding you back. There's no such thing as a personality 'type', or a 'real you' that can only be unearthed through self-discovery. Instead, your personality is something you can build: rather than being trapped in unresolved traumas, you can build your identity to serve the future you desire. In Personality Isn't Permanent, Dr. Hardy draws on psychological research to demolish the popular misconception that personality - a person's consistent attitudes and behaviours - is innate and unchanging.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Excerpt provided by Syndetics

Myth #3: Personality Comes from Your Past "Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance." --Malcolm Gladwell A common scientific premise of many theories is known as "causal determinism"--the idea that everything that happens or exists is caused by antecedent conditions or events. From this view, people are determined--not influenced--by prior events, like one domino in a toppling chain. In looking at human behavior, psychologists have come to agree that the best way to predict future behavior is by looking at past behavior. And for the most part, that perspective is validated over and over. Indeed, people seem quite predictable over time. The important question is, Why? A dominant view of predictable behavior is that "personality" is a stable "trait" that is for the most part unchangeable. However, as will be shown throughout this book, this explanation is a gross and curate oversimplification, which ultimately leads to mindlessness, justification, and a lack of radical progress and intentional living. Yes, people's behavior can appear to be, and often is, predictable and consistent over time. But the reason for that consistency is not a fixed and unalterable personality. Instead, there are four far deeper reasons, which keep people stuck in patterns: * They continue to be defined by past traumas that haven't been reframed. * They have an identity narrative based on the past, not the future. * Their subconscious keeps them consistent with their former self and emotions. * They have an environment supporting their current rather than their future identity. These are the levers that drive personality--and whether you realize it or not, you can control them. When you change, reframe, or manage these levers, your personality and life can change in intentional and remarkable ways. Excerpted from Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story by Benjamin Hardy All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work . His blog is read monthly by millions of people and has been featured on Forbes , Fortune , CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think , and many others. From 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer in the world on Medium.com and is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology . He and his wife Lauren adopted three children through the foster system in February 2018 and, one month later, Lauren became pregnant with twins, who were born in December of 2018. They live in Orlando.