Personality Isn't Permanent

<b>Psychologist and bestselling author Benjamin Hardy PhD debunks the pervasive myths about personality that prevent us from learning&#151;and provides bold strategies for personal transformation</b><br> &#160;<br> In <i>Personality Isn&#146;t Permanent</i> Dr. Benjamin Hardy draws on psychological research to demolish the popular misconception that personality&#151;a person&#146;s consistent attitudes and behaviors&#151;is innate and unchanging. Hardy liberates us from the limiting belief that our &#147;true selves&#148; 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:<br> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<br><br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Why personality tests such as Myers-Briggs and Enneagram are not only psychologically destructive but are no more scientific than horoscopes <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;Why you should never be the &#147;former&#148; anything--because defining yourself by your past successes is just as damaging to growth as being haunted by past failures <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;How to design your current identity based on your desired future self and make decisions here-and-now through your new identity <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;How to reframe traumatic and painful experiences into a fresh narrative supporting your future success <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;How to become confident enough to define your own life&#146;s purpose <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;How to create a network of &#147;empathetic witnesses&#148; who actively encourage you through the highs and lows of extreme growth <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;How to enhance your subconscious to overcome addictions and limiting patterns <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;How redesign your environment to pull you toward your future rather than keep you stuck in the past <br>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#149;&#160;How to tap into what psychologists call &#147;pull motivation&#148; by narrowing your focus on a single definable and compelling outcome <br> &#160;<br> The book includes true stories of intentional self-transformation&#151;such as Vanessa O&#146;Brien 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.<br><br> Filled with strategies for reframing your past and designing your future <i>Personality Isn&#146;t Permanent</i> is a guide to breaking free from the past and becoming the person you want to be.