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Personality Isn't Permanent

Benjamin Hardy, Dr.

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Portfolio
16 September 2020
If you're like most people, you've probably taken a personality test. Maybe the Meyer's Briggs assessment revealed that you're a steamrolling ENTJ, or maybe the Enneagram categorized you as a self-absorbed type 4. No matter your results, you probably feel like you've been reduced to a stereotype--and worry that self-improvement is impossible.

For those who feel they've been put in a box, Dr. Benjamin Hardy has good news. Recent and authoritative research shows that your personality--a person's consistent attitudes and behaviors-- is flexible, not fixed. Moreover, there is no such thing as a personality ""type"" or ""authentic you"" to find or discover. Instead, personality can and should be consciously chosen, based on the person you intend to be and goals you aspire to achieve. You can design your identity, behavior, and environment to serve the future you want and stop being defined by past traumas or your current circumstances.

In Personality Isn't Permanent, Dr. Benjamin Hardy 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. How to create a network of ""empathetic witnesses"" who actively encourage you through the highs and lows of extreme growth. How to tap into what psychologists call ""pull motivation"" by narrowing your focus on a single, definable, and compelling outcome.

Along the way you will read fascinating, true stories of intentional self-transformation--such as Vanessa O'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 back story; and Hardy himself, who transcended his childhood in a broken home, surrounded by issues of addiction and mental illness, to get his PhD and build a happy family.

Filled with scientific strategies for reframing your past and designing your future, Personality Isn't Permanent is your practical guide to surpassing current limitations and becoming the person you want to be.

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-

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Why

personality tests such as Myers-Briggs and Enneagram are not only

psychologically destructive but are no more scientific than horoscopes

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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

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How to

design your current identity based on your desired future self and make

decisions here-and-now through your new identity

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How to

reframe traumatic and painful experiences into a fresh narrative

supporting your future success

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How to

become confident enough to define your own life's purpose

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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

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How redesign

your environment to pull you toward your future, rather than keep you

stuck in the past

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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-transformation-such as Vanessa O'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.

Filled with strategies for reframing your past and designing your future, Personality Isn't Permanent is a guide to breaking free from the past and becoming the person you want to be.
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Imprint:   Portfolio
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 209mm,  Width: 139mm, 
ISBN:   9780593083314
ISBN 10:   0593083318
Pages:   272
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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 toInc. andPsychology. 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.

Reviews for Personality Isn't Permanent

This is a generous, empowering and purposeful book. If you're ready, it will help you unlock a future that you may have been brainwashed into believing wasn't possible. Worth sharing a copy with someone you care about. --Seth Godin, author of This Is Marketing Personality Isn't Permanent is possibly the best self-help book I've ever read, and a book that will redefine the genre. After this book, it's no longer good enough to talk about untested theory--Hardy backs everything up with both amazing stories and cutting edge, tested science, while still making it actionable to anyone. Best part: this is the book that destroys all the useless personality test peddlers that infect the world. --Tucker Max, author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell In Personality Isn't Permanent, Hardy crushes an outdated paradigm and gives you the process to create a bigger, bolder future. --JJ Virgin, author of The Virgin Diet Ben Hardy is proof of what he writes about. He keeps getting better and better--and so can you. --Ryan Holiday, author of Stillness is the Key For those looking to up their game, Personality isn't Permanent is more than a hopeful and fascinating read, it is utterly applicable. In the crowded genre of self-help/business, Benjamin Hardy's book is a game changer. --Richard Paul Evans, author of The Christmas Box Personality Isn't Permanent beautifully illustrates why people get stuck and provides a science-based process to help you transform yourself and your life. This is required reading for anyone who wants to improve their self-awareness and success! --Dr. Tasha Eurich, author of Insight Personality Isn't Permanent is a supremely brilliant work and a must read. You can rewrite your story. --Glenn Morshower, award-winning actor, producer and director


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