Personality Isn’t Permanent - Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story

Advance Praise for Personality Isn’t Permanent......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Epigraph......Page 8
Introduction: A Personality Test Almost Ruined My Life......Page 9
The Past Is Not Prologue......Page 15
Why Listen to Dr. Benjamin Hardy?......Page 18
Chapter 1: The Myths of Personality......Page 22
Myth #1: Personality Can Be Categorized into “Types”......Page 28
Myth #2: Personality Is Innate and Fixed......Page 35
Myth #3: Personality Comes from Your Past......Page 40
Myth # 4: Personality Must Be Discovered......Page 48
Myth # 5: Personality Is Your True and “Authentic” Self......Page 54
Conclusion......Page 57
Chapter 2: The Truth of Personality......Page 58
Your Goals Shape Your Identity......Page 64
The Three Sources of All Goals......Page 67
Identity Should Be Intentionally Designed, Based on Your Desired Future Self......Page 75
Select and Pursue One Major Goal: Your Future-Self Filter......Page 77
Commit to Your One Major Goal: Why Results Matter......Page 80
Go to Bed One Hour Earlier: Eliminate Destructive Consumption......Page 83
Wake Up One Hour Earlier: Make Power Moves Daily Toward Your Future Self......Page 84
Transform Yourself Daily Through Journaling......Page 87
Expect to Succeed: A Conversation with Your Future Self......Page 90
Conclusion......Page 92
Chapter 3: Transform Your Trauma......Page 94
Trauma Shatters Hope and Eliminates the Future......Page 96
Personality as the By-Product of Trauma......Page 99
Moving Past Trauma......Page 101
Empathetic Witness: How to Transform Trauma......Page 103
Becoming an Empathetic Witness to Those Around You......Page 110
Conclusion......Page 112
Chapter 4: Shift Your Story......Page 114
Creating “Meaning” Through Stories......Page 117
Your Past Is Fiction: It’s Your Story—Get Creative!......Page 124
The Gap and the Gain: Reframing Your Narrative......Page 125
Your Future Is Fiction: What’s It Gonna Be?!......Page 135
Conclusion......Page 142
Chapter 5: Enhance Your Subconscious......Page 144
Your Memories Are Physical, and Your Body Is Emotional......Page 149
Practice Fasting......Page 153
Give Money Away: Make Regular Charitable Donations......Page 155
Conclusion......Page 157
Chapter 6: Redesign Your Environment......Page 159
Context Shapes Roles: Roles Shape Identity and Biology......Page 160
Strategic Remembering......Page 165
Strategic Ignorance......Page 169
Forcing Functions......Page 173
Conclusion......Page 176
Conclusion: Embrace Your Future to Change Your Past......Page 179
Now It’s Your Turn......Page 184
Acknowledgments......Page 186
Notes......Page 190
Index......Page 202
About the Author......Page 214