Personality Isn't Permanent by Benjamin Hardy Summary
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Forget personality tests - Dr. Benjamin Hardy's revolutionary book demolishes the myth that you're fixed by your past. Praised as "exactly the guide the world needs" by influential leaders, it offers trauma-informed tools that transform your future identity through deliberate choices rather than predetermined traits.
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Rewriting Your Story: The Myth of Fixed Personality
Imagine being told you can't marry the person you love because a personality test deemed you incompatible. This nearly happened to Benjamin Hardy when his wife's family, devoted to the Color Code system, warned her against marrying him-a "passive dreamer" supposedly ill-matched with her personality type. Thankfully, she ignored these labels, leading to their thriving marriage and family. This experience sparked Hardy's mission to challenge the dangerous myth that personality is fixed and unchangeable. Why do we so readily accept artificial limitations on who we can become? What if everything you believe about your "personality" is actually holding you back from your true potential? The truth is far more liberating: your personality isn't permanent-it's a choice, not a discovery.
The $2 Billion Identity Prison
Your Goals Create Your Identity
Healing Your Past to Create Your Future
Rewriting Your Story
Redesigning Your Environment
Your Future Self Is Calling
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