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Personality Isn't Permanent
- Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
Psychologist and best-selling 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:
- Why personality tests such as Myers-Briggs and Enneagram are not only psychologically destructive, but are no more scientific than horoscopes
- 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
- How to design your current identity based on your desired future self and make decisions here and now through your new identity
- How to reframe traumatic and painful experiences into a fresh narrative supporting your future success
- How to become confident enough to define your own life’s purpose
- 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
- How redesign your environment to pull you toward your future, rather than keep you stuck in the past
- How to tap into what psychologists call “pull motivation” by narrowing your focus on a single, definable, and compelling outcome
The audiobook 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 14-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.
Critic reviews
"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." (J. J. Virgin, author of The Virgin Diet)
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- GA
- 29-08-21
Very good book
I enjoyed that the ideas are partnered with stories to elaborate on the concepts.
The book addressed different scenarios e.g. trauma, context etc which I found very useful as our lives go through a lot.
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- Cara
- 14-05-21
Has the potential to be life changing
I love this book. I have learned a lot about myself from this audio and will likely listen to it over again and again in time to reinforce the learning and maintain momentum in actioning the advice.
This is worth spending a credit on if you want to understand how trauma, your personal narrative and your environment have affected you and influenced your behaviours and choices. If you want clear and straightforward advice on how to change your life, buy the book. It came to me at the right time.
It might not be the book for you if you are already pretty affective at setting and achieving goals, have already resolved your trauma and are a well functioning individual. But if that was the case, you probably wouldn't be in the personal development section.
I've not read an extensive amount of personal development literature so I can't fairly comment on how original the content and advice is. I will say that the author draws heavily on scientific research and other works at times which, for me, was insightful. However, if you are very well read in this genre then perhaps you won't gain as much from this audio as I have.
The narrator does a pretty good job on this audio which isn't always the case on audible as you are probably aware.
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- C. Hobson
- 09-02-21
what I needed.
this is exactly what I needed at this moment in my life.
so far, some fantastic info on goals and changing/creating action.
some solid research and understanding is evident.
got after listening to an interview on Impact Theory (YouTube).
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- Ania
- 19-08-23
Good
I enjoyed this book. Found it inspirational and educational. I have to admit though that I much more prefer watching Benjamin’s videos that listening to his audiobooks. Found this one boring at times. Will probably read more of his books as I truly find him very good.
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- Kalpana Peigne
- 19-07-20
Oh brilliant book!
Not at all what I expected - this is so much more! Extremely inspiring, and makes you want to take action immediately. Feeling revived and rejuvenated. Can’t wait to get started!
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- tracy moorhouse
- 01-10-20
A definite must read
this book not only ticked all the boxes but gave me food for thought in everything. I've struggled with what my future holds at the moment, especially during the covid 19 pandemic and it has given me the boost I needed and the advice on so many things. I enjoyed the narrator too, lively voice to listen to.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-01-23
Profound
One of the best books I have listened to. I would say it could be life changing if you try some of the advices given.
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- Sam Watson
- 08-09-20
Listen, listen and Listen again
Literally my favourite audible books so far this year. Thought provoking whist settling at the same time.
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- AdrianM
- 01-02-21
Gad I bought the book. Very inspiring.
The book has made a positive difference to my thinking. I bought the audiobook, it is read very well by Sean Pratt.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-08-20
A life changing book!
A great book that has helped me make crucial changes in my life. I also recommend "Willpower doesn't work" by the same author which I have read earlier. Very good narrator as well. Enjoy and reshape your life the way you want!
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