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The Personality Trap

February 6, 2023 by Colin Gautrey

You can’t change your personality. 

Rubbish. Easy as pie.

Don’t be fooled. Psychiatrists would have you believe that personality and identity are synonymous, and thus, personality is hard to change.

Nonsense. It’s a trap, don’t believe them.

Personality is just the behavioural wrapper you choose to surround your identity with. Just change the wrapper, you don’t gave to change yourself.

Think about it. 

Those behaviours you want to see in your life, have you used them before? Bet you have.

In which case, you can use them again.

What might take a little effort, is polishing them and making them a habit. But, if you choose, this too can be easy.

 

Game to give it a try?

 

 


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