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Index
Cover
Advance Praise for Personality Isn’t Permanent
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Epigraph
Introduction: A Personality Test Almost Ruined My Life
The Past Is Not Prologue
Why Listen to Dr. Benjamin Hardy?
Chapter 1: The Myths of Personality
Myth #1: Personality Can Be Categorized into “Types”
Myth #2: Personality Is Innate and Fixed
Myth #3: Personality Comes from Your Past
Myth # 4: Personality Must Be Discovered
Myth # 5: Personality Is Your True and “Authentic” Self
Conclusion
Chapter 2: The Truth of Personality
Your Goals Shape Your Identity
The Three Sources of All Goals
Identity Should Be Intentionally Designed, Based on Your Desired Future Self
Select and Pursue One Major Goal: Your Future-Self Filter
Commit to Your One Major Goal: Why Results Matter
Go to Bed One Hour Earlier: Eliminate Destructive Consumption
Wake Up One Hour Earlier: Make Power Moves Daily Toward Your Future Self
Transform Yourself Daily Through Journaling
Expect to Succeed: A Conversation with Your Future Self
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Transform Your Trauma
Trauma Shatters Hope and Eliminates the Future
Personality as the By-Product of Trauma
Moving Past Trauma
Empathetic Witness: How to Transform Trauma
Becoming an Empathetic Witness to Those Around You
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Shift Your Story
Creating “Meaning” Through Stories
Your Past Is Fiction: It’s Your Story—Get Creative!
The Gap and the Gain: Reframing Your Narrative
Your Future Is Fiction: What’s It Gonna Be?!
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Enhance Your Subconscious
Your Memories Are Physical, and Your Body Is Emotional
Practice Fasting
Give Money Away: Make Regular Charitable Donations
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Redesign Your Environment
Context Shapes Roles: Roles Shape Identity and Biology
Strategic Remembering
Strategic Ignorance
Forcing Functions
Conclusion
Conclusion: Embrace Your Future to Change Your Past
Now It’s Your Turn
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author
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