The Weekend University The Psychology of Personality Change - Dr Benjamin Hardy, PhD
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Jun 20, 2020 
Dr. Benjamin Hardy, an organizational psychologist and bestselling author, shares his transformative journey from living on a cousin’s sofa to building a seven-figure business. He discusses how taking on the responsibility of adopting three children catalyzed his personal growth. Hardy emphasizes that personality can change through deliberate choices and encourages listeners to design their future selves. He also explains the importance of viewing one's future self as a distinct individual to enhance decision-making. Engaging topics include setting clarifying goals and crafting daily routines for success.
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Past Predicts Future Because Trauma Freezes Personality
- Trauma, frozen personality, and destroyed imagination help explain why past behaviour predicts future behaviour.
- Benjamin Hardy wrote Personality Isn't Permanent to challenge myths that personality is fixed and solely innate.
Create Yourself Through Choices
- Rather than 'finding' an authentic self, you create yourself through deliberate choices.
- Choosing intentionally places responsibility for identity on you instead of past events or genes.
Mission Trip Triggered Reinvention
- Benjamin Hardy recounts leaving home at 19 for a church mission which catalysed learning and growth.
- That separation allowed identity reinvention and later academic and career acceleration.
