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I have been doing some research for the book I am working on. Lately it has been in personality development.

Specifically on the topic of changing one's personality, some people I have talked to have this idea that it can not be changed, period. Academia had this same idea for quite some time going as far to say who you are at 30; is who you shall remain. I know from my own experience, observing and talking to others; that this is simply not the case. As with all things human, it is a question of desire.

If you like being an aggressive ignorant know it all; why would you change? Again assuming you enjoyed this world view.

Change is part of life, so saying people can not change is just a tad hypocritical. The danger of that misconception is that you become powerless to helping yourself out. Self-help on the other side of the coin is for the most part bs. Read one of those books and you instantly know it is not completely on the level. Nor are most of these books practical, I recall reading Deepak Chopra, and being inundated with so many things one could do that the mere practice was entirely impossible to sustain.

The reason for this confusion and filler is pretty simple, there is no long term supply of money in equipping people with simplistic, tested, long lasting, and practical means. My book goes into that exact category; then again, I am not motivated highly by money. I am how ever poor enough, to have integrity.

    Posted by allanstrange on 2009-09-10 16:24:40 | Rating: | Views: 67
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Poor enough to have integrity - fantastic line.

Of course everything changes. The trouble with this personality change issue is the very idea of personality: it is a gross generalisation. There is no such thing; it is an idea, an abstraction; but it is something people believe in. And as we know from other areas, beliefs have effects, often very negative effects.
Posted by  stevehayes13  on 2009-09-11 02:09:29 
  
I equally enjoyed that line.

When I say personality, I am talking about the characteristics that one has from birth that carry on from there. Call it a disposition, I am under the impression that it changes with time and is capable of change with intention.

I would like to hear more on your idea of personality debunking. write a blog about it.
Posted by  allanstrange  on 2009-09-11 03:29:43 
  
I am how ever poor enough, to have integrity.- dig the line. i see i'm not alone.

i would just say that change is possible. though i dislike giving myself as examples in any argument- i know i have changed. who i was when i was younger, yeah was alot like who i am now, but doesnt compare. now for another example:

i watch prison shows on msnbc, like lockup and stuff, and i see a pattern: young convicts angry, thugish; middleaged tired and reflective; old fucks, either sick and dying or reached peace. so i think people do change, based on experiences and just simply physiological changes.
Posted by  bloodintheeyes  on 2009-09-11 22:03:47 
  
The two points I was trying to get at with this post is that change is part of life.

Willful change of one's self, is completely possible, should intention exist.
Posted by  allanstrange  on 2009-09-11 23:30:45 
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