Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story

by Benjamin P. Hardy

Without a future self that has outgrown and outdone your current self, life starts to lose its meaning.

Your past is happening for you, not to you.

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are.”

The better you get at expressing emotions, the better you’ll handle them and positively respond to them.

we all form our identity by integrating our life experiences into an internalized evolving story.

Your past, present, and future are all happening right now—at least in your mind.

When you begin focusing on the gains, you train yourself to see progress and momentum.

Re-remembering the past is about filtering your past through the lens of your chosen identity—your future self.

I view my past with increasing compassion, not judgment.

The more emotionally developed I become, the less negatively impacted I am by my past and the more I get to shape the meaning of it.

By focusing on the progress,

If you do this consistently, you will train your brain and selective attention to only see growth. You’ll train your identity to be positive.

By not making a clear decision for yourself beforehand, you’ve deferred the decision-making process to some future moment when you’re forced to decide.

Unknowns are really bad for willpower, and ultimately lead people to the negative influences in their environment.

Michael Jordan is credited for saying, “Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.”

Your vision needs to be something that is way above your current reality.