The Fastest Way to Become the Person You Want to Be

Personality isn’t fixed — we just let ourselves get predictable

Benjamin Hardy, PhD
Forge
Published in
4 min readJun 16, 2020

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A photo of a mixed-race man, with a presentation reflected on his glasses.
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People tend to default to the roles imposed by social environments. Putting yourself in new environments, around new people, and taking on new roles are the quickest ways to access different facets of your personality, for better or worse. Fully take on the roles you…

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Benjamin Hardy, PhD
Forge
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