Goals And Personality
Various studies on the correlation of goals and one’s personality conclude that they are working in tandem, greatly affecting one another.
This makes it possible to change our goals(or adopt specific goals) in order to alter our personality.
We need to update our thinking on what it takes to change our personality traits, giving up on the myth of a morally inflexible personality set in stone.
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