[It's hard to alter] personality by sheer force of will, and if it is a weakness you choose to work on, you probably won't enjoy the process. If you don't find pleasure or reinforcement [...], then--unless you have the willpower of Ben Franklin--you'll soon give up #JonathanHaidt

- February 01, 2024

[It's hard to alter] personality by sheer force of will, and if it is a weakness you choose to work on, you probably won't enjoy the process. If you don't find pleasure or reinforcement [...], then--unless you have the willpower of Ben Franklin--you'll soon give up #JonathanHaidt
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[It's hard to alter] personality by sheer force of will, and if it is a weakness you choose to work on, you probably won't enjoy the process. If you don't find pleasure or reinforcement [...], then--unless you have the willpower of Ben Franklin--you'll soon give up #JonathanHaidt

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