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A comment on Ask HN: Has anyone been able to transform their personality?.

Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been able to transform their personality? by daniel71l on Sunday January 15, 2023 @11:02AM (#34390337)
As engineer to engineer... We are distributed on a bell curve, where everyone has different qualities.

One can move on the bell, but only to certain extent in a timeframe.

There are key traits that wont change, but some are flexible

I have changed to be more extrovert and being interested in other people, without changing who i am

I have experience in helping people overcome anxiety in many ways, one of them is people

Feel free to ask for more

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been able to transform their personality? by slenocchio on Sunday January 15, 2023 @12:05PM (#34390933)
Hey Daniel,

Appreciate your response. Could you describe what actions you took to move on the bell. Already I'm trying to talk to strangers more. I'm trying to strike some sort of balance between putting myself out of my comfort zone and being authentic to how I'm feeling in the moment. But progress is slow enough to be almost unnoticeable.

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone been able to transform their personality? by more_corn on Monday January 16, 2023 @01:30PM (#34403861)
It’s important to note that you cannot change who you are.

You can, however, change how you behave.

The biggest thing you can do to notice the change is to practice taking to strangers.

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