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Can I permanently change my personality type by forming good habits?

Some of our clients have asked us if it’s possible to permanently change their inborn personalities by forming good habits.

This is a great question because it’s important to know what you can realistically change about yourself in this life.

You’re born into this world with a unique personality type. A large part of your inborn personality comes from your DNA.

You can alter and modify your personality because it’s malleable. However, it’s virtually impossible to drastically change your inborn personality because to do so you’d have to alter your DNA.

All things equal, it’s not currently possible to merely form good habits to drastically change the personality aspects of your DNA.

For example, if you were born an inhibited introvert and behaved like an uninhibited extrovert for a year, you wouldn’t all of a sudden become a natural extrovert.

We’ve never heard of anyone who’s been able to alter their double helix by behavioral changes alone. Research on this topic corroborates our findings.

This is not to say that you can’t drastically change your life. You absolutely can change your life in drastic ways.

However, the changes you can expect won’t typically be connected to the genetic aspects of your inborn personality.

For instance, if you were born a shy introvert, you can learn to be brave in social situations and behave in outgoing ways when you need to, but you won’t become a natural uninhibited extrovert.

The same is true for uninhibited extroverts. With self-discipline, very loud and talkative people can learn to be quiet when appropriate, but they don’t become inhibited introverts.

They aren’t doomed to always speak over others because of their genetics and yet they won’t become inhibited introverts because of behavioral changes.

If you’re someone who confuses their habits with their inborn personality type, you’re not alone. Each day, millions of people do this very thing.

It’s commonplace to find naturally spontaneous individuals who trick themselves into believing that they’re naturally on top of things because their current job requires them to be conscientious.

It’s normal for people to form habits and feel like they’ve completely changed their personality type in the process. However, it’s not what is really happening.

Our prewired inborn personality traits provide us with a choice: we can either work with them or against them.

Remember when you were 13 years old and thought it would be fun to have a boyfriend or girlfriend? What traits did you look for in your prospective steady?

At that age, chances are you made your decision based on looks! Maybe it was their eyes, their hair, or smile that made your heart beat a little faster.

But how many people end up marrying their first puppy-love from 8th grade?

With experience, you learn relationships require more than physical attraction.

There are a lot of variables involved that can increase or decrease compatibility and fulfillment in a relationship.

Some of these variables are called lifestyle requirements and it's important that couples are aware of them.

One lifestyle requirement is your tolerance for uncertainty.

People who can handle a lot of uncertainty may choose to be an entrepreneur, work for commissions only, or have an unconventional career to earn a living.

Those with a low tolerance for uncertainty would be incredibly stressed with those career options and would likely choose a conventional job with a larger company that provides a consistent paycheck and health insurance.

If a couple is on the opposite side of the "uncertainty" spectrum, it could make for some difficult times for either partner.

At InnerShift, there is a range of lifestyle requirements that we share with couples.

By knowing where you and your partner differ, you can actively make decisions and compromise to reduce the stress and clash that result from these differences.

Do you know your own lifestyle requirements and those of your significant other?

We would be happy to review them with both of you and provide an opportunity to learn more about yourselves and what helps you to be happy and fulfilled.

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Science is learning that our faces tell us a lot about our genetics. Facial recognition software is being used to analyze the face to determine if a person has a genetic disorder.

The program looks for distinct facial features that are consistent with a specific genetic defect.

For example, if your child is born with Smith-Magenis syndrome, which affects 1 in 25,000 individuals, the software will recognize the common physical traits of the syndrome, which include a flat bridge of the nose and an uplifted upper lip.

A more common condition in boys is the Fragile X syndrome, which affects 1 in 4,000 boys. This syndrome causes learning disabilities and behavioral symptoms like those of Autism.

Diagnosing these syndromes as early as possible is very important for the parents to know.

The physical patterns associated with the syndrome may not be detectable to the visible eye in young boys, but the software can detect the subtle differences in the facial features because the physical features are always consistent with the syndrome.

Are you able to recognize an individual with Down syndrome? There are physical features of the face, eyes, and body that are consistent.

Some of the features include a flattened facial profile and nose, a small head, ears, and mouth, and upward slanting eyes, often with a skin fold that comes out from the upper eyelid that covers the inner corner of the eye.

There is a consistent correlation between the genetic defect and the physical features of one who has the defect.

In the same way, there are physical features that always correlate to the same genetic personality traits.

We believe that one day the physical features recognized by Paulos Typology to determine personality traits will be coded into a facial recognition software program.

The method of recognizing physical features that always correlate to specific genetic defects would be the exact same method used to recognize other physical features that always correlate to specific personality traits.

People tend to fall into one of three categories of those who lie.

First, there are those who are in the habit of lying to themselves and others with no intention to deceive or to harm those to whom they lie. These are people who convince themselves that they are organized, but in reality are always late and their room is always a mess. Many times, what these people tell you is how they want to be seen, not who they really are.

Second, there are individuals who blatantly tell lies in order to deceive or harm those to whom they lie. These are the kinds of people who tell others that they are rich so people will rub shoulders with them, do business with them, or even want to date/marry them.

Third, there are those who tell lies, but then the lies they tell become truths via self-fulfilling prophecy. These types of individuals, for example, claim to be company executives, when in reality they hold a middle management position. To make sure these lies become the truth, these types of people will work very hard to become a company executive to justify their initial lie.

How accurate would the results be if these three groups of people were to take a personality self-assessment test?

When we choose to be vulnerable and accept being less than perfect, the pressure to lie goes away. Would you prefer to be with imperfect people with good intentions or with people who make themselves appear to be more perfect than they really are? If we want to be more likable, we need to act and speak as we truly are.