I like to think of people's traits as immutable, environment somewhat mutable, patterns of behaviour as mutable and thought patterns as most mutable of all.
Folks who don't recognize this hierarchy and only try to change matters on one or two of the levels are often setting themselves up for limited success or failure.
It does make for a great self help industry however - telling people they can be so much more, if only they just control those thought patterns via meditation apps, 'clean their room' via Jordan Peterson, etc :)
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I like to think of people's traits as immutable, environment somewhat mutable, patterns of behaviour as mutable and thought patterns as most mutable of all.
Folks who don't recognize this hierarchy and only try to change matters on one or two of the levels are often setting themselves up for limited success or failure.
It does make for a great self help industry however - telling people they can be so much more, if only they just control those thought patterns via meditation apps, 'clean their room' via Jordan Peterson, etc :)