I did a radio interview this week and I was asked a question about whether or not people should accept their nature? In the personal development space it’s easy to believe that the whole quest is really about becoming someone different to the person you are right now. To an extent that is true. It is not so much about becoming a ‘different person as it is about becoming more fully who you already are. For complex reasons many of us go through life with all sorts of defences and systems to gain the approval and acceptance of others. True personal development therefore is about letting go of that stuff and becoming fully who you really are. This leads to the question of nature. The concept of a fixed personality type and of human nature itself has been one of the great questions of philosophy for almost 3000 years. So, what’s my take? I am increasingly convinced that all of us have definitely been created with a distinct personality type. Over 800 years ago, Thomas Aquinas, drawing on even older philosophies, argued for the existence of four basic personality types. I’d imagine you are also familiar with the basic concepts [...]

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