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Changing Your Mind with Adam Grant

A Slight Change of Plans

The Importance of Detaching Yourself From Your Past Self

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There's a growing body of evidence in psychology that we get deeply attached to our past selves who held those beliefs. We do feel like a departure from that past self in some way poses a full on identity threat. And I think one of the easiest ways to get comfortable with rethinking is to detach your current self from your old self.

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