Can we change?

Is our personality fixed from birth – or can we consciously change it? Can composure be learned, conscientiousness trained, and sociability increased? "Personality is not set in stone," says personality psychologist Franz Neyer, contradicting the long-held dogma that character is firmly fixed after the age of 30.

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