Susan DrummCEO Advisor & Executive Coach | Leadership Change Agent

The Habit You Mistake For Your Personality #shorts

21 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Susan Drumm delivers a short coaching monologue reminding viewers that habitual stress responses (e.g., shutting down, pushing harder, overcommitting) are learned protective patterns — "neural highways" — not fixed personality traits. She encourages one small act of awareness and a different response as a way to change those patterns rather than attempting full reinvention.

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Hey. You're not just that way. That thing that you always do under stress, that's not your personality. That's your butt. Maybe you shut down or you push harder, or you take on too much. You've done it so many times, it feels like you. But what you repeat isn't always who you are. It's just a pattern, A neural highway in your brain built to keep you safe. And unless you interrupt it, you'll mistake it for your own identity. Here's the truth. You're not fixed. You're not stuck. You're just practice. Practice something new. Choose a different response. You don't need a full reinvention. Just one moment of awareness and a new move.