For many people, it’s the end of a very bad year. We don’t create every problem we encounter; a new year brings the opportunity to resolve to change how we deal with the issues over which we do have control. Can people ever really make fundamental changes? If so, what strategies enable us to do it?

In this episode, Bayer and Gorlin discuss the psychology and philosophy of personal change. They reflect in particular on Ayn Rand’s idea that man is a being of self-made soul.

An overview article is available on the New Ideal website.