How to change your personality

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Society & Culture, News, Politics, News Commentary, Philosophy

4.6 • 10.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

If you could change anything about your personality, anything at all, what would it be? And why would you want to change it?Writer Olga Khazan spent a year trying to answer those questions, and documented the experience in her new book Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change. In this episode Sean speaks with Olga about the science of personality change, the work it takes to change yourself, and what makes up a personality, anyway. Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling) Guest: Olga Khazan, author of Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.4	Friendly reminder, your taxes are due soon.
0:41.9	Sorry to scare you, but it's true.
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0:46.5	listen to this week's episode of Net Worth and Chill
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1:01.6	I think all of us at some point have wondered why we are the way we are.
1:07.5	Maybe you're a little neurotic, a worrier, or maybe you're a tad abrasive, confrontational,
1:13.8	or a bit evasive.
1:15.6	Maybe you don't think enough about others, or maybe you do, but just a little too much.
1:20.9	We see our faults as false, but aren't they really just our personalities?
1:27.1	And what is that exactly?
1:28.9	A personality?
1:30.8	Is it something we're born with?
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