Have you ever wondered if you can change your personality in a year? Journalist Olga Khazan did! She dives into this intriguing question in her new book, ME, BUT BETTER.
As a staff writer for The Atlantic, Olga has reported on all facets of the human experience. With this book, she runs experiments to see what aspects of her personality can be altered so she can be her best self. She had questions like: Can she make herself less neurotic? Or increase her willingness to trust others? Or make more friends? Over the course of writing the book, she finds out!
I chatted with Olga about how our personality traits impact our friendships, all while my cats wrestled in the background like drunken soccer hooligans.
After I stopped fangirling over talking to her, we discussed:
Vulnerability in writing
How the concept of agreeableness impacts our friendmaking efforts
Feeling isolated
Our boisterous children & cats
Grifters!
How our values shape our personality and behavior
The unique challenges we face maintaining friendships as adults
You can pick up ME, BUT BETTER anywhere books are sold!
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