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Me, But Better The Science and Promise of Personality Change

Olga Khazan

Is it In recent years, Olga Khazan had been spiraling toward an existential crisis. Though she treasured her loving relationship and her dream job, her neurotic personality often left her snatching dissatisfaction from the jaws of happiness. While her overachieving had always been a professional as...

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The episode featured Olga Hassan, a staff writer at The Atlantic, who discussed her own year‑long experiment changing aspects of her personality while integrating scientific research. She described the book as a joy to read, packed with ideas and personal insight. The hosts highlighted its blend of personal narrative and science, indicating strong endorsement.

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Episode: How to change your personality

The book was described as a joy to read, full of ideas, and personally documents the author's year-long effort to change aspects of her own personality while weaving in relevant science.

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Today's guest is Olga Hassan. She's a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the book, Me But Better, The Science and Promise of Personality Change.

The book is a joy to read, full of ideas, but also personal in the sense that Olga documents her year-long effort to change things she doesn't like about her own personality.

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