Your Personality Is Not Fixed | Olga Khazan

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<p>Can people <em>actually</em> change or are we just stuck with who we are? In this episode, author and journalist Olga Khazan<strong> </strong>joins Ryan to unpack the age-old debate: are personality traits fixed or can we reshape them over time? Olga shares what happened when she tried to change her own personality over the course of a year and what science says about whether that’s even possible.</p><br><p>Olga Khazan is a staff writer at <em>The Atlantic </em>and author of <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/me-but-better-the-science-and-promise-of-personality-change?_pos=1&amp;_sid=4079a9ffb&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Me, But Better</em></a><em>. </em>You can follow Olga on Instagram and X <a href="https://www.instagram.com/olganator/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Olganator</a> and read more of her work on Substack: <a href="https://olgakhazan.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://olgakhazan.substack.com/</a></p><br><p>📚 Grab signed copies of her book <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/me-but-better-the-science-and-promise-of-personality-change?_pos=1&amp;_sid=834a6b924&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Me, But Better </em></a>at The Painted Porch!</p><br><p>🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast</a></p><br><p>🎥 Watch top moments from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic Podcast</a> on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@dailystoicpodcast</a></p><br><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at <a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><br><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://store.dailystoic.com/</a></p><br><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;Instagram</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> YouTube</a>,<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> TikTok</a>, and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>