"I am so easily enthused by and attracted to things that I just can't get enough of life," he says. "The projects I've often found the most meaning in are the ones in which I transcend my traits to try to be true to my values" He talks about how being a good mentor requires him to play a more disagreeable role than he might choose for himself. The empirical study of acting out of character with agreeableness, disagreeableness, as far as we know, is not preceded.
Award-winning researcher and pioneering psychologist Brian Little has plenty of accomplishments under his belt. He’s the author of the bestselling books “Me, Myself, and Us” and “Who Are You, Really?” His TED Talk on the science of personality has tens of millions of views and he’s been elected a Favorite Professor multiple times at Harvard. And he’s also Adam’s favorite psychologist – and personal mentor. Brian and Adam talk about how our personal projects shape our well-being, the nuances of introversion and extraversion, when it makes sense to act out of character, and what our daily pursuits reveal about us. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts