The Person You Mean to Be

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A big part of your first book the person you mean to be. It really looks at how being open to the idea that we all need to improve and that none of us are fixed in our abilities or moral status. A lot of what it means to be a good person is not just the values we hold, it's the skills we have. So i talk about going from being a believer, which is believing in certain values, to being a builder.

Most of us want to be good people–but what even makes a person “good?” And is our fixation on whether or not we ARE good holding us back from becoming even better? Dolly Chugh is an author and social psychologist who studies the psychology of good people. In this episode, she explains how ethical behavior is full of complexity and paradox, and shares insights on why even striving to be a “good-ish” person can actually help us grow into the better, nicer person we want to become.