Solutions with Henry Blodget You Can (And Should) Change Your Personality
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Oct 20, 2025 
Olga Khazan, a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of 'Me But Better,' shares her journey in altering her personality traits to enhance happiness. She discusses how shifting from neuroticism to greater extraversion improved her life satisfaction. Olga emphasizes the benefits of social connections and the power of exposure therapy through activities like improv to overcome introversion. She also explores how personality change is achievable and essential for personal growth, along with insights on contemporary gender roles in household dynamics.
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Personality Shapes Life Outcomes
- Personality traits strongly shape happiness, health, and income, sometimes more than IQ or money.
- Changing traits can reshape your life even without changing external circumstances.
Fake The Behavior Till It Sticks
- Behave repeatedly like the person you want to become to make the trait stick.
- Small consistent acts add up into habits that reshape your mindset and identity.
Use OCEAN To Target Change
- Use the OCEAN framework to map traits: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.
- Take a validated Big Five test to find strengths and targets for change.
