205. You, But Better: A How-To Guide For Changing The Parts Of Your Personality That Are Holding You Back

Honeydew Me

Cassandra Anderson

Self-improvement, Education, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ever wish you could hit refresh on a few of your personality traits? Maybe you want to be less nervous, more outgoing, or become a little more organized. Olga Khazan, author of the new book "Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change" is chatting us through the HOW TO's of all that and more, so grab a pen and buckle up. We cover: The "Big 5" personality traits-- emotional stability, extraversion, openness, agreeableness & conscientiousness How to figure out where you rank on each of the Big 5 traits Are you still being "authentic" if you try to change your personality? Olga's tips (based on years of research and personal experience) for changing your personality Action steps you can take to become more extroverted, less neurotic, more open and/or more conscientious Take the personality test Olga took HERE! Get Olga's Book HERE! Read Olga's other work at The Atlantic HERE! Connect with Olga on her Substack HERE! Subscribe to our Patreon HERE to access exclusive content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	One in a minute.
0:02.0	You're a gem shine when the light grows dim.
0:04.3	See one, two, three, four, three, two, one.
0:08.2	Because no one can do it like we do it, like what we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it.
0:16.4	Because no one can do it like who we do it, like we do it, like we do it.
0:20.5	Because no one can do it like we do it like we do it, like we do it. Hello.
0:26.6	Hello.
0:26.9	Welcome to Honeydumee podcast.
0:29.0	I'm Cass.
0:29.7	And I'm Emma.
0:31.0	And this is our podcast where we talk about everything in the bedroom, everything outside
0:35.9	the bedroom, and everything in between.
0:38.7	So welcome.
0:40.2	It's your landing place.
0:42.2	Welcome.
0:42.7	We're big in-betweeners.
0:45.6	Anything that's in-between or something.
0:47.9	We're right there with it.
0:49.9	What can we say?
0:51.4	We have many interests and we like to gab about it.
0:55.7	Some would say we have great personalities.
1:00.0	And we would agree, obviously.
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