Can You Change Your Personality?

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Society & Culture, Parenting, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Technology

4.3 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered if you could stop being so neurotic, or become more of an extrovert? Are our personalities set in stone when we are born or can we adapt them over time? To find out Atlantic journalist Olga Kazan set out on a year-long experiment to become more extroverted, less neurotic, and more agreeable. Discover how Olga successfully changed aspects of her personality through simple practices like meditation, social activities, and volunteering. She debunks the myth that personality is "set like plaster" and reveals how our traits can be nudged in positive directions in as little as a few weeks. The conversation explores: How much of our personality is genetic versus changeable The surprising link between happiness and social connection Practical strategies for changing different personality traits Why experiencing difficult times often creates our strongest memories Grab Olga's Book, Me But Better, here. Read her viral Atlantic cover story here. Join our newsletter community here. Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.2	Hey all. Joe here and you are listening to Under the Influence. Have you ever wondered if you could change your
1:43.2	personality? Or maybe you've wondered if you could change your personality? Or maybe you've wondered if you could
1:46.2	change your kids' personalities, which does sound fairly Machiavellian. But look, we've all thought it.
1:53.3	We have. Just once. Just maybe once in the middle of the night. The Atlantic journalist Olga Kazan
1:59.9	wondered exactly that.
2:02.9	A few years ago, Olga was stuck in a rut,
2:05.8	and she noticed that a lot of her problems were being caused by her personality.
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