Christian Jarrett on The Science of Personality
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Christian Jarrett is the author, editor or contributor to ten books, spanning psychology, neuroscience, self-help and productivity. He is recognized as a chartered psychologist and associate fellow of the British Psychological Society. and is the Deputy Editor of Psyche, a global digital magazine that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophical understanding and the arts.
Eric and Christian discuss his latest is Be Who You Want: Unlocking The Science of Personality Change.
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Christian Jarrett and I Discuss The Science of Personality and …
- His book, Be Who You Want: Unlocking The Science of Personality Change
- How some traits are genetic but don’t entirely influence our personality
- Deliberate actions can short circuit our innate tendencies
- How cognitive and physical exercise builds confidence and encourages open mindedness
- The link between mood and personality
- Defining mood as the temporary state of how you feel
- How extroversion and introversion personalities are affected by habit
- The 5 main traits of personality: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism
- The maturity principle and how personality traits change as we age
- How those who are more open and resilient are less prone to dementia
- Social investment theory refers to how the roles we take on in life shape our personality
- Will power and the ego depletion theory
- The importance of being realistic and honest with ourselves when wanting to change
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| 0:00.0 | People who score higher and open this are less vulnerable to dementia, for example, |
| 0:04.4 | later in life. |
| 0:05.4 | The more varied your routines and the more new ideas you expose yourself to, you know, |
| 0:09.6 | if you keep yourself mentally on your toes. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome to the One You Feed. |
| 0:21.6 | Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, |
| 0:26.2 | quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:31.6 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 0:36.0 | We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. |
| 0:40.6 | We see what we don't have instead of what we do. |
| 0:43.6 | We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. |
| 0:47.0 | But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. |
| 0:50.6 | It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. |
| 0:55.2 | This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, |
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