Maybe No Stupid Questions listeners are just like freaks.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mann and you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

Today on the show, should you be more open to leaving your comfort zone?

I have never regretted the Eggs Benedict.

Oh, really? I have always regretted the expedit. Mike, I'm so excited to begin our personality series.

Yes.

As you will recall, we are doing an episode on each of the big five personality traits that's

openness conscientiousness extraversion agreeableness and neuroticism right so I'm

asking you Mike whether it's okay that we begin with

O for openness. I am totally open to that idea. Great, excellent. Well let's begin with an email from May Lee. May is a university

student in Singapore, but also she has been helping us with this big five personality series and

since we're very grateful her question rose to the top here it is

hi nesq as a university student I'm at a crossroads, where I'm beginning to make choices that

will define my career and personal life.

I've often heard that growth happens outside one's comfort zone so I'm curious about the real world

implications of this idea. I want to begin this conversation Mike with saying

that when I took our Big Five questionnaire on our website and I want to

thank Oliver John and Chris Soto by the way who are the psychologists at Berkeley and Colby College, respectively, who generously

shared with us 30 questions to diagnose your big five personality, at least how it is now maybe not forever because it's not fixed.

I did not score very high on openness to experience.

Wait really?

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