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What if you could rewrite the code of your personality—on command? Not just cope with anxiety, overthinking, or social exhaustion… but delete the traits holding you back and install better ones? 

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It feels like the personality we have is the one we're stuck with, regardless of how much we wish we were different...but is that really the case? In today's episode we are joined by writer and author Olga Khazan who ran a year long experiment to see how much she could change her ...  Show more

Plus other intriguing questions answered such as: should you change your personality? What exactly is a personality anyway?

Olga Khazan is a staff writer for The Atl ...