Science of Personality: Hope for the Anxious, Angry, Introverted

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If this is your first time here, this is the Rushfield Lunch. I am Richard Rushfield, columnist for The Ankler, and every week I have lunch with one of my favorite doers, thinkers, gallivanders, maybe even a ne'er-do-well from time to time, if we can get one. It might be a little early for the ne'er-do-wells,

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so they're not usually out of bed by lunchtime, but... This week, we are thrilled to have someone who is all of those things, a doer, a thinker, a gallivanter even, and a nerdwell who has written a really fascinating, important book. She's also a contributor to The Atlantic, where she has members of the national security team

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sending her uh war plans and uh nuclear codes every hour there like like all of her colleagues uh and she has she's written a uh a wonderful and really exciting new book entitled me but better uh this is her second book um it there it is you can

Science of Personality: Hope for the Anxious, Angry, Introverted

I talk to Olga Khazan about whether you can conquer who you are for 'The Rushfield Lunch'

Richard Rushfield

Mar 29, 2025

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This week on The Rushfield Lunch, my new weekly Substack live show, I connected with Olga Khazan, Atlantic contributor and author of the excellent just published book Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change. We discuss her findings about whether you can really alter your personality, how much our environment (especially the internet) affects who we are — and what she did to transform herself.

Keep an eye on The Ankler’s social media accounts for details on the next episode of The Rushfield Lunch. (Due to CinemaCon this week, I will be back on April 9.) Subscribers receive an email alert when we go live every Wednesday at 11 a.m. PT, and paid subs can join our conversation. Earlier chats have included Substack cofounder Hamish McKenzie and longtime film producer and executive Ted Hope. You can watch at The Ankler’s website or on the Substack app. See you soon.

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Science of Personality: Hope for the Anxious, Angry, Introverted

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