How to Change Your Life, Solved

If you've ever tried to change something about yourself, failed, tried again, and concluded you must just be broken, here's some good news: you're probably not broken. You've just been aiming at the wrong target for years. Who you are is actually a layered system. Most people fail at change because they treat behaviors like permanent traits and traits like behaviors they can flip overnight, spending years aiming at the wrong layer.

In this episode, Drew and I map out the full system. This is the longest and most personal episode we've ever done.

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CHAPTERS

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction: What Does It Mean to Change?

00:13:18 The Dictionary Study: How 17,953 Words Led to the Big Five

00:49:06 Why the Myers-Briggs Is Basically a Horoscope for Smart People

01:02:17 The Barnum Effect: Why We Believe Tests That Tell Us Nothing

01:20:52 The Maturity Principle: How Personality Drifts With Age

01:36:08 Layer Two: Your Adaptations Are Not Who You Are

02:25:55 Why Relationships Are Adaptation Machines