The article explores the author's self-reflection on their critical nature within a social group, where they humorously identified as the 'fault-finder.' Although this tendency benefits their professional life by enabling them to assess ideas critically, it raises questions about their interpersonal relationships. The author took a personality test, finding a high score in openness but low in agreeableness. Referencing journalist Olga Khazan's attempts to change her personality, the piece highlights the challenges associated with modifying intrinsic traits, specifically agreeableness, which is considered the hardest to alter.
When I took a free big five test online, the results were as I'd suspected. My highest ranking was 81 points for openness; by contrast, I scored just 33 for agreeableness.
Khazan, a staff writer at the Atlantic magazine, should know. She spent an entire year trying to change her personality documented in her new book Me, But Better.
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