There were parts of this book that I really liked but I ended up coming away disappointed. The author helps you figure out where you are on a series of personality traits like extroversion, neuroticism, openness and conscientiousness. Then he talks about how these affect your life and gives examples of people who were able to change these basics about themselves. Throughout, he gives little charts with examples of ways you can work on changing these levels. The charts are so basic though, like for openness one chart says to study a language because learning other cultures helps you be more open. Shrug. Yeah, maybe, but these are not things that are going to seriously change your personality. I would have loved way more concrete lists, suggestions and guidelines on changing where you fall on these things and less storytelling about people like Tiger Woods or convicted felons. He does give good basic info but it's really lacking on the sort of serious how-to primer on who to make real change.

I read a digital ARC of this book for review.

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This was a well written novel outlining different personality traits and how it's still possible to change your personality as an adult by changing your habits. The author includes short personality quizzes, personal stories and reflection questions. Interactive and engaging.

Everyone would benefit from reading this book! I loved the amount of exercises and quizzes to help you practice altering aspects of your personality you may want to change.

“Be who you want” is a self help book by Christian Jarrett. The author discusses how habits and personality traits are formed and how we can work to change the things that we don’t like about ourselves. I found this book helpful and informative.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.