#99 | Anatomy of your personality

"We learn all our lives - this also has an effect on our personality."

What determines our personality? How much of it is innate - or learned? Does it change over the course of our lives or not? Personality psychologist Prof. Dr. Eva Asselmann not only deals with these questions, but also knows the answers to them.

"I think it's important that we stop categorizing personality as good or bad."

Asselmann has been researching the Big Five of personality for years - and how our character changes as a result of life events. In an interview with Georgiy Michailov, she dispels common myths - for example, that having a child fundamentally changes our personality. Instead, she shows which phases of life are really formative. And how important it is to know your own strengths.

"If you learn this technique, you can relax in just a few seconds."

This SMP LeaderTalks episode also looks at the question of whether particularly creative people are often less conscientious, which personality traits are linked to professional success - and why emotional stability is so crucial. Prof. Dr. Eva Asselmann explains how you can calm yourself down within seconds in moments of stress and why self-reflection with others is often more helpful than any test.

*Video only in German