16 Personality Traits That Predict Your Happiness, Success, Long Life, IQ & Income (P)

Find out how traits like generosity, humility, agreeableness and risk tolerance are linked to success, happiness, intelligence and even financial well-being.

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Personality traits shape our lives in profound ways, influencing everything from our career choices to our health and happiness.

Psychological research has uncovered some fascinating links between personality traits and various life outcomes.

Discover the benefits of being a sad introvert or risk-tolerant or honest and humble, along with the different advantages of being an optimist, pessimist or realist.

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Author: Dr Jeremy Dean

Psychologist, Jeremy Dean, PhD is the founder and author of PsyBlog. He holds a doctorate in psychology from University College London and two other advanced degrees in psychology. He has been writing about scientific research on PsyBlog since 2004.