Gretchen Rubin: Making Life a Happiness Project, Discovering Your Tendency and The Pursuit of Self-Knowledge
Episode 133: Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. On her popular weekly podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, she discusses good habits and happiness with her sister Elizabeth Craft; they’ve been called the “Click and Clack of podcasters.” Her podcast was named in iTunes’s lists of “Best Podcasts of 2015” and was named in the Academy of Podcasters “Best Podcasts of 2016.” BuzzFeed listed Happier in 10 Life-Changing Things to Try in June and the New Yorker said, “Their voices remind you that life is a human project that we’re all experimenting with.” The podcast consistently ranks in the iTunes Top Charts.Gretchen Rubin started her career in law and was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she realized she wanted to be a writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.Show notes:
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How Gretchen started her career in law and realized she wanted to be a writer
When she worked on a proposal, got an agent and started writing ever since
How she became interested in human nature in pursuit of understanding how people work
Gretchen didn't feel fearful transitioning from a lawyer to a writer because she knew so much what she wanted to write
The difference between happiness and joy (does it even matter?)
Why it's more important to focus on how to be happier than finding out what happiness "really is"
She shares different ways on how to process information
Why she loves Agatha Christie's Autobiography
The truth about using rewards
The Four Tendencies Framework explained (which one are you?)
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The beauty about novelty and challenge
Discussion on Mark Manson's Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
How self-knowledge can result to a more productive, more creative and happier life
Make the perfect hard-boiled eggs with Krups Egg Cooker
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