Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2017-09-25
Books mentioned on Where Do You Thrive? Gretchen Rubin On Playing To Your Strengths & Building Better Habits
Today I sit down with New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin to find out what happened when she asked a large number of people one singular question: how do you respond to expectations?
Rich Roll recommended The four tendencies by Gretchen Rubin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The four tendencies
The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin is a psychology and self-improvement book that categorizes people into four personality profiles—Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels—to explain how they respond to expectations and internal motivations.
Recommended“Definitely pick up the new book, The Four Tendencies.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Happiness Project
“You may know Gretchen from her runaway bestseller, The Happiness Project,”
Passing Better Than Before
“or one of her many other titles, which include Happiness at Home and Better Than Before,”
Passing Happier at Home
“or one of her many other titles, which include Happiness at Home and Better Than Before,”
Plugged The four tendencies
“Well, Gretchen has a new book out. It's called The Four Tendencies.”
Plugged Better Than Before
“So like when I would talk to people about New Year's resolution, because I wrote this book better than before that's all about habit change.”
Plugged The four tendencies
“And so I think one of the things for, and one of the things I try to do in the book, the four tendencies is to give lots and lots and lots of examples,”
Plugged The Happiness Project
“Ever since I wrote The Happiness Project, one of the things that really struck me is that often it's not that people don't know what would make them happier.”