Gretchen Rubin has a knack for taking a huge amount of information and making it clear and relatable for the masses. Her focus is happiness and human nature and has several bestselling books, including The Happiness Project and The Four Tendencies. Her work draws from cutting-edge science, the wisdom of the ages, lessons from popular culture, and her own experiences to explore how we can make our lives happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.

Her podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin, discusses happiness and good habits and won a 2020 Webby Award for “best of the internet.”

She has been interviewed by Oprah, is a regular columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine and makes regular appearances on CBS This Morning. She’s crossed paths with the Dalai Lama, and had her work written up in a medical journal.

Gretchen started her career in law and clerked for Justice Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, before realizing she wanted to pivot to being a writer.

In this week’s episode, Sonya and Gretchen deep dive into the four tendencies - upholder, questioner, obliger and rebel.

Key Takeaways

• Four tendencies: upholders, questioners, obligers, rebels
• How a person of each tendency handles interactions
• Working with other tendencies
• Diving deeper into the rebel tendency
• Tendencies and careers
• Behavior changes for each category
• Imaginative forms of outer accountability
• The word “motivation”
• Strategy of abstaining
• Planned exception

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The Grow the Good Podcast is produced by Palm Tree Pod Co.