Episode 32: Gretchen Rubin on Happiness & The Four Tendencies

Outperform with Acceleration Partners

Bestselling author, Gretchen Rubin, joined us on this episode of Outperform to discuss risk-taking, happiness, purposeful growth, our unique tendencies, and how to discover and use them to outperform.

Gretchen is the author of several books, including #1 New York Times bestsellers The Happiness Project, Happier at Home, Better Than Before and The Four Tendencies. Her books have sold almost three million copies and been published in more than thirty languages.

With her work, Rubin has emerged as one of the most thought-provoking and influential writers on habits and happiness.

Gretchen and her sister, Elizabeth, also have their own podcast called Happier where they discuss good habits and happiness.

A graduate of Yale and Yale Law School, Rubin started her career in law. She clerked for Judge Pierre Leval and was clerking for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she realized she really wanted to be a writer.

• Gretchen’s ah-ha moment for leaving her law career and becoming a writer
• Interesting connection between Gretchen Rubin and Daniel Pink
• A secret to Gretchen’s success moving to a full-time writing career
• Why Gretchen doesn’t define happiness and what she thinks people should focus on instead
• Why negative emotions are important
• Secret to happiness – in both life and work
• The feeling that drives out negativity
• What research how shown about happiness in the workplace
• What the four tendencies are and how people can use them
• A line in a well-known advertising jingle that appeals to all four tendencies

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