#58: Gretchen Rubin - Author & Podcast Host: Happier with Gretchen Rubin

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Gretchen Rubin was well on track to becoming a lawyer, but while clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, she had an epiphany - she wanted to be a writer. Fast forward to 2017 and she's written a number of books including 'The Happiness Project' her breakout book that was published in over 30 languages, sold 1.5 million copies, and spent over 2 years on the NY Times bestseller list. On this episode, she talks about her latest book 'The Four Tendencies,' the pursuit of happiness, and how she made the switch from law to the literary world. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneur of the Week: Natalie Hughes, Founding Director of The Fashion Digital Find out more: www.thefashiondigital.com Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations to [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Rebecca, and you can hear new episodes of No Limits four days early on Tune In.
0:07.3	At a certain point, I realized this is what somebody would do if they were going to write a book.
0:11.4	And then I got to the point where I thought, well, you know what, I would rather fail as a writer than succeed as a lawyer.
0:17.5	From ABC, it's No Limits.
0:20.4	I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and
0:24.3	influential women playing at the top of their game, trying to demystify success and what it really
0:30.6	takes to get there and all the tradeoffs, whether you're looking for answers or you just want to
0:36.5	hear a good story. You're in the right place.
0:40.8	On today's episode, the woman who's made a career around happiness and how to find it.
0:46.1	Gretchen Rubin is a best-selling author and top podcaster who is once on the path to becoming a high-powered lawyer,
0:52.6	until one day when she had an epiphany that changed everything.
0:57.0	Gretchen Rubin, welcome to No Limits.
0:59.3	Thank you for having me. I'm so happy to be talking to you.
1:01.6	Well, we are thrilled to have you, best-selling author. You just released your new book,
1:04.9	The Four Tendencies, that was released earlier in September of this year. And you have a great
1:10.2	podcast yourself happier with Gretchen Rubin.
1:12.7	Yes.
1:13.2	And I want to get into happiness with you.
1:15.1	And I really want to go deep on the topic because I love where you go with it and how
1:20.0	you're thinking about it.
1:21.0	But I also am finding your backstory really extraordinary.
1:26.2	The fact that you were really on this very, in my
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