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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

A Little Happier: The Parable of the Raft, or, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Important truths endure. Three different teachers across the centuries have commented, in their own way, on an important aspect of the human experience.

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0:34.4

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0:45.3

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0:59.3

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1:04.6

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1:12.3

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1:18.0

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1:23.6

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1:28.3

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1:33.2

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1:46.1

Get help tackling common issues like relationships,

1:47.2

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1:48.1

in your career.

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