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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Bonus Episode: A Deep Dive into the “Four Tendencies” Personality Framework

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Want to learn whether you’re an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel—and what that means? Gretchen gives a quick overview of her popular personality framework, and explains how you can use it to end procrastination, reduce conflict, and stick to good habits. Plus an interview with an Obliger about how she learned how to harness the strengths of her Tendency. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected]; happiercast.com/238; 774-277-9336. Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. Get tickets for our live podcast events in Chicago, Kansas City, Providence, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Charlotte and Brooklyn here: https://gretchenrubin.com/events Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, and Happier in Hollywood. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Gretchen Rubin and you're listening to a bonus episode of our podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin.

0:07.0

My sister, Elizabeth and I started this podcast more than four years ago.

0:11.0

And in that time, we've seen that people really want to talk about the four tendencies framework.

0:18.0

That's the personality profile that I created that divides people into four tendencies.

0:24.0

More than two million people have taken my free four tendencies quiz at quiz.gretchenrubin.com

0:30.0

to find out if they're an upholder, questioner, a bliger or rubble.

0:36.0

If you want a quick intro to this framework, this bonus episode is for you.

0:42.0

I have a video course that explores the four tendencies and this bonus episode is pulled directly from that course.

0:48.0

I give an overview of the framework, plus I've included an excerpt from an interview with Tiffany Dufu, author of Drop the Ball,

0:56.0

achieved more by doing less about how she harnesses the strength of her tendency, a bliger.

1:02.0

I also talk about the connection between happiness and your tendency and I answer some common questions about the framework.

1:10.0

If after you listen to this excerpt, you're interested in learning more about the course,

1:14.0

visit 4tcourse.com slash join to learn more.

1:19.0

I'm giving a special discount to my podcast listeners, get 25% off with the promo code happier.

1:25.0

Visit 4tcourse.com slash join.

1:29.0

That's the number four, not the word for the number four, the letter T course.com slash join.

1:37.0

Use promo code happier to get 25% off.

1:41.0

You can go through the course in five weeks in a manageable amount of time each day,

1:45.0

or you can go at your own pace faster or slower than five weeks.

1:49.0

You'll learn in-depth information about all four tendencies and learn how to harness your tendency to reduce conflict in relationships,

1:57.0

start or stop a habit and get yourself to do the things you want to do.

2:03.0

The 4tensies video course includes 17 interviews with people who have used their understanding of the 4tensies framework to harness their strengths and manage their weaknesses.

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