Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast that gives strategies and tips for how to be

happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.

This week we'll talk about why you might consider connecting through TV and we'll discuss

the question of whether you can be a mix of the four tendencies.

I'm Gretchen Ruben, a writer and a holder whose study is happiness, good habits, and

human nature. I'm in New York City and with me is my sister Elizabeth Kraft and Elizabeth,

we connect in many ways. I don't remember if we've ever actually connected through TV.

That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA and yet Gretchen,

don't share my love of the Bachelorette. So we don't get to talk about that.

Yes, Elizabeth, you're going to have to watch the Bachelorette on your own.

But I'm very excited about something else you've got cooking, which is in Happier and Hollywood.

You guys are going to talk about a super fascinating topic tomorrow. I cannot wait.

Yes, we're talking about self-criticism, which is a big thing for writers and I think for everybody.

And it's sort of when is it good to be self-critical and when is it toxic? So Sarah and I will delve

into that on Happier and Hollywood tomorrow. Yeah, yeah. Well, I'm very excited because it is 41 days

to the publication of the four tendencies. I have started my official countdown.

I'm home. And I want to tell everybody about this cool pre-order bonus that I have got cooked up.

And you can get all the details if you go to HappierCast.com slash 4T bonus. And that's literally

the number four, the letter T and the word bonus with no spaces. HappierCast.com slash 4T bonus.

And I'll put this in the show notes too. So you don't have to remember. And what it is,

it was actually a lot of work to do, but it's very cool. It's a video course about the four

tendencies with five videos. That's cool. Yeah. So one of the videos isn't overview to kind of

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