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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Ep. 220: Why We Should Deal with Something Negative Right Away

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Deal with something negative right away, switch to electronic boarding passes if you still use paper, and a Four Tendencies break-down of the “Game of Thrones” characters. Get tickets for Gretchen's book tour and Happier podcast live events at: http://gretchenrubin.com/events 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 Get the resources and all links related to this episode here:http://happiercast.com/220 Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Happier, a podcast about how to be happier, healthier, more productive,

0:05.8

and more creative.

0:07.1

This week we'll talk about why we should deal with anything negative right away, and I

0:11.9

apply my four tendency framework to various famous characters from real life movies and

0:16.8

books, with a special emphasis on Game of Thrones.

0:30.7

I'm Gretchen Riven, a writer who's study tapping this good habits in human nature.

0:36.5

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

0:41.9

That's me Elizabeth Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, but today I'm in New York,

0:47.5

my favorite place in the world.

0:49.6

I am with you, live, we can look at each other.

0:53.0

So much fun.

0:54.0

We're going to get spoiled.

0:55.5

I know.

0:56.5

We've gotten to do lots of recording together.

0:58.6

We got it so fun.

1:00.4

Now here is an update from something that we talked about in episode two and five.

1:05.3

Elizabeth, I gave myself a dimaret about forgetting to use delay delivery, so that I'm not bombarding

1:11.0

people with email over the weekends on holidays.

1:13.9

And several people suggested something that I have to confess had never occurred to me,

1:18.0

which is to put a line in the signature of my email saying something like, I like to

1:23.2

work at odd hours, but don't feel obliged to respond unless it's during the regular work

1:29.1

week or whatever.

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