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This is Motley Fool Answers. I'm Robert Brokamp, solo hosting while Allison Southwick is in Malta

living out her Game of Thrones fantasies. But have no fear Allison fans because this episode

is dedicated exclusively to an interview Allison did here at Full HQ with Gretchen Rubin,

the author of several books, including Better Than Before, The Happiness Project, and the Four

Tendencies. They discussed how to motivate others, Before, The Happiness Project, and The Four Tendencies.

They discussed how to motivate others, how to acquire better habits, and how to use the threat

of embarrassing pictures on Facebook to get stuff done.

Take it away, Allison.

Gretchen, thank you for joining us today.

Thank you. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you.

Traditionally, when we think about motivation,

we think about like carrots and sticks. Like if I'm going to lose weight, I am going to have to run every day and then I get a piece of cake at the end of the week, a carrot. Or if I eat a piece of

cake, I have to go run on the treadmill for three miles. A stick.

But your book gets more into what really motivates us at our core.

And I thought it was incredibly helpful.

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