Little: Don’t Check Every Box
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Lemonada Media
4.7 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2017
⏱️ 1 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. |
| 0:03.6 | I collect secrets of adulthood, and one of my secrets of adulthood is the opposite of |
| 0:08.7 | a profound truth is also true. |
| 0:12.0 | And I was reminded of this recently because a couple of weeks ago I wrote about a piece |
| 0:15.7 | of advice that I got from my law school roommate's ex-boyfriend, which is check every box, |
| 0:21.4 | that if there's a position that I want or a job that I'm applying for, I should try |
| 0:25.3 | to check every box. |
| 0:27.3 | And here's the thing, I was reminded by many, many listeners that the opposite of this |
| 0:33.2 | advice is also true. |
| 0:35.6 | Don't check every box. |
| 0:37.9 | Don't think that I have to check every box. |
| 0:39.9 | Don't hold myself back. |
| 0:41.2 | Don't not apply for that position because I feel like, ooh, I can't do that. |
| 0:45.4 | I don't check every box. |
| 0:47.2 | These listeners reminded me to go for it. |
| 0:50.1 | You don't have to check every box. |
| 0:52.0 | You don't have to have every credential in order to do a great job doing something. |
| 0:56.9 | Go for it. |
| 0:57.9 | And so thank you everybody for reminding me that the opposite of a profound truth is |
| 1:02.4 | also true. |
| 1:04.2 | Don't check every box. |
| 1:06.8 | Just go ahead. |
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