Little Happier: Ann Patchett’s Memoir Reminds Us of Why We Need to Take Care of Ourselves
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Lemonada Media
4.7 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2019
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. |
| 0:03.0 | It took me a long time to come up with my 4 tendencies personality framework, and I have |
| 0:08.3 | to say the effort just about melted my brain. |
| 0:11.1 | But finally I was able to see the 4 types clearly, a holder, a questioner, a blighter, |
| 0:16.6 | and rebel. |
| 0:18.2 | As I was trying to identify the 4 types, there was one kind of problem that I spent a lot |
| 0:22.7 | of time thinking about. |
| 0:24.6 | It was a problem that I didn't really face myself. |
| 0:27.6 | But I knew that from talking to other people, it was a very common problem. |
| 0:32.2 | And that puzzled me. |
| 0:33.5 | It's the problem of taking care of yourself. |
| 0:37.0 | I don't really have trouble with this, and now I know why. |
| 0:40.5 | I'm a holder who tips to questioner, and this problem usually isn't much of a problem |
| 0:45.7 | for a holder like me. |
| 0:47.8 | But it can be a tremendous challenge for a blighter. |
| 0:51.2 | And also if you want to get technical about it, it can also be a big challenge for a holder |
| 0:55.6 | who tips to a blighter. |
| 0:57.5 | This matters because a blighter is the biggest group of the 4 types. |
| 1:01.8 | Lots of people are blighters, so they are 4. |
| 1:04.4 | Anything that affects a blighter is a common problem and it's often discussed. |
| 1:09.2 | Someone says something like, I give 110% to my clients. |
| 1:12.3 | Of course I don't have time to eat right or exercise. |
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