Little Happier: Are You “Practicing the Piano” or “Playing the Piano?”

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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When it comes to happiness and human nature, the words and metaphors we choose have a surprisingly large influence over our actions. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin on Instagram @GretchenRubin on Threads Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available - order here. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. 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

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0:28.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is a little happier.
0:34.0	The more I've studied happiness, good habits, and human nature,
0:38.0	the more I've come to realize the importance of the words we choose. Words matter. Metaphores matter. King John 2
0:48.6	of Portugal rebranded the aptly named Cape of Storms as the Cape of Good Hope to encourage travelers.
0:56.8	During World War II, Winston Churchill suggested the name of Mosquito Fleet for a fleet of fast
1:02.4	small craft, then bettered it to Hornet fleet, then bettered it again to
1:06.8	shark fleet.
1:09.0	As the times changed, an agricultural group changed the term from prunes to dried plums and then back to prunes again.
1:17.3	So ask yourself, do you play the piano or practice the piano? Do you spend time networking or are you
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