Little Happier: Remember the Dog that Doesn’t Bark.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In a famous short story, detective Sherlock Holmes points to “the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime.” In my own life, I invoke his observation about the dog to remind me to be grateful for the things in my life that don’t happen. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors Want to be happier in 2022? Order Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project to see how she approached the question, “How can I be happier?” and start a Happiness Project of your own. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! 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

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0:29.8	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:32.8	You've probably heard of the character of Sherlock Holmes, the famous fictional detective
0:37.9	who's known for his eccentricity and his brilliance in observation and deduction.
0:43.6	I've always been particularly struck by the way that Sherlock Holmes solved the crime described in
0:49.0	the 1892 short story The Adventure of Silver Blaise. This story is one of
0:55.6	the 56 stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and one of his most popular.
1:01.2	Now, spoiler alert, I'm going to give away one of the important clues that Sherlock Holmes
1:05.6	discovers, so if you want to read the story yourself before listening to me talk about it,
1:10.2	I'll post a link in the show notes.
1:12.8	This story is about the disappearance of a famous racehorse called Silver Blaise,
1:17.5	which is why the story has that title, and the apparent murder of his trainer.
1:22.1	The story features one of Sherlock Holmes's most remarkable insights.
1:28.1	Holmes is investigating the crime, and when a Scotland Yard detective asks him,
1:32.8	is there any other point to which he would wish to draw my attention? Holmes replies,
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