Little Happier: We Can Learn from the Monkey Who Wouldn’t Let Go of the Bananas.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The old teaching story of the greedy monkey and the bananas illustrates many notions, including the idea that sometimes we have to let go of a desire in order to free ourselves. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. 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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0:28.3	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:31.6	I love a great teaching story.
0:33.9	Often a short story, fable, parable or even a joke can make an important point
0:39.6	in a succinct and memorable way.
0:42.3	What are the most useful teaching stories is a story I heard told about a monkey.
0:47.3	Now it turns out that there are many versions of this story,
0:50.7	attributed to various people all around the world.
0:53.4	For instance, sometimes it's told about a boy in hazelnuts.
0:57.6	But here's my version of that old story.
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