Little Happier: When Do We Tell Other People What We Think They Should Do? Two Beautiful Examples.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In Mark Salzman’s memoir “The Man in the Empty Boat,” he gives not just one, but two, examples of times when one person is able thoughtfully to remind someone of painful duties, and that person recognizes the right action, and rises to the occasion to fulfill it. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; podcast@gretchenrubin.com 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:34.2	I'm going to tell a story that's related to happiness, but there's a lot of sadness
0:38.4	in this story.
0:39.8	So if you don't feel like thinking about a sad situation, you may want to skip this one.
0:45.8	One question I often consider is, what's the right way to think about pointing out to
0:51.1	people what I think they should do?
0:55.0	Sometimes it seems unhelpful, arrogant and intrusive, but sometimes it's valuable.
1:01.8	I'm always way into pros and cons.
1:04.2	Should I try to give direction to the people in my life?
1:07.0	Should I think I know the right answers?
1:10.2	As I often mention, I love examples of when people know the right things to say and the
1:15.4	right things to do.
1:17.6	And one particular example of this situation really struck me.
1:21.6	In his memoir, Man in the Empty Boat, writer Mark Solzman explains that he grew up in a
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