SPS 149: The 4 Tendencies of Bestselling Authors & Writing Great Books with Gretchen Rubin

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

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🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Get ready for an exciting and informative interview with the exceptionally talented Gretchen Rubin, renowned author of "The Four Tendencies," "The Happiness Project," and several other remarkable books. As the host of the Happier podcast, Gretchen brings a wealth of wisdom to our discussion on nonfiction book writing. Here's a glimpse of what we cover: Discover how Gretchen overcame writing stigmas to pursue her true passion and embrace her identity as an authorUncover the surprising ways in ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt,
0:21.7	the founder of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of
0:27.5	Selfpublishing.com. For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies,
0:32.1	go to selfpublishing.com forward slash free training.
0:39.3	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Gretchen Rubin.
0:43.9	Gretchen is awesome.
0:45.4	So she was on the self-publishing school success summit way back in the day, I think, 2016.
0:50.9	So really great to reconnect.
0:52.7	She's the author of the Happiness Project, Better Than Before, the Four Tendencies, Outer Order, Inner Calm, and a bunch of books. We're going to talk about some of those experiences here. She's also a host of an award-winning podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin. She's got Gretchenruben.com where she blogs and a new app,
1:13.7	which is cool. So we might get to talk about that. But really excited to have you here, Gretchen. Welcome.
1:18.4	I'm so happy to get the chance to talk to you again. Thanks for having me.
1:22.3	So let's maybe start by going back to your first book. And I think I was just going through this, just even in prep for this interview. And it's a very interesting kind of topical shifts
1:32.0	kind of throughout your career that I want to talk about in a bit. But why did you decide to write
1:35.6	your first book? Well, I was, I was a lawyer at the time. I was actually clerking for
1:41.2	Supreme Court Justice Sandra A. O'Connor. And I was going for a walk one day on Capitol Hill.
1:49.5	And I asked myself a rhetorical question. I was like, what am I interested in that everybody else in the world is interested in?
1:56.5	And I thought, well, power, money, fame, sex. And I was just like, power, money, fame, sex.
2:01.9	This, this subject just grabbed me. And I went out and started doing a huge amount of research
2:06.7	and note taking, which is something that happens to me all the time. Like, even when I was a child,
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