The Questioner

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, Gretchen Rubin explains what self-knowledge has to do with forming lasting habits. To identify your core tendency, try filling out her quiz here. She’s the author of Better Than Before and hosts the Happier Podcast, a fellow member of the Panoply network. For the Spiel, please indulge our host in a particularly self-indulgent meditation on simplicity. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The big sale is now on at home base with up to 50% of selected home and garden products,
0:07.6	including garden furniture, barbecues, storage and lots more.
0:12.0	Don't miss out!
0:13.3	Head in store or online at homebase.co.uk.
0:16.5	Home base, homes and gardens made easy.
0:23.5	It's Tuesday, December 29th, 2015 from Slate.
0:26.4	It's the GIST I might pass up.
0:28.4	In business news, we knew that oil was in trouble, but did you know that oil of
0:32.3	ole was in trouble?
0:33.8	Procter and Gamble has eliminated a sixth of the oil of ole products they had
0:38.3	burgeoned to about 150 products in the line.
0:41.5	I thought separate left eyelid and right eyelid cleanses the work it much got admit.
0:46.3	According to the Wall Street Journal, since Procter and Gamble bought the company in 1985,
0:50.5	it, quote, expanded the line to include eight sub-brands
0:55.1	that it believes became overwhelming and confusing to customers.
0:58.9	Now I'm sure that the marketer is a Procter and Gamble were saying,
1:02.6	I just don't understand why would these sub-brands be confusing to our consumers?
1:07.2	I mean, we've observed them in the stores.
1:09.3	We see these 35-year-old women entering the beauty aisle and they become
1:12.9	confused and they become disoriented.
1:15.5	You want to know why?
1:16.4	It's because they're really 85.
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