The Stories That Connect Us with Gretchen Rubin
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode features one of my favorite thinkers, Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature. She’s known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humor and clarity. In fact, when we sat down previously as part of the 30 Days of Genius series, her concept of sprinters vs marathoners was a bit unlock for my team (I'm a sprinter). Gretchen is the author of many books including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Outer Order, Inner Calm, The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, and The Happiness Project. She also hosts the award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, is a speaker, columnist, and even been an answer on the game show Jeopardy.
In this episode, I share an interview that is a part of CreativeLive's Between The Line series with the incredible Kelly Corrigan. Behind the Lines is an interview series focused on the stories behind the stories, tapping into authors' wealth of knowledge and experience to give you insight into improving your craft. Gretchen's life work has led not only to her ability to live her dream life, but she's also supported millions of others on their paths to happier, more fulfilled lives.
A few highlights from the show:
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How to battle procrastination: one simple key (outer accountability)
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Why writing about embarrassing things can be a great way to connect with people
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The shifting role of writers- it used to be just writers write (now there different expectations about marketing yourself, having an audience etc.)
Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, what's up? It's your buddy Chase. Welcome to another episode of the show. |
| 0:08.8 | My favorite day where I get to record a couple of these intros. And today's episode, I promise, is a doozy. |
| 0:14.7 | It features one of my favorite thinkers. She's an amazing human. Her name is Gretchen Rubin. |
| 0:20.6 | This combo today, this episode, is part of Creative Lives Between the Lines interview series |
| 0:29.0 | where the awesome Kelly Corrigan interviews legendary authors that we've had on the platform, |
| 0:35.0 | specifically with the goal of hearing the stories behind the |
| 0:39.0 | stories. And tapping into authors, obviously, they are a shepherd of an amazing amount of information |
| 0:46.2 | in our culture where we hear from authors around their wealth of knowledge and experience |
| 0:51.5 | specifically with the goal giving you insights. So completely in line |
| 0:55.8 | with the show, this has been going on for, we've got, gosh, a number of these. And I have realized |
| 1:02.5 | from your feedback, your input, that you clearly want to hear more from authors. So as I |
| 1:08.3 | mentioned in the first line of this show, Gretchen is one of my favorite |
| 1:12.1 | authors, deeply insightful and doggedly practical. She has a huge following, a huge |
| 1:18.5 | readership, and for good reason, because she has been, she's made a career of breaking |
| 1:26.6 | paradigms with her observations around knowing yourself in advance of just running |
| 1:33.6 | around chasing what could be called performance enhancing or self-care or self-improvement. |
| 1:43.2 | And after all, she's a big habit person. |
| 1:46.0 | And habits, these are the invisible architecture of a happy life. |
| 1:51.3 | So if we know ourselves, we can be more attuned to the best habits that will help us |
| 1:58.6 | become the humans that we desire to be. She's got numerous New York |
| 2:03.7 | Times bestsellers, including the Four Tenancies, better than before, the Happiness Project, |
| 2:09.4 | and happiness, or sorry, happier at home. She's been featured in Fast Company, you know, |
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