Posts tagged the four tendencies

Becoming Better Than Before with Gretchen Rubin’s Habit-Forming Techniques

in Book Summaries on March 1, 2019 March 4, 2019

Take a minute to think about what you did to get ready this morning. Maybe you jumped right out of bed, brushed your teeth, and had a healthy breakfast. Maybe you hit the snooze button once or twice. Whatever your morning routine looks like, ask yourself this: How much of it did you consciously think about while you were doing it? Chances are, you didn’t…

Knowing This Will Help You Set Goals You’ll Actually Accomplish

in Book Summaries on February 20, 2019 February 28, 2019

In 2015, Gretchen Rubin, lawyer-turned-researcher, published a book called Better Than Before. In it, she outlined four personality types that arise when asked the question, “How do I react to expectations?” These four types, or tendencies as she called them, would become so popular that Rubin would expand upon them in another book two years later, The Four Tendencies. According to Rubin, we all face…