10 insights on happiness and habits — gretchen rubin
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Gretchen Rubin is one of the most thought-provoking and influential writers on habits and happiness. Her book, Better than Before, is about how we change our habits. Her books The Happiness Project and Happier at Home were both instant New York Times bestsellers, and The Happiness Project spent more than two years on the bestseller list,
including at #1. Her books have sold more than two million copies, in 30 languages. Here, she writes about her adventures as she test-drives ideas from contemporary science and
ancient wisdom about building good habits and a happier life.
Gretche rubin@gretchenrubin
Expert on habits and happiness
Above all, happiness is highly personal. Start with an unconditional
acceptance of who you are and remember these words by John Lennon:
Insight #1
Insight #2
When it comes to money and happiness, experiences trump indulgences.
Insight #3
“When we feed and support our own happiness, we are nourishing our ability to
love. That’s why to love means to learn the art of nourishing our happiness.”
- Thich Nhat Hanh on happiness
Insight #4
Your habits define your identity, but you first have know your tendencies. Are you:
Insight #4
Your habits define your identity, but you first have know your tendencies. Are you:
An Upholder - Do you respond readily to outer & inner rules?
Insight #4
Your habits define your identity, but you first have know your tendencies. Are you:
A Questioner - Do you question all rules, and only follow those that make sense to you?
Insight #4
Your habits define your identity, but you first have know your tendencies. Are you:
A Rebel - Do you resist all rules?
Insight #4
Your habits define your identity, but you first have know your tendencies. Are you:
An Obliger - Do you respond readily to outer rules, but struggle to keep inner ones?
Insight #4
Your habits define your identity, but you first have know your tendencies. Are you:
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Insight #5
Those who excel at changing habits hardly think in terms of 21 or 30 days. instead, they think of milestones, for they know that the
finish line is what often finishes people.
Insight #6
Sustaining any type of behavioral change requires rigor and discipline, unless you follow these four pillars:
Insight #6
Sustaining any type of behavioral change requires rigor and discipline, unless you follow these four pillars:
Monitoring - You’ll do better at anything that you monitor
Insight #6
Sustaining any type of behavioral change requires rigor and discipline, unless you follow these four pillars:
Foundation - “First things first” - Address your biggest problems first
Insight #6
Sustaining any type of behavioral change requires rigor and discipline, unless you follow these four pillars:
Scheduling - If something is on the calendar, it’s more likely to get done
Insight #6
Sustaining any type of behavioral change requires rigor and discipline, unless you follow these four pillars:
Accountability - Someone’s always watching
Insight #7
When you understand that Habits emerge to conserve energy for your brain, you’ll be
deliberate about making it simple & convenient to adapt a new behavior.
Insight #8
Be cautious not to let others define your identity. Protect it by making these questions habitual:
Insight #8
Be cautious not to let others define your identity. Protect it by making these questions habitual:
Who am I?
Insight #8
Be cautious not to let others define your identity. Protect it by making these questions habitual:
What’s true for me?
Insight #8
Be cautious not to let others define your identity. Protect it by making these questions habitual:Who’s the person I want to be?
Insight #8
Be cautious not to let others define your identity. Protect it by making these questions habitual:
How do I bring my behavior into it?
Insight #9
Admired entrepreneurs hardly manage anyone the same; they adapt instead to their work pace and tendencies.
Insight #10
“Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last” - Chinese Proverb
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