The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology

#55: The Power of Habits - Gretchen Rubin

Sep 29, 2020

51:58

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How Do We Make or Break Habits?

02:16

How Would You Define Happiness?

02:35

The Four Tendencies Framework

03:06

Introduction

2min

The Happiness Project - When Did That Become Your Happiness Engineer?

2min

How Would You Define Happiness?

3min

The Bones of the Big Ideas Related to Happiness

3min

How Do We Make or Break Habits?

2min

Why Habits Are Freeing and Energizing

2min

Habits Replace Willpower

2min

The 21 Strategies of Habit Change

4min

The Four Tendencies Framework

3min

10.

Are You a Rebel?

3min

11.

Parenting Rebels

3min

12.

The Value of Questioners

2min

13.

How Do We Create Habits?

2min

14.

Are You a Questioner and You're Not Creating a Habit?

5min

15.

Do You Have a Habit?

2min

16.

Breaking a Bad Habit or Making a Habit

3min

17.

The Strategy of Abstaining

3min

18.

Clearing Clutter

2min

19.

Are You Ready for the Rapid Fire Section?

3min

20.

Writer's Block - Your Favorite Habit?

3min

Gretchen Rubin is the New York Times bestselling author of several books about happiness, habit and human nature.

Her books, including The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, Happier at Home, and The Happiness Project, have sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. Gretchen also has a popular blog and podcast, called Happier.

Previously, she received a law degree from Yale and clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Topics in this episode include happiness engineering, how to make and break habits, why habits are highly personal and Gretchen's four tendencies framework, willpower, and the effects of clutter on the mind.

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