Gretchen Rubin: The Four Tendencies

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

Today's episode reveals the hidden aspects of our nature that determine how we respond to the expectations of ourselves and others.

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On this podcast, we discover Gretchen Rubin's new book "The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How To Make Your Life Better (And Other People's Lives Better, Too)"

These 4 Tendencies give us a framework for how we react to the internal and external demands in our lives. When we better understand these patterns in our behavior, we gain immense control over our actions and decisions.

Although our personality type may be deeply ingrained, we can benefit from knowing these predictable behavioral patterns and set ourselves up for success.

Listen to Wellness Force Radio 129 as Gretchen shares her insight from decades of research in happiness, habits, and so much more.

Listen To Episode 129 As Gretchen Uncovers:

• The personality framework that determines how we respond to expectations
• Character traits of the Obliger, Questioner, Rebel, and Upholder
• How to gain a deeper understanding of our actions
• The benefit from identifying these predictable patterns of our behavior
• The strengths and weaknesses of our different tendencies
• How we can fine-tune our self-awareness
• Why others may not see the world as we do
• Ways to set our internal and external framework up for success
• How these personality types play out in our relationships
• Ways to understand how our behavior fits into predictable patterns
• How we can avoid disempowering language
• Why Gretchen prefers the newspaper over televised news
• How to get the most out of yourself and others
• How to set up the accountability we need to meet an inner expectation
• The Four Tendencies in a nutshell:

The Four Tendencies

Upholders respond readily to outer and inner expectations

Questioners question all expectations; they’ll meet an expectation if they think it makes sense

Rebels resist all expectations, outer and inner alike

Obligers meet outer expectations, but struggle to meet expectations they impose on themselves