Happier with Gretchen Rubin

As the World Cup illustrated, in the happy moments of scoring a goal or celebrating, we may find it hard to stay focused on our aims.

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Not sticking to a habit that’s important to you? Dan Harris and Laurie Santos join Gretchen to share how to spot what's holding you back — and get moving again.

Mentioned in This Episode:

10% Happier podcast

10% with Dan Harris app

The Happiness Lab podcast

Move 26 challenge & seasonal bingo card in the Happier app

The Move 26 in ‘26 Challenge

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⁠Learn more about Gretchen's Four Tendencies personality framework and take the free quiz⁠.

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We revisit some of our most useful Four Tendencies listener questions, including how to help a Rebel stick to exercise, work with a Questioner boss, and keep Obliger people-pleasing from getting in the way of dating.

Revisited Highlights:

Episode 43: Listener Round-Up of the Four Tendencies

Episode 120: Listener Questions about the Four Tendencies

Episode 280: Questions from Listeners about the Four Tendencies

Mentioned in This Episode:

The Four Tendencies in Action Workbook

The Four Tendencies Quiz

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We talk about how to avoid the mental trap of the “sunk-cost fallacy.” Plus, why it’s so hard to plan for emergencies and the biases that keep us from preparing for risk.

Episode highlights:

Try This at Home: Avoid the sunk-cost fallacy—the mental trap that keeps us committed because of the time, money, or energy we’ve already spent [04:57]

Happiness Hack: Create a personal reading syllabus with deadlines to help you read more [12:58]

Happiness Stumbling Block: Six common biases that make it difficult to assess and prepare for rare but serious emergencies [16:03]

Demerits and Gold Stars: Gretchen’s Demerit: Turning into a Knicks bore; Elizabeth’s Gold Star: To her friend Mindy for a new exercise experience [24:11]

Mentioned in this episode:

The Ostrich Paradox: Why We Underprepare for Disasters by Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther (Amazon, Bookshop)

This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark by Craig Fehrman (Amazon, Bookshop)

Audition by Katie Kitamura (Amazon, Bookshop)

Rolling utility cart

Happier Labor Day resources

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Even after a person has died, we can continue to understand them in new ways.

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Email: podcast@gretchenrubin.com

Website: gretchenrubin.com

Instagram: @gretchenrubin | @lizcraft

Take Gretchen's free Four Tendencies quiz

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