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Gretchen Rubin
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 14
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Motivational Speaker
Kansas City
Missouri
Gretchen Craft Rubin
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If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.
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Writing makes me happy.
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Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness
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One of the things that you see ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree on is that strong relationships are a key to happiness, maybe the key to happiness. People who have more strong relationships in their lives just feel happier.
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We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.
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I'm doing a lot of speaking and talking about habits, which is this subject that obsesses me. That's a lot of fun.
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Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.
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Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.
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I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was productive. Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted.
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Guard your children's free time - from you.
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A 'treat' is different from a 'reward', which must be justified or earned. A treat is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it. Treats give us greater vitality, which boosts self-control, which helps us maintain our healthy habits.
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Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly traces.
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We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit started, then - and this is the best part - we can allow the extraordinary power of habit to take over. At that point, were free from the need to decide and the need to use willpower.
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It's the task that's never started that's more tiresome.
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When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.
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Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.
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I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, no gossiping, no nagging.
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Contemporary research shows that happy people are more altruistic, more productive, more helpful, more likable, more creative, more resilient, more interested in others, friendlier, and healthier. Happy people make better friends, colleagues, and citizens.
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People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason, in a way that animals can’t do.
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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.
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