The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too)
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0525496262 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 326 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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I am implementing this in my clinical programs to help people understand their Tendencies so they can change behaviors such as stress and emotional eating.” —Judson Brewer, MD, PhD (Questioner), author of The Craving Mind and associate professor in medicine and psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School “Gretchen Rubin’s groundbreaking Four Tendencies framework is a simple yet deeply-researched and powerful tool that helps us better recognize our own nature, harness its strengths, and counteract its weaknesses. Gretchen Rubin gives you the tools to not only understand yourself and others, but what to do with that knowledge. Insightful, practical and crucial, The Four Tendencies will help you overcome the biggest impediments to your happ
A member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100, Rubin has an enormous following, in print and online; her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than thirty-five languages, and on her popular daily blog, gretchenrubin, she reports on her adventures in pursuit of habits and happiness. She's the author of many books, including the blockbuster New York Ti
· How do I work with someone who refuses to do what I ask—or who keeps telling me what to do? With sharp insight, compelling research, and hilarious examples, The Four Tendencies will help you get happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative. During her multibook investigation into understanding human nature, Gretchen Rubin realized that by asking the seemingly dry question "How do I respond to expectations?" we gain ex
Russell Fanelli said Recommended for readers of self-help books with noted reservations.. When I saw advertised on Amazon the The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too) I said yes, send it along. I’m guessing that like me, many readers would like to know how to make life better! Will Gretchen Rubin, our author, deliver on her promise? For some people, a qualified yes. They will see themselves and others well described in this book and think about things they might do to be more effective in accomplishing their goals and objectives at home and at work.Gretchen begins her book with. There will always be a market for people who claim to understand people Jerry Saperstein I tired of this book within the first few chapters.Others may find it enthralling to the very last page. It’s reasonably well written and the idea of there being four primary classifications into which people can be placed is as old as the hills – and therein lies the problem for me. I think nearly all humans go through a phase, if not their entire life, wondering if they’re the square peg in the round hole or everyone else is. And that’s where Gretchen Rubin and those like her, find their markets. I don’t doubt that Ms. Rubin is well-intentioned. Likewise her th. Lauren Vierra said Wish I Had Better Things to Say. Having read some of Ms Rubins' previous work, I'm not surprised that this book didn't teach me anything I didn't already know about myself. I'm an Obliger - the traits of an Obliger per the book are things I'm well aware of within myself, and I'm aware of what it would take to change myself. Unfortunately, I'm also OCPD and change does not come easily to me. I found nothing in The Four Tendencies to help with that aspect of being an Obliger.