The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too)

by Rubin, Gretchen
ISBN: 9781524760915
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Overview

In this groundbreaking analysis of personality type, bestselling author of Better Than Before and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin reveals the one simple question that will transform what you do at home, at work, and in life.

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 explosive self-knowledge. She discovered that based on their answer, people fit into Four Tendencies: Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels. Our Tendency shapes every aspect of our behavior, so using this framework allows us to make better decisions, meet deadlines, suffer less stress, and engage more effectively.
More than 600,000 people have taken her online quiz, and managers, doctors, teachers, spouses, and parents already use the framework to help people make significant, lasting change.
The Four Tendencies hold practical answers if you've ever thought...
- People can rely on me, but I can't rely on myself.
- How can I help someone to follow good advice?
- People say I ask too many questions.
- 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. It's far easier to succeed when you know what works for you.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Rubin, Gretchen
  • ISBN: 9781524760915
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.30 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 272
  • Publication Year: 2017

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  • For Myers-Briggs Enthusiasts and Readers Who Want to "Know Thyself"

    Kate M. - 1 year 10 months ago

    Gretchen Rubin's previous studies of happiness (The Happiness Project, Happier at Home, Better Than Before) lead her to examine the aspects of personality that can help lead to happiness and greater satisfaction in everyday life. While working on The Four Tendencies she discovered that how people respond to expectations (both expectations that they have of themselves and expectations imposed on by other people) has an enormous effect on personal happiness because it makes for better communication and helps them understand their habits. As an armchair psychologist with an interest in personality, I was intrigued by her findings and what they might imply. Ultimately, they help answer the question, "Why do I act the way that I do?" It does not purport to explain every aspect of personality or boil people down to one quippy descriptor--rather, it examines one particular aspect in the hope that it will shed light on the whole person. Both the book and its author subscribe to Socrates' directive to "Know Thyself." With this, I wholeheartedly agree. A quick and engaging read.

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