Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits

Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits

by Gretchen Rubin

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Rubin identifies four "Tendencies" — Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels — that determine how people respond to expectations, and argues that habit change must be tailored to your tendency. A practical complement to Duhigg and Clear.

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Clear cites Gretchen Rubin's Better Than Before for the Erasmus parable about coins making one rich: "Hat tip to Gretchen Rubin. I first read about this parable in her book, Better Than Before, and then tracked down the origin story." Rubin's Tendencies framework is referenced for tailoring habits to personality.

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