I'm the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Happiness
Project, "Happier at Home" and "Better Than Before." I write about
my experiences as I test-drive the wisdom of the ages, current
scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture about
happiness, habits, and human nature. My next book will hit the
shelves in summer 2017: "The Four Tendencies: The Surprising Truth
about the Four Hidden Personality Types That Drive Everything We
Do."
Find out your Tendency--are you an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger,
or Rebel?--when you take the free quiz at GretchenRubin.com.
Subscribe to my award-winning weekly podcast "Happier with Gretchen
Rubin" (more than 1 million downloads each month) and hear my
sister and I discuss strategies and tips for how to make your daily
life happier. I also created an app to help people harness the
power of the Four Tendencies. Learn more at BetterApp.us or search
the app store for "Better Gretchen Rubin."
My previous books include a bestselling biography of Winston
Churchill, Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill," and one of
John Kennedy, "Forty Ways to Look at JFK." My first book, "Power
Money Fame S..: A User's Guide," is social criticism in the guise
of a user's manual. I wrote "Profane Waste" in collaboration with
artist Dana Hoey. I've also written three dreadful novels that are
safely locked away in a drawer.
Before turning to writing, I had a career in law. A graduate of
Yale and Yale Law School, I clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
and was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. I live in New York
City with my husband and two daughters.
"Gretchen Rubin's superpower is curiosity... Weaving together
research, unforgettable examples, and her brilliant insight, Better
Than Before is a force for real change." --Brené Brown, Dare to
Lead and Daring Greatly
"Rubin had learned that there was a close correlation between
habits and happiness, so she figured out how we form them, use
them, and change them. Once I came to understand habits as
harnessing our own laziness--making a habit frees you from
decision-making, which you can use to your advantage--my
relationship to them changed permanently." --New Yorker
Loaded with practical solutions and impeccable research. Rubin is
also a fine writer, and her enthusiasm for improving lives is
contagious. --Harlan Coben
"Aided by her formidable intelligence and willingness to try
anything, she spent a year road-testing every theory about
happiness she could get her hands on, using her own life as the
road."--Time
"Gretchen Rubin combines deep research and observations from her
own life to explain how habits emerge and--more important--how they
can change. It's indispensable for anyone hoping to overhaul how
they (almost unthinkingly) behave."--Charles Duhigg, The Power of
Habit
"Gretchen Rubin is a writer after my own heart--seriously
brilliant, very warm, and funny. I think she's amazing."--Anne
Lamott, Bird by Bird and Help, Thanks, Wow
"Happiness is contagious. And so is The Happiness Project. Once
you've read Gretchen Rubin's tale of a year searching for
satisfaction, you'll want to start your own happiness project and
get your friends and family to join you. This is the rare book that
will make you both smile and think--often on the same
page."--Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind
"If anyone can help us stop procrastinating, start exercising or
get organized, it's Gretchen Rubin. The happiness guru takes a
sledgehammer to old-fashioned notions about change."--Parade
"Lays out life's essential goals... serves as a kind of detailed
instruction manual on how to achieve them."--New York Times Book
Review
"With her characteristic mix of delightful charm, thoughtful
research, and insightful advice... Gretchen Rubin shows how to add
fun, joy, and harmony to your home life."--Susan Cain, Quiet: The
Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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