Happiness Blogger Gretchen Rubin Asks Which Personality Tendency Do You Fit Into?

The new fall season of Live Talks Los Angeles kicks off with Gretchen Rubin in conversation with Dr. Daniel Siegel on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 . Rubin, author of three "New York Times" bestsellers, including "The Happiness Project," is a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul100. She discusses her newest book "The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too)" at 8:00pm at the Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre at New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. Ticket prices range from $20-$50 and are available at https://livetalksla.org/events...

Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. Her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than 35 languages, and on her popular daily blog, she reports on her adventures in pursuit of habits and happiness. She also has a an award-winning podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin. Rubin started her career in law, and was a clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. She last appeared at Live Talks Los Angeles in March 2015. Watch the video.

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 categories: Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels. Understanding our own particular tendency allows us to make better decisions, meet deadlines, suffer less stress, and engage more effectively.

How do you respond to expectations? What is your tendency?

Take the quiz.

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.

With sharp insight, compelling research, and hilarious examples, Rubin’s The Four Tendencies can help you be happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.

Dr. Daniel J. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he also helped to establish the Mindful Awareness Research Center. He also heads up the Mindsight Institute, an educational center devoted to promoting insight, compassion, and empathy in individuals, families, institutions, and communities. Dr. Siegel’s books include three New York Times bestsellers: Brainstorm, and, with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D, The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. As a lecturer, he’s spoken before King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, at Google University, and TEDx.