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Blog postInterview: Ashley Whillans
Ashley Whillans is a Harvard Business School professor and behavioral scientist whose research explores the connection between how we spend time to how we experience happiness. Her recent Harvard Business Review series "Time Poor and Unhappy" looks at why we feel so starved for time today when, in fact, we have more discretionary hours than ever before.
I couldn't wait to talk to Ashley about happiness, habits, and productivity. < -
Blog postDo you like to listen to books?
I've recorded the audio-book for Outer Order, Inner Calm. Yes, in case you're wondering, I am the voice of the book. (I won't make that mistake again!)
I always enjoy the recording process. It’s interesting to go back through the book I’ve written and read every word aloud. One time, I got to sit in the studio recently occupied by the legendary Jim Dale when he’d been recording (under heavy security) one of the Harry Potter books.
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Blog postI'm often asked what my typical day includes.
I wish I could have a highly routinized day. My fantasy is to live the life of a Benedictine monk—and I mean that quite literally. I've done a huge amount of research into the Rule of St. Benedict and how monastery time is structured because it's so appealing to me.
But alas, I can't manage that.
The beginning of my day is usually predictable.
At 6:00 a.m., I wake up (even on the weekends and holidays). I get dresse -
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Blog postInterview: Isabel Gillies
Now, how do I know Isabel Gillies? The answer is lost in the sands of time. We have several mutual friends, perhaps that's how.
She has had a very interesting, varied career. She is an actor who appeared, among other places, on the TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and in the movie Metropolitan.
She's also a highly successful writer. Her bestselling memoir Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story recounts the story of how her -
Blog postWith each book I write, I think, "I'll never have as much fun writing a book again." And then I love the next book project even more.
Many aspects of writing Outer Order, Inner Calm made it particularly enjoyable.
In it, I use a very accessible, concise approach. This book is meant to be read quickly, to get you fired up to clear clutter. I was inspired by a book whose structure I've always admired: Michael Pollan's Food Rules. I'd always wanted to write a book -
Blog postI love my husband Jamie with all my heart.
But as research shows—and I've found this in my own experience—married couples often treat each with less courtesy than they show to friends, or even strangers.
I find it all too easy to snap at Jamie, to read my email while I'm talking to him on the phone, or to get annoyed by some of his habits.
I remind myself often to take good advice—that I know perfectly well!
Here are the challenges that come up most often for m -
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Blog postInterview: Reshma Saujani
Reshma Saujani founded a tech organization called Girls Who Code, and she served as the Deputy Public Advocate in the Office of the Public Advocate here in New York City.
In addition to that, she's just written a new book: Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder.
So many of my favorite Secrets of Adulthood are observations along these lines. Don't get it perfect, get it started. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the -
Blog postOne of my favorite exercises is to write a "Manifesto." No matter what subject I study, I find it helpful to try to distill my ideas into succinct statements of the most important principles.
For instance, I’ve done a Happiness Manifesto, a Habits Manifesto, and a Podcast Manifesto.
It’s a fun, creative, and clarifying process.
So of course as I was writing my new book Outer Order, Inner Calm, I wanted to write an accompanying manifesto. As with all my m -
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Blog postFor more than two years now, every Monday morning, I've posted a photo on my Facebook Page of the books I finished during the week, with the tag #GretchenRubinReads.
I get a big kick out of this weekly habit—it’s a way to shine a spotlight on all the terrific books that I’ve read.
As I write about in my book Better Than Before, for most of my life, my habit was to finish any book that I started. Finally, I realized that this approach meant that I spent time rea -
Blog postWhat is the role of emotions in the workplace? How do you stay happy when other people are grouchy or stressed out? How do you unplug from work concerns to enjoy true leisure?
I think about questions like these all the time, so I was very interested to hear about a new book, No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work.
Liz Fosslien is a strategy and design consultant who has worked with companies including Salesforce, Ernst & Young, and the Stanford d. -
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