Summary: <p>In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, author of the <i>The Happiness Project</i>, and <i>Better than Before</i> joins us to share unconventional wisdom on habits and happiness. </p> <h3>HIGHLIGHTS:</h3> <p></p> <ul> <li><strong>Manageable and Realistic Ways to Become Happier</strong></li> <li>Why We Need a Burning Desire and the Willingness to do the work </li> <li><strong>The Power of Unconditional Support from Important People in your Life </strong></li> <li>Four Tendencies That Drive our Habits </li> <li><strong>The Role of Intrinsic Motivation </strong></li> <li>Understanding What is True of You </li> <li><strong>A Critical Variable that Changes all Formulas for Success </strong></li> <li>The Myth of Safety and Security </li> <li><strong>Questions that Help You to Discover What’s True You </strong></li> <li>How Your Personality Impacts Your Habits </li> <li><strong>Setting Aside Time for Your Highest Value Work</strong></li> </ul> <p></p> <h3>BOOKS AND RESOURCES </h3> <p><a href="https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1950137/Four-Tendencies-January-2015">The Habits Quiz</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081298160X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=081298160X&linkCode=as2&tag=unmistakab02-20&linkId=TMPT4NEX3BN4KTL7">The Power of Habit </a>by Charles Duhigg</p> <p><a href="http://gretchenrubin.com/podcast/">Happier with Gretchen Rubin</a> (Podcast)</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006158326X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=006158326X&linkCode=as2&tag=unmistakab02-20&linkId=2O62QIUQ67ULL6EF">The Happiness Project</a> by Gretchen Rubin </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385348614/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385348614&linkCode=as2&tag=unmistakab02-20&linkId=W42QD3WSYZ7BYKTW">Better than Before </a> by Gretchen Rubin </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307273601/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307273601&linkCode=as2&tag=unmistakab02-20&linkId=MXCKXZXZV7YPXRIZ">Daily Rituals </a>by Mason Currey</p> <p></p> <h3>QUOTES</h3> <p>Getting enough sleep is one of the few iron laws of habit formation. </p> <p></p> <p><em>Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Timesbestsellers, <a href="http://www.gretchenrubin.com/books/before-after/before-after/">Better Than Before</a>, <a href="http://www.gretchenrubin.com/books/the-happiness-project/about-the-book/">The Happiness Project</a> and <a href="http://www.gretchenrubin.com/books/happier-at-home/about-the-book/">Happier at Home</a>. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages</em></p>
