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Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies

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What Kind of Person Are You? The Four Rubin Tendencies.

New to me, from 2013 — I love Gretchen Rubin’s framework for sorting everyone into categories which describe how people tend to respond to both outer and inner expectations. (I’m an Upholder.)

Via Cate.

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Lance Willett
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6 responses to “Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies”

  1. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    My sister-in-law introduced me to this framework a while back, and I’ve been puzzling over it ever since! I don’t think I fit neatly into one tendency — I’m somewhere between an Obliger and an Upholder.

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    1. Lance Willett Avatar
      Lance Willett

      It’s a good thought process even if you don’t fit perfectly, right?

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      1. Rachel Avatar
        Rachel

        Yes, definitely! I keep coming back to it.

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  2. Chaitanya Avatar
    Chaitanya

    I am an Upholder too!

    I read this book in 2015 and two other things I learned from this book are:

    1. Foundation Habits: Food, Sleep, Exercise, Declutter (I agree with first three, but I have a different opinion on fourth. I think Focus is more foundational for me, than Declutter.)
    2. Habit Loopholes. (I learned about habit loopholes from this book and it was helpful to be aware of them.)

    I have a physical copy of the book (Tony of Coach.me sent this to book to me and others as a gift for the reason I forgot now) which I will read again at some point.

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  3. Alister Scott Avatar
    Alister Scott

    Nice concept, but like most personality classification schemes I think it misses the key concept of context. At work I would classify myself as an obliger, but in my personal life I’m more of an upholder.

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    1. Lance Willett Avatar
      Lance Willett

      Context is everything. Even with work or home roles it could shift based on the group dynamic or in a given situation.

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