When best-selling author Gretchen Rubin’s book, Happier at Home hit the New York Times best-seller list earlier this year, it found some familiar company – her first happiness-focused book, The Happiness Project. As of now, The Happiness Project has been on the bestseller list for over two years!

For each book, Gretchen spent a year focusing one month at a time on exploring and implementing different areas related to happiness, then wrote about what she learned.

Listen to this interview with Gretchen and learn:

• The power of focusing on “ordinary happiness”
• How getting a handle on everyday life often allows people to make bigger changes
• How our home environment can make a difference in our lives
• Why self-knowledge is a key to happiness
• The importance of negative emotions in living a happier life
• The importance of mindfulness and paying attention
• Why you should enjoy the fun of failure
• The power of perspective in overcoming fear, uncertainty, and doubt
• The importance of being discerning about what you allow into your brain
• Three questions to ask to decide whether the news you’re watching/reading adds anything to your life
• Tips for starting your own Happiness Project

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