Happier at Home | Gretchen Rubin | Talks at Google

Authors@GoogleNY is pleased to welcome Gretchen Rubin author of the NY Times bestseller "Happier at Home: Kiss more, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life"
GRETCHEN RUBIN is the author of several books, including the blockbuster #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project. Rubin started her career in law and was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor when she realized that she really wanted to be a writer. Raised in Kansas City, she lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

[@6006133]

Interesting talk. And beautiful interviewer :)

[@Bolletjehopla47]

Beautiful interview, very good questions and such meaningful answers. Love it!!

[@nicolestark3316]

Looks like the moderator really needs the happiness project with all her mentions of the "sad facts". What a dud. Thankfully, Gretchen is still fantastic against all odds. :) Love her!

[@chattyraven211]

The part where Gretchen is talking about people getting something in return when they make others happy reminded me of a segment I heard on "Radio Lab". They were talking with a research subject who had his brain hooked up to a computer, then they showed him pictures of good things and bad things, mapping the regions of brain activity. At the end of the test, before they unhooked him, he was chatting with the tech. He made a funny comment and the tech laughed. The computer recorded him getting a big endorphin kick. Who don't love endorphins? The thing is, I think I might be a junky. Still looking for the line where this is a bad thing. If you can make someone laugh, you can make them want to help you.

[@katiekat4457]

I have the exact same watch as her.

[@mashtee2003]

Thanks for the video, it's interesting that you don't like music... i can't imagine anyone be happy without music or dance. But whatever works I guess!

[@vivienneluke8842]

What works for one person doesnt work for everyone!

[@katiekat4457]

November has 30 days silly Gretchen

[@sugarluna1571]

just started my own happiness project go check it out!!!

[@rajeevgopinath6010]

What's that is new or insightful in this? People should not get carried away with such banal ideas.

[@andihudaya1904]

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