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Ep. 021: Gretchen Rubin on Habits and Being Better Than Before

Gretchen Rubin on Gen X Amplified with Adrion Porter

On this episode of Gen X Amplified, we have someone who is perhaps considered the “queen of habits and happiness”, New York Times bestselling author, Gretchen Rubin. She is here to discuss her latest book, aptly titled Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Everyday Life, and to share some awesome insights on the steps we can take to change and conquer our habits.

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Gretchen Rubin is definitely a content creator phenomenon. She is a blogger, podcaster, speaker, and bestselling author of many books, including The Happiness Project, which really sparked her overall happiness movement.

Then she “happily” put pen to paper again to write Happier at Home, which was Gretchen’s personal account of what she implemented to create more happiness in the things that mattered to her at home – such as marriage, family treasured possessions, neighborhood, and parenthood.

Now Gretchen’s latest book, Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives, is all about how to maintain and increase the good habits in your life – and how to break the bad ones that are keeping you from reaching your goals.

She has also recently launched a weekly podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin that she co-hosts with her sister, where they discuss good habits and happiness.

Gretchen has a passionate following both in print and online, and her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide in more than thirty languages. She also makes frequent TV appearances on shows like The Today Show, and others.

As our featured guest on today’s episode of Gen X Amplified, Gretchen speaks directly to the challenges and even the great opportunities that Gen-Xers have when it comes to creating better habits, especially during this “rush hour” of life as she calls it.

Gretchen’s Personal Theme Song

  • “Happy” by Pharrell

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Adrion Porter is a keynote speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice, founder of Mid-Career Mastery®, and creator of The Magical Middle — a movement helping professionals in the middle of their career get unstuck, rewrite their story, and master their next chapter.

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