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OBLIGER? REBEL? QUESTIONER? UPHOLDER? What type are you? Everyone belongs to one of the 4 personality types and knowing your own can make you happier and more successful. In her research into understanding human nature, Gretchen Rubin discovered that by asking, “How do I respond to expectations?” we gain life-changing self-awareness.

She found that based on their answers, people fit into four Tendencies: Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels. Our Tendency shapes every aspect of our behavior, so using this framework allows us to make better decisions, meet deadlines, suffer less stress, and engage with others more effectively.

Over 800,000 people have taken her online quiz, and managers, doctors, teachers, spouses, and parents are already using the framework to help people make significant, lasting changes. The Four Tendencies offers practical answers if you’ve ever thought...

• People can rely on me, but I can’t rely on myself
• How can I help someone follow good advice?
• People say I ask too many questions
• How do I work with someone who refuses to do what I ask—or who keeps telling me what to do?

With sharp insight, compelling research, and funny examples, The Four Tendencies will help you be happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative.

‘I love Gretchen Rubin—she helps me understand both myself and the people around me’ CATHY RENTZENBRINK, OBLIGER

‘If you want to change anything in your life, you need Gretchen Rubin’ VIV GROSKOP, REBEL

OTHER BOOKS BY GRETCHEN RUBIN

• Outer Order Inner Calm: declutter and organize to make more room for happiness
• Better Than Before: learn how to make good habits and break bad ones, forever
• Happier At Home: a year-long experiment in making the everyday extraordinary

Pages: 272, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm