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I enjoy Gretchen Rubin's ideas, bookishness and obvious interest in improving herself and better understanding others. I think she is an interesting and flexible, if sometimes quite linear, thinker.
What worked about this book for me: It gives a lens to look at how to be more successful when making change or connecting with others across a range of relationships and it does so in a fairly non-judgmental way, working with how people work vs. claiming one way is "right". That element is useful to me and a good reminder if something isn't working think about a new path in and here are some ideas of what that path could look likes.
A number of reviewers question the model, the research, the credentials that make her a psychological researcher to develop such a framework - and they aren't wrong. So I wouldn't offer this as a validated, rigorous behavioral or attitudinal framework - simply a tool that may help someone think about something a little differently and, in doing so, maybe help them get "unstuck" in a situation for themselves or in relationship with someone else. And at the end of the day, if it succeeds in doing that, I'll call it a win - because a lot of "validated" models don't have the accessibility or actionability that her framework does.
What worked about this book for me: It gives a lens to look at how to be more successful when making change or connecting with others across a range of relationships and it does so in a fairly non-judgmental way, working with how people work vs. claiming one way is "right". That element is useful to me and a good reminder if something isn't working think about a new path in and here are some ideas of what that path could look likes.
A number of reviewers question the model, the research, the credentials that make her a psychological researcher to develop such a framework - and they aren't wrong. So I wouldn't offer this as a validated, rigorous behavioral or attitudinal framework - simply a tool that may help someone think about something a little differently and, in doing so, maybe help them get "unstuck" in a situation for themselves or in relationship with someone else. And at the end of the day, if it succeeds in doing that, I'll call it a win - because a lot of "validated" models don't have the accessibility or actionability that her framework does.