I listened to Gretchen Rubin's book, The Four Tendencies, again. In it
she proposes that there are four tendencies and personalities that
humans have that drive our decision -making in our actions. It's not
quite the personality quizzes that pigeonhole everybody into boxes
that tend to limit us, but they're just tendencies that we have.
I was reminded that I fit the upholder tendency really well. I have
strong tendencies in that direction. I'm a rebel too, and that twists
me up inside at times. But the chapter on upholders really resonated
with me. (ooo, touchy feely words :-)
So many of the things that she said upholders tend to do or act like
fit me to a T. Inner and outer expectations, love to do lists and
checking things off, can come off as rigid or distant. React badly
when situations change unexpectedly.
It's funny because there was this meme going around several times
asking the question "what would your warning label be?" And my answer
every time I see that is "Volatile when shaken". Because I don't like
things being shaken up unless I'm the one shaking.
It was fun to listen to the book again. I got a lot more out of it
this time. I'm hoping to learn more about myself and others and
hopefully fit into the world a little bit better and understand people
better.
Check it out at
https://www.amazon.com/Four-Tendencies-Indispensable-Personality-Profiles-ebook/dp/B01MU23P0N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q21IKVXC9JLQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7W6u-PZ6t69JymWKsydRDeRG2xV3pX_jnPncnx60AsqA36r2uTKClNhjLzi4Wux9r9viJj5om8mZu_Y_wfLK579ziKvppW9r7gUKCH3rXZjl2le0gQEOn6ZCRZn8WypqKIVaR4KEFvRco8eeN-ocCiJQqNiEmhQmK91U3lqdg7pu-34WLTVtEzFB5hGQrVjjYDbEp4ZoJoKXj_2X-kHP2xWU8u74n5GxsAo37dhEgSU.LJSd91Gyh5J-MvV_DpRhT6jbB8KqqOkvtwZjhELRJng&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+four+tendencies+by+gretchen+rubin+book&qid=1711630653&sprefix=four+tend%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-1
