Ta-da! Here’s the one-minute video for my new book, Happier at Home, on “Ten ways to be happier at home.” Some of the “ways” are serious; some are a bit goofy.
If seeing this book trailer made you think, “Goodness, Gretchen, I want to pre-order Happier at Homeright this minute,” then here are the links you need! Pre-orders are a big help to me, so thanks for pre-ordering.
For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully.
I love short mantras that cover a lot of situations. Do you have a mantra or catchphrase that helps you remember how you want to behave? My favorite personal mantra is Be Gretchen. (Other people should substitute their own names, of course.)
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For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully.
This week’s story: Would I have been able to tell right from wrong?
As I said, I didn’t really understand what happened with Enron; I understood just enough to make me feel unsettled.
The passage I read is: “The overriding basic principle of accounting is that if you explain the ‘accounting treatment’ to a man in the street, would you influence his investing decisions? Would he sell or buy the stock based on a thorough understanding of the facts? If so, you best present it correctly and/or change the accounting.”
If you’d like to read the full text of Sherron Watkins’s memo, read it here.
How about you? Can you think of examples when you found the right question or the right test to identify the right path? Often, I say to myself, “Do the loving thing.” That often helps.
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For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully.
This week’s story: I want to do the same thing on the weekend that I do during the week.
For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully.
This week’s story: My sister wasn’t sorry to see me go–but she was glad I came.
What does this story mean, exactly? I don’t think I captured it in my summation in the video. I meant to say: sometimes, even when we don’t enjoy something, or feel grateful for it at the time, we’re grateful for it later. So when I’m the person who’s giving that not-particularly-welcome help, I have to remember not to expect gold stars; the important thing is to be helping someone I love over the long term.
This can be hard for a gold-star junkie like myself! Do you ever battle this? Feel annoyed or disappointed when people don’t seem grateful, even if you know that in the long run you’re helping? This is particularly difficult, because sometimes people honestly aren’t grateful, and would prefer that we not “help.” In this case, it was clear that my sister did in fact welcome my help. And at the same time, she was glad to see me go!
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For the weekly videos, I now tell a story. I’ve realized that for me, and I think for many people, a story is what holds my attention and makes a point most powerfully.
This week’s story:
This reminds me of something Virginia Woolf wrote in her Diary: “My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.” Agree, disagree? Does your “work” sometimes distract you from your “work”?
