Gretchen Rubin Quotes

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

I have really focused on mindfulness. That helps me make better choices both physically, psychologically, and emotionally.

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check.

I work on myself daily to be a better person. When I react in a negative way to somebody, I sit back and think about why I did it, so I'm always working on myself, and my music is the same.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.

It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside.

My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person.

I try not to do too much self-analysis apart from when I'm actually paying $170 an hour for it. I try to keep it in the room.

You can't change how people act, but what you can change is how you react.

Especially since I started studying acting, I feel like I'm always super-aware of my emotions and my feelings and what's going on with me at every moment. I definitely think I wasn't very present prior to that.

You're the only one that's in control of your emotions; you're the only one that's inside of you at all times. So control you however you want to. If you're not happy, that's your fault.

Taking ownership of your feelings is so vital to getting better.

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

I've learned a lot from counseling and talking about the mistakes that I've made; I've understood why I made them.