The Four Tendencies walks us through the four personality types and how they deal with expectations to help us better understand ourselves and those we encounter in our work and personal lives.

There are many different frameworks through which people try to understand themselves better.

Gretchen Rubin's 'four habit tendencies 'framework first revealed itself in her book Better Than Before

Readers reported a better understanding of their own behavior and a great boost in improving their work and communication styles.

Rubin, a lawyer-turned-researcher and human behavior aficionado, now brings us a deeper dive into these ideas in her full-length work, The Four Tendencies.

This book explains that the way - people respond to expectations fits into four tendencies: Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels.

Rubin walks us through what it means to fit into these categories and how identifying our personal tendencies can help both our relationships and our productivity.