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- July 27, 2016
# Podcast 75: Develop a Minor Expertise, a Deep Dive into Signature Color, and How Do You Help a Rebel Sweetheart to Get a New Job?
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Ep. 75: Become a Minor Expert
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EPISODE NOTES
It’s time for the next installment of “[**Happier with Gretchen Rubin**](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520?mt=2&ls=1)**[.](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520?mt=2)”**
#### **Update**
We won an award! At the recent Podcast Movement conference, [**Happier with Gretchen Rubin**](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520?mt=2&ls=1)**”** won the Academy of Podcasters “**Best Health and Fitness Podcast 2016**.” Exciting!
#### **Try This at Home**
Develop a minor expertise. Right now, I’m *obsessed* with color. The most fascinating, delightful subject ever.
#### **Happiness Hack**
I love the app [**TimeHop**](https://timehop.com/). It shows me what I was doing one year ago today, four years ago today, etc. Fun memories. If you like this **one-year-ago-today way of remembering**, you might enjoy [***The Happiness Project One-Sentence Journal: a Five-Year Record***](http://amzn.to/29XbnSF). I have to say, I’ve been surprised by how popular this journal has proved to be.
#### **Deep Dive**
So many fascinating comments and observations about having a signature color, coming off our discussion in [**Episode 71**](http://staging.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2016/06/podcast-71/). Listener enthusiasm got me color-obsessed!
#### **Listener Question**
Two listeners ask the same question: **How do you help a Rebel sweetheart pursue a career change**? If you want to take the **[**Four Tendencies quiz**](http://staging.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2015/01/ta-da-the-launch-of-my-quiz-on-the-four-tendencies-learn-about-yourself/)**, to find out if you’re an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel, it’s **[**here**](http://staging.gretchenrubin.com/happiness_project/2015/01/ta-da-the-launch-of-my-quiz-on-the-four-tendencies-learn-about-yourself/).**
#### **Elizabeth’s Demerit and Gold Star**
In a single afternoon, Elizabeth got a demerit for losing her temper with Adam, then she got a gold star for being spontaneous and going to get a drink at a hotel bar with him.
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