Currently, I am in the midst of reading a book called "Better Than Before", by Gretchen Rubin. In gist, it is a book about changing our habits for the better. I am especially intrigued by the Four Tendencies mentioned by the author. Of course, these are nothing new, but I can relate to the way she is classifying them. The Four Tendencies that Gretchen Rubin is talking about are (extracted from the book):

1. Upholders (respond readily to both outer and inner expectations)
2. Obligers (respond readily to outer expectations but struggle to meet inner expectations)
3. Questioners (question all expectations, and will meet an expectation only if they believe it's justified)
4. Rebels (resist all expectations, outer and inner alike)

Basically, what she is trying to say is that depending on our responses to the inner and outer expectations, we tend to fall into either one ......