Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore which key inner strengths and psychological skills they truly feel like they couldn’t live without. In the first of two episodes dedicated to this topic, they talk about benevolence, patience, curiosity, self-regulation, and grit. 

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Key Topics:

0:00: Introduction

3:00: What do you take with you?

4:15: Benevolence. 

8:10: Patience. 

12:15: What helps us learn how to wait?

16:40: The value of “asking the question.”

17:30: Curiosity.

22:30: Self-regulation.

28:30: Regulation enabling exploration.

32:30: Grit.

40:50: Recap

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