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Can You Make It Safe To Struggle? Podcast with Dr. Adam Fraser
Category: Business
Duration: 00:37:03
Publish Date: 2020-04-09 19:00:00
Description:

In this episode, we explore the benefits of struggle when it comes to our learning and growth and the four practical steps we can take to get more comfortable with struggle.

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You’ll Learn:
  • [02:35] - Adam shares what enables us to strive
  • [06:46] - Adam talks about why we need to make struggle our friend
  • [07:55] - Adam explains about the value of negative emotions
  • [12:26] - Adam introduces foreground and background behaviors that support striving.
  • [13:24] - Adam outlines the SAFE foreground behaviors and how we can learn to sit with discomfort.
  • [18:13] - Adam offers tips for accepting our struggle without judgment.
  • [23:29] - Adam shares how the focus of our struggle can be development, learning, and growth.
  • [26:53] - Adam explains how we can engage in the most constructive behaviors even in the midst of struggle.
  • [34:11] - Adam enters the lightning round
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