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282: The Science of Happiness and How to Extract More Joy Out of Every Day | Arthur Brooks, PhD

The Genius Life

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The Importance of Non Reactivity in a Defensive Moment

It depends on what you're up for is what it comes down to. You don't want to mock somebody and say yeah no kidding I'm stupid well you're ugly. That's just another tit for tap that's just insulting and that looks defensive. Some of them are they have kind of a practice of reacting either with love or with humor. And even if he hadn't even if he decided he hated me more which could happen. My heart was a little bit on fire. It felt good because you know my mom would have been proud of me for answering that way.

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