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263: Why You Should Embrace Difficult Emotions to Build Strength and Agility | Susan David, PhD

The Genius Life

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What Is Emotion Granularity?

When you label something as stress, your body is in fight or flight. You aren't able to really move yourself forward in a way that is values congruent. Emotion granularity enables you to understand the cause of the emotion and start taking concrete steps towards what you value. If you go into a conversation with someone, I'm angry and they angry could apply to any example.

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