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Jane Goodall on Leadership Lessons from Primates

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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Are You a Patient Mother?

I was criticised for giving the chimpanses names, but i guessed that criticism would have come even if i'd been er a male student. I think that to be a good mother, which is woman's rolle throughout the evolution, really, or going way back and youl, have to be patient. You know, i was obviously born patient, wasn't i? And i could sit for hours until a bird ot got some used to me,. Then i could watch her laying her eggs and watching parents feed the babies... That took hours of just sitting. Do you have techniques or strategies to maintain your patience and delay gratifications? No, i never thought of it.

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