Dr. Hanson and Forrest continue the strength of Motivation by exploring how we can use healthy passion without falling victim to unhealthy righteousness, anger, and stress.

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Timestamps:

1:00: What’s the relationship between stress and passion?

3:50: Applying positive vs. negative emotion.

6:30: Why passion and “revving up” makes you vulnerable to stress.

11:30: Why can things BE great but FEEL wearing?

15:00: “Faking” passion, and the influence of culture.

17:20: Learning how to hit the gas, and then tap the brakes.

19:00: Four ways to stay in healthy passion.

27:50: Recap

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