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Dec 2023
1h 21m

Harnessing Your Generativity: The Secret...

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
About this episode
Dr. Rick joins Forrest for a deep dive into harnessing our natural generativity. How can we become more productive and creative, experience greater satisfaction, and lean into our biological drives to get more of what we want out of life? They explore what a drive is, our natural drive states, and what we can learn from models of motivation like self-determi ... Show More
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