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Jan 2025
50m 52s

Wellness 2.0: Rising to the Occasion

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
About this episode
From time to time, all of us are called upon to do hard or even seemingly impossible things. Do we rise to the occasion, or do we fall short? Today on the show, we examine the psychology of pushing through a crisis. We talk with psychologist Adam Galinsky about great leaders, and what they can teach us about being steadfast in the face of challenges. 
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