1. I need PATIENCE
And I need it NOW!

2. Do you want these things?
Lower stress
Better decisions
Greater success
Less conflict O

3. Delay Pain Misfortune Provocation
ability and willingness
to tolerate unpleasantness
without complaint or anger
PATIENCE What is it?

4. When do you need patience? dysfunction difficult people
long-term goals
healing
personal failure
The Marshmallow Test
PATIENCE What is it?

5. How do patient people speak and act?
Calm Don’t argue, fight back, or get angry _
Forgiving Express empathy, are sensitive and gentle
Flexible Willing to adjust their expectations
Affirming Supportive and encouraging, optimistic
And the impatient?
PATIENCE How do we communicate it?

6. Life teaches us to be patient.
Up in the Air
Impatience solves nothing.
Waiting is sometimes better.
We’re all imperfect, on the road of personal growth.
Accept what we can’t control.
Setbacks are temporary.
No need to press, strain, and rush—timing is everything.
We need people to be patient with us sometimes.
PATIENCE How do we cultivate it?

7. Is patience a good thing?
Lower stress
Better decisions
Greater success
Less conflict
PATIENCE What are the results?