Also: how do you avoid screwing up your kids?
Thor, you've got 20 sharpened sticks leaning against the wall.
Why do you need another one?
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to no stupid questions.
Today on the show, how often do you sit with your thoughts without any other form of stimulation?
You're just supposed to lie there on your mat with your own thoughts?
I fell asleep many times.
Also, how much influence do parents have over their children once they've hit adolescence?
They say, your kid said this to me.
It was such a thoughtful, considerate thing to say.
And I'm like, my kid said that?
Cool.
What?
Angela, let me ask you this.
How comfortable are you being alone with your thoughts for an extended period of time?
I guess it depends on how extended you mean.
But I can go for hours at least.
Not reading, not on your phone, not talking to anyone, just with your thoughts?
Just with my thoughts, yeah.
I would say hours.