patience
human behavior
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Patience is the ability to endure difficult or disagreeable situations without complaining. It involves accepting obstacles or delays calmly, acting with restraint under provocation, and persevering through adversity. This human behavior is closely linked to self-control and the capacity to delay gratification, which is the act of resisting an immediate reward for a more valuable future one. Strategies like focusing on the intellectual aspects of a situation rather than the emotional ones can help in practicing patience.123
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