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    Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement

    Most self-help advice is guesswork dressed up as wisdom. We dig into psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science to find what actually changes lives.

    WHY LISTEN?

    Over 8 million downloads because we answer the questions that matter: How do I build mental strength? What creates lasting motivation? How can I understand my own mind well enough to work with it, not against it?

    This podcast is for curious skeptics who want frameworks backed by psychology studies, not Instagram quotes. Whether you’re navigating procrastination, building self-discipline, or designing your own philosophy for a life well lived—we explore the hidden psychology behind real change.

    WHAT YOU’LL GET

    Mental models and simple techniques from cognitive psychology, positive psychology, and ancient wisdom traditions like Stoicism and Buddhism.

    Being a human can be confusing, learning about it doesn’t have to be.

    We cover everything from emotional intelligence and habit formation to brain health and the nervous system.

    WHAT YOU DON’T GET

    No pseudoscience. No oversimplified “hacks.” No hustle porn.

    Just practical insights on mindset improvement, self-development, and human psychology that respect your intelligence and mental health.

    THE APPROACH

    Instead of telling you what to think, we explore how thinking works. Armed with psychology studies, social science research, and relentless curiosity, we uncover the mechanics of belief change, attitude change, and personal development.

    Success is personal. You might want to leverage your neurodiverse strengths, build a business, or simply discover how to be happier. We provide the mental frameworks to pursue your definition of success with mental strength and self-care that fits your life.

    YOUR HOST

    I’m Sam Webster Harris—a lifelong learner with ADHD and an obsession with finding answers to hard questions. After launching businesses, traveling the world, and nearly dying a few times, I concluded that psychology and science are where real wisdom lives.

    This show is my excuse to dive deep into health and fitness research, behavioral psychology, and cool science while helping you build genuine self-discipline and motivation.

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    PAST SERIES

    Previous guests include Olympians, Scientists, Billionaires, and Sam’s Mum.

    Past series:

    — Psychology vs Stoicism

    — Time Management for Busy Mortals

    — Independence and Knowing Yourself

    — Cognitive Biases and Rational Thinking

    — Psychology of Connection and Relationships

    — Carol Dweck and the Multiverse of Mindsets

    — Addiction and Behaviour Change

    — Nervous System Mastery and Polyvagal Theory

    — Mental Strength and Self-Discipline

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    The Psychology of Black Friday - Social Contagions, Deal FOMO & Retail Rage Nov 26, 2024
    Show notes

    What are the secret drivers behind the year's biggest shopping day, and why is there so much fighting?


    Black Friday has become an inescapable part of life, with a deal notification even popping up as a type this... (thanks Grammarly I don't need 50% off)


    But it wasn't always this way.


    In the early 1950's Philadelphia after Thanksgiving, a flood of traffic would swell for the local football game and downtown shopping. Cops called the gridlock "Black Friday" as a derogatory term. It was slowly adopted by shops and morphed into the retail phenomenon we know today.


    We pull the curtains back on this crazy day:

    • Psychological levers that get us to spend
    • Case studies of different fights and drama
    • How shopping impacts our emotions
    • What are we really seeking from a deal


    Learn about why our rational thinking gets turned off as shops manipulate our minds to get us into a buying frenzy and how it can turn violent. And whose fault is it?



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    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    Chapters:

    00:00 The Contradiction of Black Friday

    02:20 A Brief History of Black Friday

    05:01 The Perfect Storm of Psychological Triggers

    07:12 Case Studies of Black Friday Madness

    09:29 Deindividuation, Competition, Social Contagion and Polyvagal Theory

    11:34 Cyber Monday and Online Shopping

    15:41 The Financial Costs of Black Friday

    17:45 Global Perspectives on Black Friday

    19:31 Human Nature Revealed by Black Friday

    20:49 Social Dynamics & the Irrationality of Value

    21:32 Final Thoughts on Black Friday

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    How To Gracefully Deal With Life Problems Nov 22, 2024
    Show notes

    A 3 part decision framework to understand and solve any frustration.


    Ultimately all problems are a perception of the mind. Sometimes there is a way around or through the problem that we can't see.


    This episode Sam Webster explores a framework to help us diagnose the problem we are experiencing so we can correctly deal with it.

    1. Problems we want to have - Small problems that are connected to a bigger goal we want (see the last episode)
    2. Problems we can't change - Realities of life we need to accept
    3. Problems we don't want to have - Actual problems we need to creatively and logically solve


    This episode covers the whole framework with details on steps 2 and 3. To listen to the full set of ideas for part one see the last episode on real advice to build gratitude that doesn't suck.



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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    🛜 Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 Problems are illusions of the mind

    01:22 3 types of problems you might complain about

    02:02 #1 The problem you want to have

    02:39 #2 Problems you have to accept

    03:56 Our issue with dreaming of what isn't

    08:05 #3 - the problems you dont want to have

    08:51 The right mindset towards what can and can't be changed

    09:58 Priorities to get right in life

    11:16 Our plague of too many desires

    14:29 Determining if a problem is worth dealing with

    15:56 Growing up and wisdom

    17:00 Using complaints as tools to reflect, learn about, and improve yourself

    18:57 Wise words to leave you with

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    2 Lessons To Build Real Gratitude That Don't Suck [Even for Skeptics] Nov 19, 2024
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    Burn the manifestation guide and step away from the affirmations. Here are some unusual but realistic ways to build happiness, wonder and gratitude for the world around you.


    We all know we "should" build more gratitude if we want to be happier. You may have heard of gratitude journalling or even be practising it. Today we explore ideas that aren't spoken about but make a difference to your baseline enjoyment of life.


    Some themes we highlight:

    • The recurring problem with goals
    • Fighting the natural focus on flaws
    • Building a polymathic curiosity
    • Raising our baseline everyday gratitude
    • Zero affirmations


    Whether you are highly sceptical of the positive or spiritual aspects of gratitude or just fed up with the endless bad news. It can feel hard to feel grateful when things seem so overwhelmingly difficult but this episode will teach you two ways to fight our focus on flaws and see reality with greater clarity.



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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    📺 Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)

    🛜 Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 Introduction to Gratitude

    01:35 Common Problems with Gratitude

    04:12 Recurring theme - great achievements will come with problems

    07:05 Planning for Problems

    08:46 Gratitude in Relationships

    09:31 Break Time

    09:40 Contextualizing Gratitude and Building Curiousity

    12:42 Appreciating Modern Innovations

    13:18 Resources for Building Gratitude

    16:01 Recap - Choose to see the positive side of things

    17:58 Next Week's Episode

    18:06 Outro

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    How To Increase Your Intelligence and Become A Deep Thinker Nov 15, 2024
    Show notes

    5 practices to adopt and 3 bad habits to avoid to improve mental clarity and decision-making.


    This episode covers some of the best lessons from Cal Newport's writing on Deep Work and Slow Productivity. We focus on becoming deeper thinkers who question easy answers and build opinions from a place of deep understanding.


    Top lessons:

    • How to avoid shallow thinking traps
    • Understand where your opinions come from
    • Interval Training for concentration
    • Ways to think like an intellectual
    • Increase your working memory
    • Understand ideas from multiple perspectives
    • Enjoy slower and more purposeful progress


    This episode is a blueprint for building wisdom and clarity of thought and we can't recommend Cal Newport's work enough and his ideas shared in this episode.



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    • Website - https://calnewport.com/
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    • Deep Work - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25744928-deep-work
    • Slow Productivity - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195889760-slow-productivity



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    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    🛜 Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 The Erosion of Deep Thinking

    01:46 Using Charlie Mungers Inversion Approach for deep thinking

    02:22 [Bad Habit #1] - Outsourcing Our Thinking

    03:25 [Bad Habit #2] - Prioritizing Fast Emotional Hits

    04:19 [Bad Habit #3] - Checklist Mentality

    05:02 System One vs. System Two Thinking

    06:13 [Deep Habit #1] - Improving Information Quality + Reducing Quantity

    07:46 Cal Newport's Timescales of Consumption

    09:34 [Deep Habit #2] - Comfort with Boredom

    11:03 Sanitizing Your Phone & Building Phone-Free Activities

    13:35 [Deep Habit #3] - Cultivating Attention

    16:23 Tracking Your Progress

    18:00 [Deep Habit #4] - Increasing Working Memory

    21:47 [Deep Habit #5] - Practice Being Intellectual

    22:13 Pairing Primary and Secondary Sources

    23:02 Richard Feynman's Idea Documents

    25:46 Adopting Intellectual Curiosity

    27:38 Benjamin Franklin's Deep Thinkers Club

    28:12 Launching a Book Club

    29:02 Rebranding the Podcast to Psychology Vs.

    30:15 Starting a Second Podcast - History of Innovation

    31:56 Episode Summary and Final Thoughts

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    Intellectual Discipline: How to Train Your Mind & Let Go of Your Ego Nov 12, 2024
    Show notes

    Stop getting in your own way by spotting the lies your mind wants you to believe.


    Learn about the psychology behind the hidden biases that blind us from the truth. This episode explains the main reasons behind the biggest mistakes you make in life and how to overcome them.


    Takes homes:

    • The link between IQ and the ability to lie to ourselves
    • Warning signs that you aren't being truthful
    • 3 biggest mistakes Sam made last decade
    • 3 ways to catch your own ego


    This is a deceptively easy listening episode with big take-homes. Host Sam Webster Harris tells us about the 3 biggest mistakes he made in his life and how clearly ego was behind them. These stories show how blinded we can be by our beliefs that we fail to see the obvious answers right in front of us.


    We round up the episode with some lessons to take forward to be more aware in our own lives of where we trip ourselves up.



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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    🛜 Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 Unconscious bias and why we lie to ourselves

    02:54 IQ and ego

    05:28 How well do you understand information

    07:58 Being aware of your flaws

    10:44 Mistake 1 - Unscientific scientist

    14:01 Mistake 2 - Unbalanced Balancer

    18:14 Mistake 3 - Unentrepreneurial Entrepreneur

    22:47 Recap

    23:05 Tips on how to become an ego detective

    24:27 Tip 1 - Write Down 3 Big Errors You Made

    25:24 Tip 2 - Nurturing Strategies

    26:46 Tip 3 - Find your low ego crowd

    27:17 Outro

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    AI & Personal Growth: How to Spark Creativity and Deeper Thought Using ChatGPT (with Tim O'Shea) Nov 08, 2024
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    How to use AI to avoid lazy thinking traps and think deeper, faster, and with greater perspective.


    Tim O'Shea joins the podcast to talk about ways to genuinely improve your thinking with AI.


    Employing a self-improvement coach is expensive. As well as a writing coach or a therapist or a coder or an accountant or an SEO strategist.


    Generative AI has been heralded as giving us the tools to do all of these things on one simple interface. But the reality of using it can seem clunky and well-limited.


    We explore ways to make the most of AI's like ChatGPT and Claude to improve your creativity and problem solve.

    • How to uncover lost memories
    • Improve your writing and storytelling
    • Get an elite advisor on anything
    • Think bigger and think differently
    • Generate useful and surprising ideas and connections.


    Whether you want Warren Buffet to review your investing choices and teach you to be a better investor or you want Morpheus's advice on finding your purpose in life. With a playful approach you can unlock a lot fo fun and creativity and this episode should give you some ideas you haven't thought of before.



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    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    📺 Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)

    🛜 Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 Balancing technology and personal growth

    03:45 Using AI as a guide

    05:40 Creative prompts to spark ideas

    08:15 Unlocking hidden memories using AI

    10:00 How to ask for help

    13:23 Writing and Creativity: A Personal Journey

    17:05 Great stories happen to people who tell great stories.

    19:13 Using AI for Personal Stories

    25:46 Capturing elusive thoughts in real time

    27:45 AI and Thought Translation

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    34 Unconventional Life Lessons You Don't Learn In School Nov 05, 2024
    Show notes

    Mental models, hard truths & priceless wisdom I wish I knew 10 years ago.


    From how to really think about IQ or Money to establishing the point of your life in a confused society.


    This episode covers 34 of my favourite and unintuitive lessons this year for getting along in the world without regrets.


    Some of the main themes covered:

    • Pursuing the right things
    • Working with your emotions
    • Improving your career and work life
    • Making the most of your potential
    • Building your own independent beliefs
    • Focussing on what truly matters
    • Creating your own luck
    • Overcoming ego and identity
    • Seeing society with a rational viewpoint


    If you enjoy psychology, philosophy and contemplating how the world and our minds work this episode will have a few insights for you.



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    Growth Mindset Psychology:

    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    🛜 Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 34 Lessons for life - Exploring Thought-Provoking Ideas

    02:14 The Importance of Understanding Books

    03:03 Are You Pursuing a Shadow Career?

    03:41 The Reality of Side Hustles

    04:23 The Necessity of Exercise

    04:56 Doing Your Best Work When Not Working

    05:48 Ideas are stepping stones

    06:23 Money as a Tool

    07:03 Life is Too Short for the Wrong Pursuits

    07:45 The Importance of Approach

    08:32 Practicing Desired Emotions

    09:44 Finding Yourself

    10:16 Developing Your Personal Voice

    11:13 Discipline Over Talent

    11:49 IQ and Success

    13:10 Apply Yourself Accordingly

    14:17 Making Others Feel Clever

    15:07 Think Bigger

    16:06 Setting Higher Standards for Yourself

    16:26 No One Thinks About You as Much as You Do

    17:02 Make Your Life Story Interesting

    17:55 First Principles Thinking

    19:05 Learn from Others' Mistakes

    20:04 Too Much of Anything is Bad

    21:07 Society is an Accident

    21:44 Embrace Unplanned Opportunities

    22:30 The World is Duct Taped Together

    24:15 Question What You Take for Granted

    26:02 Build Your Own Beliefs

    28:04 Keep Your Identity Small

    28:51 Understanding Biases

    30:41 Empathy Makes the World Nicer

    30:51 Life is About Contrasts

    31:33 Anger is a Useless Emotion

    32:30 Camera Angles and Stories

    33:56 Big and Small Things Matter

    34:34 Final Thoughts and Birthday Wish

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    The Psychology of Last Minute Voters - The hidden mind games controlling the election Nov 01, 2024
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    Conflicted, Confused, and Ready to Vote - Uncovering the discombobulated thoughts of the great undecided who will sway the election.


    We dive into the hidden forces in our minds that sway our decisions when we don't know how to decide. From Free Will to Confirmation Bias, Appearances and a Turn of Phrase. What doesn't matter and what could make all the difference in a voters mind.


    We cover:

    • Where do our preferences come from
    • How we shortcut confusing decisions into simple flawed decisions
    • The impact of last-minute scandals
    • What each side doesn't understand?
    • The irrational nature of sensible people
    • Who has been overlooked by politics and what are they thinking


    The 60th US election coming on November 5th between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has been on the news non stop for a year. Finally, it will all be over and we can move on with our lives.


    13% of people remain undecided but with their vote being crucially important in an otherwise 50:50 race, the nuanced factors that sway their thinking have never been more important.


    Tune in to uncover the psychology of last-minute voters and the hidden mind games controlling the election.



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    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

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    Chapters:

    00:00 Beyond politics - the psychology of elections

    02:27 Introduction to Election Tipping Points

    03:16 Heuristics and Decision Making behind voter psychology

    04:13 Voter Biases and Simplification

    05:02 The Role of Vibes in Decision Making

    05:39 Campaign Influence and Free Will

    07:36 Impact of Random Events

    09:00 Trump's Resilience to Scandals

    09:26 Comparing Trump and Kamala Harris

    15:37 Elon Musk's Influence

    16:59 Campaign Strategies for the Final Week

    20:43 The Power of Podcasts in Campaigns

    23:10 Trump's Podcast Strategy

    26:55 Kamala Harris's Debate Performance

    27:38 Media Misconceptions About Psychology

    33:43 Collective Dissatisfaction in Politics

    36:43 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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    The Psychology of Mistakes - 7 Ways To Fix Lazy Thinking Oct 29, 2024
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    We celebrate 'hard work" but forget to consider the benefits of thinking "hard thoughts".


    This episode teaches how to navigate uncertainty without taking easy options by building a capacity for complexity.

    • Allow doubt to improve our decisions
    • Understand multiple causes behind outcomes
    • Reduce judgement of others
    • Improve your field of vision
    • Weight statistics properly
    • Take ownership of forming opinion without using others
    • Accept lower confidence and greater accuracy


    The mind is full of complexity and it relentlessly tries to optimise and take shortcuts. This serves is well in many aspects but cultivating a practice of taking the harder path in our thinking allows us to see hidden truths behind out assumptions.


    To arrive at better decisions we need to learn to balance uncertainty with statistics and see beyond our limited field of view. It isn't easy but the benefits can greatly improve your outcomes and your mindsets.



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    Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

    📺 Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)

    🛜 Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com



    Chapters:

    00:00 Benefits of thinking hard thoughts

    01:12 Optimizing for the wrong things

    03:59 1st - Elimination of doubt

    06:55 2nd - Single cause explanation to complex events

    09:12 3rd - Justification of your own action whilst judging the actions of others

    12:02 Morgan Housel - we are blind to the vast majority of what people are thinking

    12:12 Lessons from the book 'Evil'

    14:20 4th - Your own field of vision is the same as everyone else's

    18:05 5th - The desire to prioritize stories over statistics

    20:46 6th - Outsourcing our hard decisions to the opinions of pundits, consultants, and experts

    24:09 7th - Overconfidence

    26:21 Annie Duke - Thinking of bets

    28:22 Accepting probabilities and the reality of a situation

    29:33 Outro

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    7 Painful Paradoxes of Self-Improvement that Create More Problems Than They Solve Oct 25, 2024
    Show notes

    A lot of the self-improvement industry and advice is backwards. The more books we read the further away from our goals we become.


    Ultimately we want to be happier yet we are accruing more and more things to fix before we are happy with ourselves.


    In this episode, we explore the biggest paradoxes where the work we do can make us more brittle and breakable:


    • Effortlessness Paradox - The harder we try the harder we make it
    • Happiness Paradox - Pursuing Happiness instead chases it away
    • Validation paradox - Seeking external validation prevents internal validation
    • Emotions paradox - Suppressing emotions makes them overwhelm us
    • The Shadow - Rejecting our flaws makes them worse
    • Planning Paradox - Overplanning reduces adaptability
    • Self-Improvement Paradox - The more things you find to fix the more broken you feel


    Searching and finding can be different things.


    We learn a more subtle approach to self-improvement that spends more time building wisdom and focusing on smaller immediately actionable steps with less chasing and running in circles.


    We find answers to the question "How do we balance the art of wanting to improve whilst also wanting to live in contentment in the present?"



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    Chapters:

    00:00 The Effortlessness Paradox

    03:08 The Messy Reality of Self-Improvement

    04:23 Introduction to the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast

    05:14 The Paradox of Pursuing Happiness

    07:49 The Paradox of Validation

    10:52 The Paradox of Emotions

    12:53 Carl Jung and the Shadow Concept

    13:49 Acceptance Over Rejection

    15:07 The Planning Paradox

    16:29 Understanding Uncertainty Tolerance

    16:47 Steve Jobs' Journey of Adaptability

    17:27 Embracing the Unexpected

    18:06 The Paradox of Self-Improvement

    18:44 The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Self-Help

    19:49 The Slow Process of Real Change

    22:12 Balancing Self-Improvement and Acceptance

    25:22 The Timid Cat Analogy for Happiness

    26:33 Final Thoughts and Farewell

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