TopPodcast.com
Menu
  • Home
  • Top Charts
  • Top Networks
  • Top Apps
  • Top Independents
  • Top Podfluencers
  • Top Picks
    • Top Business Podcasts
    • Top True Crime Podcasts
    • Top Finance Podcasts
    • Top Comedy Podcasts
    • Top Music Podcasts
    • Top Womens Podcasts
    • Top Kids Podcasts
    • Top Sports Podcasts
    • Top News Podcasts
    • Top Tech Podcasts
    • Top Crypto Podcasts
    • Top Entrepreneurial Podcasts
    • Top Fantasy Sports Podcasts
    • Top Political Podcasts
    • Top Science Podcasts
    • Top Self Help Podcasts
    • Top Sports Betting Podcasts
    • Top Stocks Podcasts
  • Podcast News
  • About Us
  • Podcast Advertising
  • Contact
Not in our directory?
Add Show Here
Podcast Equipment
Center

toppodcastlogoOur TOPPODCAST Picks

  • Comedy
  • Crypto
  • Sports
  • News
  • Politics
  • True Crime
  • Business
  • Finance

Follow Us

toppodcastlogoStay Connected

    View Top 200 Chart
    Back to Rankings Page
    Business

    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.

    PREMIUM

    Go ad-free and access exclusive content, AMAs, and our community Discord.

    Growth Mindset Premium

    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

    Advertise

    Copyright: © 2024 Samuel Webster Harris

    • Apple Podcasts
    • Google Play
    • Spotify

    Latest Episodes:
    The price of admission: Success has a cost Jun 29, 2023
    Show notes

    Success has a price. We often don't realise the costs of what we want and expect things to be perfect.


    Relationships will always have some problems where the positive outweighs the negative yet we obsess on fixing the flaws instead of embracing them.


    There are many other none prominent areas in life where things won't be perfect but we can learn to be happier and more relaxed by embracing problems as a price we need to pay instead of as a downside.



    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 01:00 Concept of paying the price of admission
    • 01:26 Relationships
    • 05:51 Stock markets
    • 07:18 The "perfect" job
    • 07:58 Entrepreneurship
    • 08:30 Summary


    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    Interpreting your stories Jun 27, 2023
    Show notes

    We tell ourselves stories every day about ourselves, who we are, how we react to things, and why we're great. It's important to read through the BS whilst at the same time positively motivating ourselves to do our best. It's not easy but it is important.


    We have Mike Follet on the show who runs a human behavior tracking company Lumen Research to talk about his insights into the stories we tell ourselves in business and in life.


    - - -


    Connect with Mike:

    • Mike Follet - LinkedIn
    • Mike's writing - The Media Leader
    • Lumen's Twitter - @LumenResearch
    • Lumen Research - Website


    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 01:36 Opimising attenion
    • 02:44 Importance of context, creative and targeting
    • 04:16 Why is advertising interesting
    • 09:50 Mike's biggest failure
    • 14:13 Fixing their own problems
    • 17:17 Advice 5 years ago
    • 19:51 Kindest thing - honesty
    • 23:04 Conclusion

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    The Art of Adaptability: Embracing Life's Curveballs Jun 22, 2023
    Show notes

    Life has a knack for springing disasters on us at the worst moments. If we are too fixed in our thinking and planning we break, if we can learn to be adaptable we can bend with the forces of chaos and make the best of any situation.


    Life is short and learning to deal with the inevitable chaos with strength and positivity is an important skill to master.


    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 01:11 Story 1 - Car crash
    • 04:06 Story 2 - Sudden collapse
    • 05:39 Story 3 - Dying
    • 08:44 Disaster zones
    • 12:35 Sam's conclusions for listeners


    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    Limiting Mindsets in Sport and How to Overcome Them: Confessions of "average" Gold Medal Olympian Jun 20, 2023
    Show notes

    Sam sits down with Gold Medal Olympian Ben Hunt-Davis to learn about growth and the power of being humble. Ben is the author of "Will it make the boat go faster" which is a masterclass on how to become world-class in your pursuits and how we can leverage our strengths and learn from our weaknesses.


    Ben's rowing team revolutionized the training methods athletes used to be their best and he now applies his lessons to business coaching working with elite teams to improve leadership and business performance.


    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 01:40 Maturity and athleticism
    • 03:36 The flaw in 10,000 hour rule
    • 04:04 Mistakes as an Olympian
    • 05:34 The power of losing
    • 06:06 Common sense isn't common practice
    • 07:22 Will it make the boat go faster
    • 09:22 The risks of Olympians
    • 11:40 What if he had lost?
    • 13:47 Retiring as an Olympian
    • 15:24 Importance of being good a what you do
    • 17:43 Biggest lessons as a coach
    • 22:01 Bulls#!t filters
    • 23:44 Conclusion

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    4 surprising benefits of kindness Jun 12, 2023
    Show notes

    We all like to think of ourselves as kind. However, actually giving to others isn't always natural and can feel wrong when we work so hard for what we have.


    We love to find ways to save time and do more to help others whilst having good things come back to us. This episode explains some ideas and benefits for a framework that makes giving much easier and without any surprises costing time or money you don't have.


    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    • 00:00 What are Charity Budgets
    • 01:24 Increasing happiness
    • 02:45 Cultivating kindness
    • 03:40 Walking the walk
    • 04:30 Be more impressive
    • 05:25 Things come back around
    • 06:16 What budget to set?
    • 07:22 Climate
    • 09:28 Outro

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    Why morning routines are toxic Jun 06, 2023
    Show notes

    Morning routines are supposed to set you up for a day of success and a life of happiness and joy.


    Yet most self-improvement and productivity advice on morning routines does the opposite. It makes you feel like a failure who will never be good enough and isn't made of the right stuff to ever succeed.


    We break down the problems with most advice and how to actually improve your day and your life with a morning routine that actually works.


    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    00:00 Morning routines and toxic productivity

    01:51 #1 Do the thing that you find hard to do at any other time

    03:21 #2 Plan your day before

    03:53 #3 Sleep

    05:22 Be Adaptable

    06:20 Match what you want to do with what you want to have done

    07:33 A few questions to ask yourself

    07:44 What do I struggle to do in a day?

    08:04 What do I need to change to plan for tomorrow better?

    08:27 How can I improve my sleep?

    09:35 What is on my want to have done list, but doesn't actually ever appear on my want to do list.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    How to stop catastrophizing May 30, 2023
    Show notes

    Catastrophizing is a type of cognitive distortion. It's a faulty and inaccurate way of thinking that involves imagining the worst possible outcome in a given situation.


    Catastrophizing can hold people back in life, work, and relationships and we all do it in some way, and some of us do it a lot more than others.


    Understanding the natural psychological processes behind catastrophizing can help us build awareness and learn to create a more balanced and productive view of our futures.



    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    00:00 What is catastrophising

    03:00 Build awareness

    05:52 Magnifying and minimising

    07:15 The problem with imagined details

    08:58 The human tendency to invent stories

    12:01 Catastrophizing and being diagnosed with ADHD

    14:56 Balancing worst and best scenarios

    16:02 Social anxiety

    17:48 Write a journal

    19:10 Alex Hormozi selling gym subscriptions

    19:48 Want and don't want chair

    22:08 4 step method for mitigating catastrophization

    22:13 Step 1 - Awareness

    23:20 Step 2 - Challenging the thought

    24:03 Step 3 - Imagine the best

    24:34 Step 4 - Accept uncertainty

    26:19 Catastrophizing is the opposite of Growth mindset

    26:40 Therapy & CBT

    29:20 Episode Summary

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    5 biggest lessons of Stoicism May 25, 2023
    Show notes

    Stoicism is the time-tested solution to life's problems and living with a greater peace of mind. In this mini-series of how to stop complaining we couldn't skip over the OG's of not complaining.


    This episode breaks down the 5 most important concepts from Stoicism and how to apply them in the modern day:

    • The dichotomy of control
    • Amor Fait - Love of fate
    • Negative visualization
    • Virtue is the soul good
    • Mindful acceptance


    With a few stories from Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius we get a great reminder of what's important in life =)


    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -




    Chapters:

    00:00 Intro to Stoicism

    01:59 1st concept - The dichotomy of control

    04:33 2nd concept - Love of fate

    08:08 3rd concept - negative visualization

    09:55 4th concept - Virtue is the soul good

    13:01 5th concept - Mindful acceptance

    17:01 Outro

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    Diagnose and fix your real problems May 22, 2023
    Show notes

    Complaining can be a very good diagnostic tool for identifying the actual problems in our life. The key is not just to sit around complaining about the same things year by year to learn how the important issues affect us and how to fix them.


    Awareness of the major flaws in our situation and mindsets allows us to make a strategy for how we want to address them going forwards and build a life we don't complain about.



    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    00:00 Problems and illusions of the mind

    00:41 General framework for complaints

    01:28 3 types of problems

    01:59 1st type of problem - the problem you want to have

    02:35 2nd type of problem - the problem you can do nothing about

    04:01 3rd problem - the problems you do not want to have

    04:50 Issues of fixed mindsets

    05:57 Community and purpose

    07:15 Too many interests and desires

    10:29 Assessing the scale of a problem

    11:56 How our problems change over time

    13:01 Turning complaints into tools

    15:00 Some wise words

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    Gratitude lessons (that don't suck) May 16, 2023
    Show notes

    No one likes people who complain and yet it is so hard to stop complaining about problems in our life. Gratitude is sold as the answer to all our happiness woes. Stop having expectations, be happy and grateful for what you have, and never let another day go to waste.


    It's so simple and yet it doesn't work because it isn't that easy.


    This episode covers the most powerful strategy that has helped people find gratitude in many areas they didn't feel possible without meditating, journaling or re-aligning their chakras. Just some simple psychology and reframing the information in their heads to make them see what they already know.


    - - -


    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset
    • Twitter - @samjamharris
    • Instagram - @SamJam.zen


    - - -


    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction to the flaw with gratitude

    00:35 Standard tips on how to build gratitude

    00:54 Issues with gratitude - focusing on problems

    01:38 Example - Lawn being ruined

    02:18 Example - Arctic trip

    02:57 Example - Frustrating emails

    04:16 Recurring theme - great achievements will come with problems

    06:14 Planning ahead

    08:00 Example - Social influencer trolls

    08:53 Example - Romantic partner problems

    09:37 Recap - Notice to see the positive side of things

    11:35 Next week's episode - Problems you don't want to have

    11:42 Outro

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


    Previous 1 31 32 33 34 35 55 Next

    Related Podcasts

    How I Built This with Guy Raz

    1

    How I Built This with Guy Raz Business
    Planet Money

    2

    Planet Money Business
    Inside Strategic Coach: Connecting Entrepreneurs With What Really Matters

    3

    Inside Strategic Coach: Connecting Entrepreneurs With What Really Matters Business
    BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

    4

    BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast Business
    The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging Podcast

    5

    The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging Podcast Business
    Bad With Money With Gabe Dunn

    6

    Bad With Money With Gabe Dunn Business
    footer-logo

    Contact Us

    Toll Free: 844-670-7747

    Links

    • Home
    • Top Charts
    • Networks
    • Apps
    • Independents Podcasts
    • Podcast Advertising
    • Podcast News
    • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • Analytics & Insights

    Stay Connected

      Privacy, Terms of Use & Our Code of Ethics Protecting Content Creators Copyrights