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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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    Feeling behind? How to seize opportunities [before its too late] May 09, 2023
    Show notes

    The Go For it Window was a concept introduced by David Perrel to help people spot giant opportunities in their life. Opportunities come around regularly but are mostly missed because we don't see them for what they are. Learning to spot luck as it happens and seize life's big chances is key to our success.


    Developing a mindset that embraces change and discomfort is an essential part of the Growth Mindset and making the most of the "Go For it Windows" in our life.


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    Connect with Sam:

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


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    Chapters

    00:06 Intro

    00:25 Overview of the "Go for It Window"

    01:20 David Perell's explanation

    03:50 People are blind to opportunities - have contrarian views

    04:52 David Perell's example - AirBnB

    05:41 Example #2 - Not getting a degree

    06:40 Sam investing in Free Trade

    07:19 Sam investing in a men's make-up company

    09:32 Quote from Thomas Edison

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    10 painful truths about productivity [you NEED to hear] from Nir Eyal May 02, 2023
    Show notes

    Nir Eyal is a behavioural expert and bestselling author in the field of attention. His work to help people become Indistractable has helped people create systems and mindsets for building focus.


    We all know what we need to do to achieve most of our goals. Yet we don't achieve them because of unplanned distractions and poor attention management. To live the life we truly want we need to learn the art of managing distraction and becoming indistractable.


    We discuss the biggest insights from years of research and science to help you live with more peace and less chaos whilst you get the important things done whilst also enjoying down time.


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    Connect with Nir:

    • Nir's blog - NirandFar.com
    • Twitter - @NirEyal


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    Connect with Sam:

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


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    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction to building focus - Nir Eyal

    02:48 What is Distraction

    03:58 Any action can be traction or distraction

    07:22 Sam's 10 day meditation

    08:21 Story behind how everything happened - got distracted whilst spending time with her daughter

    10:26 Reason why we get distracted - internal triggers

    13:49 Vipassana 10-day retreats

    15:06 Feeling bad is not bad

    19:01 detachment from reality

    21:26 syncify

    21:48 Making pacts - Price, Effort, Identity

    22:09 Effort pact

    23:27 Price pact

    23:40 Identity pact

    24:34 Cigarettes and being indistractable

    31:50 Nir's next mission

    32:40 Send off

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    How to be more decisive - Instant brain hack Apr 25, 2023
    Show notes


    A quick strategy to cure confusion and be more decisive. This simple brain hack can radically simplify our situation when we feel confused and help us make hard decisions and take action.


    We can all become confused with the pile-up of priorities and our different obligations. The worst thing is no decision yet we can sit in confusion unable to move on. In many cases there is a simple way to cure confusion and make stuff happen.


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    Connect with Sam:


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


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    Chapters

    00:00 - You don't have time to be confused

    01:41 - Identify the truth of the matter

    02:39 - Buridians Donkey

    04:08 - My booking dilemmas to NASA launch failures

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    Breaking out of a rut - Battling mental health (with GeoWizard) Apr 18, 2023
    Show notes

    Tom Davies, better known as GeoWizard is a YouTuber, adventurer and mental health advocate. He has raised thousands of pounds for mental health and is passionate about helping other break out of their ruts.


    Before his YouTube took off Tom suffered his own mental health problems, anxiety and loss of enthusiasm for anything. In the episode, we talk about the best ways to find inspiration and how to quit our bad habits.


    GeoWizard is known for his straight-line missions across Wales, Dribbling a football across the length of Britain and being one of the best GeoGuessrs on the planet.


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    Contact GeoWizard - Tom Davies

    • Youtube - @GeoWizard
    • Instagram - @GeoWizardOfficial
    • TikTok - @GeoWizard


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    Connect with Sam:


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


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    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 01:49 Richard Branson's childhood adventures
    • 03:31 Problems with Smartphones
    • 06:36 Effects of social media
    • 07:37 The importance of youth
    • 10:00 Being a voice for others
    • 12:11 Growing your comfort zone
    • 13:08 Traveling alone
    • 14:37 Talk to yourself more
    • 15:32 You can always turn things around
    • 18:43 Men's mental health difficulties
    • 19:00 Getting his first job
    • 20:00 Humans and commitment issues

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    10 no bullsh*t ways to live a more interesting life Apr 11, 2023
    Show notes

    Alastair Humphreys is the author of my all-time favourite books on the topic of adventure and getting more out of life.


    He was awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award for his work. He cycled around the world over four years and has since rowed the Atlantic, ran the Marathon de Sables, and walked across India amongst numerous other adventures.


    Perhaps his greatest success, however, is pioneering the concept of micro-adventures, encouraging anyone to experience the outdoors and thrillseeking within an hour of their doorstep.


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    Connect with Alastair:

    • Website - AlastairHumphreys.com
    • Instagram - @Al_Humphreys
    • Twitter - @Al_Humphreys


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    Connect with Sam:

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


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    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 03:34 Quick fire questions
    • 05:12 How do you define success and happiness
    • 06:04 What are your internal measures
    • 07:14 Adventures
    • 07:56 Why should we be adventurous
    • 09:50 What were the things people need to hear on how to start an adventure
    • 11:15 Microadventures
    • 12:19 Hardest part of an adventure is daring yourself to get out
    • 13:24 3 biggest questions when it comes to time - calendar, routines, little margins of time
    • 16:13 Money-to-adventure ratio
    • 21:18 Just GO
    • 22:31 Overcoming sense of inadequacy
    • 25:53 Mindset framework around finding a sustainable adventure and career
    • 29:14 Going back, would Alastair done something different
    • 32:23 Essay - A thousand true fans
    • 33:35 GeoWizard Tangent
    • 35:06 3 stages of flabbiness
    • 36:16 Physical Flabbiness
    • 36:46 Mental Flabbiness
    • 37:04 Moral Flabbiness
    • 38:42 How do Alastair deal with Mental Flabbiness
    • 39:31 Habit Calendar
    • 41:01 Pull-up or Press-up challenge
    • 42:58 Hardest cultural difference Alastair navigated during an adventure
    • 45:27 Maintaining relationships and adventures
    • 47:10 Kindest thing
    • 50:22 Earliest memories
    • 51:18 Advice to your 20 yr old self
    • 52:26 What's Sam's next adventure

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    14 Habits Keeping You Poor Apr 04, 2023
    Show notes

    Habits are the foundation of success and equally bad habits will create failure. Learning the habits that block you from financial success and keep you poor is the first step to overcoming them.


    By identifying and addressing these habits, listeners can begin to build healthier financial habits and achieve greater financial stability. Tapping into some of the latest research from Psychology to just the best simple advice available this episode will showcase some of the obvious and more subtle ways that we create trouble for ourselves and our financial situation.


    Learn how to get your banking situation and costs of living under control and have more time and money for the things that matter in life.



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    Connect with Sam:


    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset


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    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction to Habits of poverty
    • 00:28 1st bad habit - Starting tomorrow
    • 00:56 2nd - Starting too many and not finishing any
    • 01:49 3rd - Paying yourself last
    • 02:56 4th - Not investing in yourself
    • 03:38 5th - Reading a lot and not doing
    • 04:32 6th - Not knowing your income or expenses
    • 06:06 7th - Getting comfortable with bad debts
    • 07:31 Ad break
    • 07:45 8th - Not having an emergency fund
    • 08:58 9th - Lifestyle inflation
    • 10:31 10th - Hanging with the wrong crowd
    • 11:38 11th - Blaming your circumstances
    • 12:38 12th - Focusing purely on savings
    • 13:19 13th - No investing Strategy
    • 14:41 14th - Waiting for perfect conditions


    Topics

    Bad vs Good Debt

    Increase your savings

    Creating an emergency fund

    Dealing with lifestyle inflation

    How others affect our money habits

    Action over education

    Investing in yourself

    Practical Manifestation

    Salary increases

    Fixed mindset vs growth mindset thinking

    Develop growth mindset habits

    Good money habits


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    Mastering your mind: Understand how emotions drive subconscious behaviour Mar 28, 2023
    Show notes

    Jeff Buehner is the author of 'The Sultans Seven Secrets' which teaches us how to converse with our subconscious mind through our emotions.


    In this episode, we discuss self-defeating behaviors and mindsets that originate from our upbringing and are fixed in our subconscious. We learn how to reframe our attitude toward work, money, relationships and fear by working with our emotions and gaining control of subconscious behaviors.


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    Contact Jeff Buener

    • Get his book - Sultans Seven Secrets
    • Twitter - @Jeff_Buener


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    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset


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    Chapters

    • 00:00 - Introduction
    • 03:52 - How negative behaviours form
    • 05:07 - Going backwards - having troubles financially
    • 06:17 - Jeff's 2nd unconscious belief
    • 07:25 - How groups affect us
    • 08:40 - Jeff's pivotal change
    • 10:35 - Story of Sultan Musa of Mali
    • 13:13 - Sultan's seven secrets
    • 18:24 - The origin and lessons of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
    • 19:08 - Feelings are the "language of the Gods"
    • 21:55 - How to use your superpower
    • 29:44 - Manifesting your feelings into your subconsciousness
    • 31:20 - Fear as a sign that it's something worth doing
    • 33:13 - Jeff's book - Sultan's Seven Secrets
    • 34:21 - How Jeff made a lot of money
    • 35:48 - Benefits of Growth Mindset


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    Stop disappointing yourself: 4 strategies to earn respect Mar 21, 2023
    Show notes

    Most of our problems and disappointments are self-inflicted. They can be overcome with the right knowledge and mindsets to help us earn respect.

    There is a multitude of ways in which we disappoint ourselves. They are mostly caused by 4 areas of mistakes that we make which we learn about in the episode.


    Empower your present self, aligning it seamlessly with your future goals. Discover the importance of living authentically, where your actions resonate louder than words.


    This journey through mindset transformation offers practical steps to build authority, embrace reality-based personal growth, and understand the dynamics of past versus present selves. It's time to take ownership and craft a fulfilling life


    Learn how to stop disappointing yourself by aligning your present actions with your future vision. We dissect the ancient stoics to James Clear to give an overview of how to build a stronger mindset for personal growth over blame and fixed mindset disappointment.


    This is a short masterclass on taking ownership of your life decisions and cultivating a proactive, reality-based approach to growth. Ready to change your life? Listen in.


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    On the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we explore the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.


    Through a process of honest self-reflection of what is holding us back and what is driving us forward, we can lose the ego and build awareness of how to be our best.


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    Connect with Sam:


    Creativity Newsletter - Explosive Thinking

    Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)

    Twitter - @samjamharris

    Instagram - @SamJam.zen


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    Show: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvement


    Episode: Stop disappointing yourself: 4 strategies to earn respect


    Chapters:

    00:00 Stop disappointing yourself

    01:13 #1 - Past self vs. present self

    02:30 Live in reality

    02:41 #2 - Future self vs the present

    03:07 James Clear Quote

    04:47 Align present self with future desires

    04:54 #3 Speaking vs. being heard

    05:59 Build authority

    08:42 Actions are louder than words

    08:48 Mid Roll

    08:59 #4 Taking ownership

    11:06 Stop blame and start owning

    11:11 Summary

    12:53 Outro


    Topics:

    Empowerment through personal accountability

    Overcoming self-disappointment strategies

    Stoicism and modern mindset lessons

    Reality-based personal growth techniques

    Aligning present actions with future goals

    James Clear’s insights on self-improvement

    Building authority for impactful opinions

    Actions over words in self-development

    Psychological approach to personal ownership

    Taking charge of life decisions

    Stoic philosophy in everyday life

    Practical steps to stop self-disappointment

    Creating a proactive life plan

    Balancing present and future selves

    Self-accountability and mental strength

    Transformative mindset change methods

    Living authentically and responsibly

    Strategies for effective personal expression

    Crafting a fulfilling present and future

    Personal empowerment through stoicism and psychology

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    How to believe in yourself: Why it matters with Kyra Condie (US Olympic climber) Mar 14, 2023
    Show notes

    Kyra Condie is a rising star in the world of climbing, known for her strength and unstoppable attitude.


    Diagnosed with Scoliosis as a young teenager she was told she would never climb again. Defiant to a fault, she pushed against opinions of what she was told and propelled herself into the world of elite athleticism and getting all the way to the Olympics. And she's just getting started.


    Kyra's unwavering determination and growth mindset have been the foundation for her success. In this episode of the Growth Mindset Podcast, we sit down with Kyra to discuss her journey to becoming an Olympian, and the powerful lessons she's learned about perseverance, resilience, and the power of a positive attitude.


    Whether you're a climbing fan or simply seeking inspiration on your own personal growth journey, this is an episode you won't want to miss.


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    • Instagram - @Kyra_Condie
    • Website - KyraCondie.com
    • Podcast - Circle-Up podcast

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    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset

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    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 02:14 Diagnosed with scoliosis
    • 03:04 Kyra's alternative path if she had not pursued sports
    • 03:41 Kyra's injury
    • 04:16 Facing fear
    • 04:40 Entrepreneurship
    • 05:30 Emotions dealing with Scoliosis
    • 08:01 Olympian's life compared to other friends'
    • 09:11 Mental health
    • 09:52 Dragon's den tangent
    • 10:15 Balancing life
    • 111:29 Advantages of pro climbing vs other sports
    • 11:53 Climbing training volume
    • 12:58 Kyra's climbing style / technique
    • 15:40 Avoiding injuries
    • 16:21 Mood booster on a bad day
    • 17:38 Kyra's advice to her younger self
    • 18:30 Did Kyra struggle with confidence when she was young?
    • 19:19 Is Kyra worried of being overconfident
    • 19:38 Kindest thing - receiving letters
    • 20:13 Kyra's message to the world
    • 21:11 Outro




    This is a video about Kyra Condie with video


    00:00 Intro

    01:29 Kyra's intro

    02:14 Diagnosed with scoliosis

    03:04 Kyra's alternative path if she had not pursued sports

    03:41 Kyra's injury

    04:16 Facing fear

    04:40 Relationship of facing fear and entrepreneur

    05:30 Emotions dealt during injury

    08:01 An olympian's life compared to her other friends'

    09:11 Mental health

    09:52 Dragon's den tangent

    10:15 Balancing life


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    Catching Your Ego: How to Recognize Unconscious Bias and Embrace a Growth Mindset Mar 07, 2023
    Show notes

    Most of the time the biggest source of frustration in our life is actually ourselves.


    Unconscious biases and ego are some of the biggest blockers to developing a growth mindset. Learn how to recognise them and encourage a mindset of learning and growth.


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    Connect with Sam:

    • Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking
    • Watch the pod - YouTube - Growth Mindset


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    Chapters

    • 00:00 How we fool ourselves
    • 03:19 Test your ability to interpret information
    • 05:55 Being aware of your flaws
    • 08:41 Mistake 1 - Unscientific scientist
    • 12:00 /Mistake 2 - Unbalanced Balancer
    • 15:41 Mistake 3 - Unentrepreneurial Entrepreneur
    • 20:09 Recap
    • 20:28 Tips on how to become an ego detective
    • 21:50 Tip 1 - Write Down 3 Big Errors You Made
    • 22:47 Tip 2 - Nurturing Strategies
    • 24:13 Tip 3 - Find your crowd
    • 24:44 Outro

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