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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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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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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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Growth Mindset Psychology:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A masterclass on showing up as your best self. No toxic overworking or ultra-positive crap, but instead knowing and being yourself.
We learn how to:
Honestly understand our emotions
Resist unnecessary mental time travel
Distinguish our wants and our values
Get a grip on reality and get a grip on yourself with this short episode with no punches pulled, only real and important lessons.
Join host Sam Webster Harris on the Growth Mindset Pyscholgy podcast for an insightful exploration of mental strength and emotional resilience. This episode delves into the differences between mental strength and emotional suppression, and provides practical tips for harnessing mental resources, controlling self-defeating thoughts, and practicing emotional honesty.
Learn about 'mental time travel' and its impact on anxiety and depression, and discover mindfulness, meditation techniques, and grounding exercises to stay present.
Additionally, the episode covers 8 proven habits to build mental toughness, including gratitude, self-compassion, and embracing a growth mindset. Enhance your mental resilience and face life's challenges with greater fortitude with these valuable strategies.
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Growth Mindset Psychology:
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Chapters:
00:00 Sam: 3 habits to build mental strength
04:25 #1 Be Honest About Your Emotions
06:05 Practical step #1 - Self Reflection
06:15 Practical Step #2 - Naming Your Emotions
06:30 Practical Step #3 - Avoid Judgement
06:47 Practical Step #4 - Seek Some Feedback
07:19 #2 Be Present and Resist Unnecessary Mental Time Travel
09:38 Mindfulness, Meditation &Grounding Techniques
10:36 Schedule some reflections
10:56 Practicing Activities that Require Full Engagement
11:26 Genlty Reminding Yourself
13:20 #3 Distinguish Your Wants and Values
16:00 Reflection, Journaling, Visualization & Accountability
18:30 5 Bonus Habits
18:37 Cultivating Gratitude
19:21 Self Compassion
20:08 Setting and Communicating Your Limits
20:25 Social Support
21:10 Setting Goals and Plans
21:38 Building Growth Mindset = Building Mental Toughness
22:39 Send Off
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Unconventional Strategies to finish important things and ease the overwhelm in your life.
You might have a burning pile of unfinished side projects. For some reason reading another book on productivity doesn't solve the problem.
This episode covers uncommon ideas that actually work even for people with ADHD. This episode will help you:
Let go of baggage - cut the things slowing you down
Stop fighting - Work with your energy and interests instead of against yourself
Identify blockers - stop your projects getting sidetracked
Value your time - spend energy where it means the most
Overcome perfection - turn ideas into stepping stones
From handling creative constipation to finding your calling, understanding the psychology of intentional productivity will provide a kinder way to look at your goals and task list and get your ducks in a row.
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Chapters:
00:00 The Junkyard of Unfinished Projects
02:10 The Myth of Finishing Everything
03:02 The Power of Abandoning Unrewarding Tasks
04:30 Start more of What you Finish
05:51 The 80/20 Rule in Practice
08:22 Identifying and Overcoming Blockers
08:58 The Danger of Perfectionism
11:04 Absolute No Go's - The blockers you can't beat
14:06 When to use Delegation and Collaboration
14:27 The Pitfalls of Incomplete Processes
16:44 Growth Mindset and Leaning into Strengths
17:14 Identifying and Delegating Blockers
18:18 Valuing Your Time
20:12 The Paradox of Finishing Unwanted Tasks
21:35 Framework for Achieving Goals
23:33 The Power of Imperfect Action
26:25 Unblock Creative Constipation
30:05 Questions to Ponder and Final Thoughts
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Win friends and influence people by being yourself, with style
We all have different skills that are worth others knowing about. What isn't so easy is communicating those qualities in a believable, effective, and timely manner.
Today's episode will show you how to build and tell your story whilst crafting a better presence:
Psychology of authenticity
Identifying your real strengths
How to be memorable
Why a little kindness does go a long way
You don't need to change yourself but instead work on the art of uncovering the things you hide behind to help you put your best foot forward.
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Related Episodes:
7 Wierd Life-Changing Skills: That will make you happier - 19th July 2024
Ego Blindspots: 9 Cognitive Biases to avoid - 7th May 2024
Living the 4-Hour Work Week: Felix Chandler's strategy for being content - 14th Feb 2018
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Chapters:
00:00 The Power of Perception & Emotional Impact
01:42 Common Mistakes in Self-Presentation
04:58 Being Yourself: The Key to Authenticity
05:35 Developing Your Personal Style
08:12 The Concept of 'Show, Don't Tell'
08:51 The Power of Humor in Self-Presentation
10:07 Actions Speak Louder Than Words
12:09 Crafting Everyday Stories
14:02 Identifying Your Strengths & Turning Strengths into Stories
15:34 Communicating Your Qualities
18:08 Making Your Work Understandable
19:12 The Importance of Kindness
21:57 Sharing Your Cheese
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Practical Psycholgoy lessons from Warren Buffet's business partner. Ideas used to create rational thinking and build a Trillion-Dollar empire.
Today we dissect the best lessons from "Poor Charlies Almanac" A blueprint for rational thinking and sensible investing.
Charlie Munger loved Psychology and wanted there to be a course on Practical Psychology to be taught at all universities. He believed it would make the world a better place.
His book combines his favourite tools from psychology as well as other lessons and mental models he found to build worldly wisdom and the best investing record in history.
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Related Episodes:
Greatest Mental Models of Jeff Bezos: Principles behind his success - 24th May 2024
Thinking Fast and Slow: Where Biases come from - 12th July 2024
Ego Blindspots: 9 Cognitive Biases to avoid - 7th May 2024
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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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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Mastering Wisdom
00:23 Charlie Munger's Influence
01:13 The Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast
02:07 Exploring Poor Charlie's Almanac
03:54 #1 - Interdisciplinary Thinking
06:40 Understanding Circle of Competence
07:50 Opportunity Costs in Decision Making
08:45 The Inversion Principle
11:39 #2 - Cognitive Biases
12:47 Confirmation Bias and Clear Thinking
14:34 Authority Bias and Independent Thought
16:26 Social Proof and Individuality
17:51 Arguing Against Your Own Beliefs
18:49 # Weaknesses
19:20 Lack of Emotion and suspension of belief
20:41 Binary thinking and Fixed Mindset
21:30 Arrogance and assumption that others are stupid
25:46 #3 - Rational Decision Making
26:59 First Principles Thinking
28:47 Probabilistic Thinking and Risks
30:22 The Margin of Safety
31:37 Chauffeur Knowledge vs. True Understanding
33:51 Applying Mental Models in Real Life
34:39 Sharing Wisdom and Building Community
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Being who you were meant to be Vs. Choosing who you get to be.
There is a lot of content about finding yourself. There is also a lot of content about success and greatness and how brilliant leaders forged a new path or "Put a dent in the Universe"...
What if we are thinking about it completely wrong?
In this episode, we explore different ways of thinking about success and the common connections between ideas and people who break out and defy the odds.
From Hitler to Haribo and Jesus to Radiohead we look into some timeless lessons from history to make better sense of the world around us and ourselves.
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Chapters:
00:00 Innovative leaders and the Quest for Self-Discovery
01:07 Exploring Success Across History
01:38 The Curious Case of Confucius (and the Buddha and Socrates
02:22 The Timeless Teachings of Ancient Philosophers
03:08 Teacher vs Curriculum - The Role of Timing in Success
05:26 The Concept of Lightning Rods and Storm clouds
07:44 The Power of Ideas and Creativity
12:10 The Story of Radiohead's 'Nude'
14:37 The Evolution of Radiohead's Sound
17:56 The Nature of Ideas and Their Timelessness
19:12 The Mythology of Historical Figures
19:57 Revealing vs. Creating
20:13 The Inversion Principle in Life and Business
20:48 Channeling Ideas, Energy & The Potential Within Us All
22:06 Connecting the Dots in Life
22:33 Wrap up - Connect this episode to a friend!
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Navigate different challenges by building understanding, mental models and good strategy.
In this episode of the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast, host Sam Webster Harris dives into a range of listener questions:
How do Auditory processing difficulties affect willingness to learn
Does a lack of Enthusiasm indicate a negativity bias
How do you stay organised and on time with big projects and avoid panicking and procrastination
Why do I get scared of people who come across differently from my expectations?
How does Sam research and write his episodes and remain unbiased?
We cover a lot of interesting studies, mental models and tips and trips to navigating these seemingly specific problems that have a lot of wider lessons for us all.
The episode has some common themes of how our environment affects us, how to stay motivated and on track and what are the detailed strategies people use to get results.
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Chapters:
ο»Ώ00:00 Introduction to the Podcast
01:03 #Q1 - Auditory Processing Disorder and willingness to learn
04:12 Personal Experiences with Learning Challenges
06:04 Overcoming Language Barriers
07:56 Impact of Environment on Learning
11:19 Recognizing Symptoms and Misdiagnoses
15:38 #Q2 - Addressing Enthusiasm and Negativity Bias
18:28 Understanding Enthusiasm vs. Negativity
21:12 Strategies for Building Enthusiasm
22:44 #Q3 Accountability and Procrastination Solutions
25:04 How Sam Launched the Podcast and Built Consistency
28:05 Tips for being a writer
29:26 Recommended Resources
30:00 Sendoff
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The anti-hustle guide to finding a balance that maximises happiness through intention and wisdom.
Optimising every second of your calendar to the nth degree isn't a recipe for dreamlike productivity, it's a collision course for anxiety-riddled burnout. In our era of ever more time demands what are we to do?
Oliver Burkman in his book 4,000 week presents a guide to living as a human being in a messy and demanding environment that allows you to prioritise what's essential in a calm and rational manner. The key is to not forget what else is important in a life well lived besides productive output.
We can't be everywhere and do everything but anything we do commit to takes from the things we don't. Growing old and missing out on a bunch of important non-urgent life goals is not where you want to end up.
This episode discusses the 7 best lessons of wisdom from Oliver Burkmen's book along with some advice from Psychology and Sam's own experiences.
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Chapters:
00:00 Impact of the Efficiency Mindset on Our Lives
01:26 Questioning the Hustler Mentality
02:55 #1 - Tracing the Roots
04:38 #2 - Navigating Existential Overwhelm
06:28 #3 - The Efficiency Trap
07:50 #4 - Embracing procrastination
10:06 #5 - Elevating Enjoyment
14:36 #7 - Enriching your remaining weeks
16:17 Live Life With 4,000 Weeks - embrace Time Management for Mortals
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Identify scarcity mindsets and unpack your relationship with money, success and purpose.
We revisit a discussion with Kyle Livingston that explores how we find meaning in our lives and where the biggest sources of stress and anxiety come from for many. Money and success.
A story-powered episode where we travel through Kyle's journey as an abandoned orphan and living with anxiety to being able to calm himself from the constant stress and consistently create opportunities.
Top lessons:
How to make a contract with fear
Redefining your relationship with money
How to spot luck
Overcoming failures in life
We examine a lot of classic principles for dealing with scarcity mindset issues and building resilience and a growth mindset attitude towards failure.
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Related Episodes
14 Habits Keeping You Poor: How to stop sabotaging your bank account - April 2023 - Spotify - Apple
Neuroscience of Growth Mindset: Learning and behaviour change - 30th July 2024 - Spotify - Apple
How to Spend Money to Buy Happiness: What actually works - 6th Sept 2024 - Spotify - Apple
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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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Chapters:
00:00 Scarcity is built into us
02:44 Kyle's life story as an orphan
06:37 What motivated Kyle to be successful
08:53 Self-development Book - How to win friends and influence people
09:40 Did Kyle get a Lambo and what changed after hitting 10k
12:09 What made Kyle make a lot more money - Money as fuel for blessings
15:00 Did Kyle have a burnout moment after chasing money - Anxiety and panic attack
17:45 Anxiety over money
18:49 How did Kyle overcome his anxiety - coaching, self-help books, seminars
20:11 Travelling as a form of therapy and taking a bus across Spain
20:31 Minds are funny things
21:30 Making a contract with yourself anytime fear creeps back in
23:55 Spotting luck coming towards you
24:49 Where is Kyle right now in terms of business and stuff - lost everything twice in a span of 3 years and helping online businesses
27:31 Kyle's approach to mentoring people
28:55 Kyle helping out online businesses that has experienced failure, understands marketing and teach them how to fish
30:44 Biology and business can go together
31:23 From starting businesses to helping businesses
36:12 Relationships and working on making yourself better
38:43 Giving out advice
40:19 Were there friends that were helpful
41:45 Kindest thing
42:27 Earliest memories
43:33 Advice you'd give yourself 10 years ago
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Stop Chasing the Self-Improvement Treadmill - Learn to focus on making the world a better place.
We are drowning in self-improvement content to make us wealthier, wiser, more productive sexier versions of ourselves. Yet at the same time, it seems like humanity is going backwards.
What gives?
In the modern-day obsession with ourselves, we are missing out on the bigger picture of how to lead an impactful life that genuinely touches those around us. Yet if we want to be the most impactful version of ourselves that requires us to improve those around us.
This episode zooms into lessons from our cell biology and how we are wired to learn and connect and zooms out to how human organisations and societies operate. By building a deeper understanding of reality through looking at the micro and macro, we find the fundamental lessons we need.
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Chapters:
00:00 Applying the Inversion Principle to our Quest for Self-Improvement
01:23 Zooming In and Out of Nature
02:18 From Individual Cells to the entirety of humanity
04:37 The Evolution of Human Society, Trade and Teamwork
05:05 Technological Advancements The Power of Modern Convenience
07:05 Wielding magic alone
08:33 Lessons from Toddlers
11:02 The Messiness of Organizations
14:10 The Illusion of Master Planners
16:01 The Simplicity of Being Nice
17:27 The Kindness in Sales
18:12 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Conscious experience is a result of our awareness, but how do we take back our free will from external drivers?
This episode explores the links between the conscious experience and what Free will really is. Building on that we explore how the body deals with pain and negative emotions and how we can learn to carve free will, awareness and control into our day-to-day lives.
Dr Stephen Porges is the father of Polyvagal Theory and how the body perceives threat and safety. His lessons are crucial for how humans connect, learn and exist and build the fundamental concepts to understand emotional intelligence.
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Chapters:
00:00 Consciousness, Free Will, Pain and responses
03:40 Viktor Frankl and Polyvagal Theory - The Space Between Stimulus and Response
04:34 Interoception and Neuroception
05:02 Managing Physiological Responses &Free Will in Relationships
06:07 Polyvagal Interpretation of Free Will and the Nervous System
08:09 Meditation, Pain Management, Chronic Pain and Emotional Regulation
09:45 Understanding Negative Emotions
11:18 Strategies for Self-Regulation
13:19 Trauma and Psychosomatic Problems
14:52 Listener's Question on Self-Regulation & Burnout in Healthcare
17:56 Importance of Clinician's Physiological State
19:51 Final remarks
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Let's talk about Power Moves - Lethal Combinations of traits that can unlock your full potential
Most of us have strengths and with each strength is a corresponding weakness.
Says who?
History has shown time and time again that embodying seemingly contradictory traits can result in outsized success.
We look at the weaknesses we accept and how to overcome the fixed mindset, break out of our natural blockers, and become a spikey, unbalanced individual with additive strengths.
Balancing lessons from history and psychology we go on a tour of the most common and powerful opposing strengths that can be turned into an unstoppable combination when harnessed correctly. We also explore:
How to identify your ideal strength combination
Tools to work on weaknesses from different angles
How neurodiversity and personality disorders can be harnessed as strengths
Embracing instead of fighting your weaknesses
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Chapters:
00:00 Personality Labels and the Complexity of Human Traits
01:57 Exploring the Paradox of Powerful opposites
03:42 George Washington's Greatest Traits - Uncommon honesty and Undoubtable deception
06:42 The Danger of Cognitive Simplicity
09:36 #1 Balancing Knowledge and Open-Mindedness: Rethinking assumptions
11:20 #2 Empathy and Assertiveness: Compassionate Leadership
12:37 #3 Time Sensitivity: Optimize vs. Immerse
14:22 #4 Work Hard, Play Hard - Sustainable output
15:48 #5 Patience and Urgency - Balanced tempo
18:09 #6 Short-Term Actions vs. Long-Term Vision - Paradox of genius
20:14 #7 Creativity and Analytical Thinking - Innovation Engine
21:30 #8 High Belief and Highly Critical - Product Intelligence
23:00 #9 Stubbornness and Flexibility - Thriving in uncertainty
25:25 #10 Self-Confidence and Humility - Grounded Ambition
26:26 #11 Humour and Seriousness - Ideal partner
28:18 Framework to identify strengths and weakness
31:20 Mindmapping Weakness in ADHD
34:40 - Complementing Our Natural Appearance with Opposing Traits
35:48 Personality Disorders and Nuerodiversity - Turning weaknesses into strengths: BPD, NPD, ADHD
38:19 Conclusion: Embrace the Paradoxes
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A masterclass on our hidden mindsets and diagnosing the real problems behind our internal blockers.
Your mind lies to you about what you can and can't do and creates infinitely logical reasons to hide your real fears.
To overcome the real blockers in achieving our goals, we need to spend less time diagnosing external problems and more time understanding what's happening inside us. Humans are ultimately driven by underlying fear and desire, coming up with reasons that ignore this is hiding the truth.
We explore the 4 core fears behind our everyday decisions and actions so we can unburden ourselves from limitations:
Fear of Failure - Operating in survival mode
Fear of Uncertainty - The silent killer of dreams
Fear of Embarrassment - Appearance problems
Fear of Success - The unexpected fear
Webster explores how these fears are deeply entrenched in a fixed mindset, making them appear more rational than they are. Learn practical strategies to convert these fears into opportunities for growth, transform your mindset, and take bold steps toward your true potential.
In summary, a powerful and practical guide to overcoming the psychological barriers that hold you back.
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10 Powerful Stoic Questions: The guide to a full life - 06th Feb 2024
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: Hitting Invisible Walls
02:11 The Illusion of Living Without Fear
05:39 The Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset and Fear
06:56 #1 Fear of Failure (Survival mode)
08:46 Reframing Failure - Learning opportunities, incremental goals and feedback
11:06 Standup Comedy as Exposure Therapy
12:36 #2 Fear of Uncertainty (The silent killer of dreams)
15:22 Overcoming Fear of Uncertainty
17:19 #3 The Fear of Embarrassment and Ridicule (Appearance problems)
19:14 Accepting embarrassment as a cost of entry
23:44 #4 Fear of Success (The unexpected fear)
26:14 Defining and Preparing for Success
30:22 Conclusion: Embracing Fear for Growth
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Anxiety is built into all our brains, examining the role of trauma in building fear responses helps us understand how to combat fear. We can also learn how trauma manifests in General Anxiety Disorder, Borderline (BPD), Narcissism (NPD) and ADHD.
By studying the neuroscience of how fear and anxiety work in the brain we understand how life events and trauma shape our perceptions. To overcome the different fears we can learn from strategies required for individuals with specific disorders relating to fear to reduce their emotional reactions.
Fear is controlled by 4 main areas in the brain, the Amygdala, the hippocampus, the Pre-Frontal Cortex and the Hypothalamus. They can keep us healthy, alive, and functioning normally. But different life events can cause them to become impaired or over-active in subtle ways causing much greater levels of fear and irrational behaviours.
The episode explores how fears hold us back and the specific chemistry and biology to creates it and techniques we can learn to rebalance our brain towards more rational thinking and level responses.
Tune in to learn how understanding fear can help you master your own mind and improve your life.
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Our Polyvagal World - Stephen & Seth Porges
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway - Susan Jeffers
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Doing the Difficult Thing: Dr Niall McCann - Director National Park Rescue - 13th June 2019
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Chapters:
00:00 Exploring the Neuroscience of Fear
03:14 The Brain's Fear Circuitry
06:16 The Role of Neuroception
09:43 The Four Core Fears
12:21 Trauma and Its Impact on Fear
19:41 Understanding General Anxiety Disorder
22:13 Techniques for Managing Anxiety and Fear
25:51 Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
27:13 The Neuroscience Behind BPD
31:20 Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder
33:10 Lessons on Ego for All of Us
36:44 ADHD and the Struggle to Mange Fear and Focus
39:19 Strategies for Harnessing ADHD &Personal Experiences
45:12 Concluding Thoughts on Fear
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Learn the economics of satisfaction, according to psychology.
Our earliest lessons in life include that money can't buy happiness. But is that completely correct?
We explore tactics to change your spending that can boost your mood on both a daily level and additionally build a longer-term sense of content satisfaction. Learning how to escape the nudges of advertising and society's expectations of spending and instead live in line with your values and priorities.
Everyone has different needs and is operating on different levels. These rules help you learn to experiment to find what will work for you and build your own answers to important questions that can improve the quality of your life.
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Upside of Irrationality - Daniel Ariely
Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel
National Park Rescue - Wildlife preservation charity
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Chapters:
00:00 The Debate: Can Money Buy Happiness?
02:19 Exploring the Psychology of Money and Happiness
04:25 #1: Spend on Experiences, Not Things
08:09 #2: Invest in Relationships
10:15 #3: Prioritize Health
12:30 #4: Buy Time to Reduce Stress
15:41 # 5: Make Smaller, Frequent Purchases
18:27 #6 Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
21:35 #7 Delaying Gratification to Build Anticipation
24:06 #8 Investing in Yourself
25:53 #9 Spending on Enabling Activities
27:30 #10 Give Back to Others & Charity
29:49 #Bonus - Exploring Novel & Weird Spending Habits
33:43 Note - The Influence of Personal History and Social Dynamics
35:19 Conclusion - Aligning Spending with Values
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From deciding what to work on to overcoming blockers - All the questions from August were answered in the Ask Me Anything of the month.
Free listeners will only have access to the first 20 minutes. Premium subscribers can listen to the whole episode and be able to submit their own questions for future episodes.
Questions answered in this episode:
What causes resistance to learning?
How do you differentiate an indie podcast? (especially when many podcasts have backing by network / business)
What criteria do you use to determine if a project is worth pursuing?
How do you handle uncertainties, fears, blockers when committing to a big project?
Is it a good idea to pursue VC funding in the content creation industry?
Tips to grow a network of people with similar interests who can provide support, feedback, and exposure?
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How to Think Like a Professional: Building Better Strategies - 12th June 2024
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Chapters:
00:00 Today's AMA Questions Overview
02:23 #1 What makes someone resistant to learning?
03:22 Energy and Learning
04:33 Ego and Social Pressure
06:52 Fear of Failure and Asking for Help
11:11 #2 Differentiating Your Podcast
14:00 Don't be the best, be the only
18:37 #3 What criteria do you use to tell if an idea is worth pursuing?
20:30 Wrap up
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