Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement
Growth Mindset Psychology
There are a lot of opinions on how to master your mind, but then there’s PSYCHOLOGY.
We’re all stuck with the brain we’re born with, but we aren’t stuck with ho...
The Psychology of FOMO - Why it's Getting Worse and What To Do About It
Modern technology amplifies our fear and emotions. FOMO is on the rise.
Whether you are worried about being invited to a party, checking social media, or finding it harder to make decisions.
FOMO is increasingly driving our emotions and actions. It is a deeply natural feeling built into us through hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. But it hasn't kept up with our incredible pace of technological change.
Part of the reason we have such a decline in mental health is we can compare ourselves to the perfect lives all around us in the digital world and feel we don't stack up.
This episode will help you understand what's really going on:
The evolutionary roots of FOMO
How our modern world is making us anxious
Why ADHD is on the rise
Where to take back our focus
What to celebrate and look up to.
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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 Psychology of FOMO
04:03 Evolutionary Roots of FOMO
08:15 Modern Technology and Social Media's Role in FOMO
10:18 Consumer Culture, Crypto and Parasocial Relationships
14:31 Psychological Costs & Impact on Mental Health
15:50 FOMO and Decision Making
17:17 The Rise of ADHD
18:54 Abundance vs. Scarcity Mindset
21:09 The Joy of Missing Out (JOMO)
21:36 Practical Tips to Overcome FOMO
25:17 Conclusion: Embracing the Present
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14 Habits Keeping You Poor
The small but very real problems that hold you back in a big way.
Personal finances feel just that, personal. Yet most of our issues are fundamentally quite predictable and universal based on different mindset patterns and beliefs we pick up.
Money isn't a completely natural tool; it is a human invention that helps us overcome trade and resource accumulation problems. Learning the basics of how to think about money and deal with it allows for us to become a master of our own future.
From Lifestyle inflation to investing strategy or the issue of inaction feeling you have to learn more first
This episode covers the 14 biggest mistakes we make when we think about money.
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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 14 habits that keep you poor
00:24 1st bad habit - Starting tomorrow
00:52 2nd - Starting too many and not finishing any
01:45 3rd - Paying yourself last
02:51 4th - Not investing in yourself
03:34 5th - Reading a lot and not doing
04:27 6th - Not knowing your income or expenses
06:02 7th - Getting comfortable with bad debts
07:28 8th - Not having an emergency fund
08:44 9th - Lifestyle inflation
10:17 Ad break
10:28 10th - Hanging with the wrong crowd
12:02 11th - Blaming your circumstances
12:35 12th - Focusing purely on saving now
13:16 13th - Investing without a strategy
14:38 14th - Waiting for perfect conditions
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Free Will and the War Against Our Minds - Are We Becoming NPCs?
The Psychology of the 5 Types of Non-Player Characters - How to Fix Them and Be a Main Character Thinker.
The same story plays out online every day. The same people are getting outraged about the same things again and again. Like Clockwork.
The human brain is highly optimised to rely on heuristics and simplistic decisions. Modern media hijacks this system to control our beliefs and emotions based on the agenda of other people.
This episode helps listeners build autonomy over their beliefs and emotions by learning the different types of Non-Player-Character:
The Conformist NPC - Believes the consensus politically correct ideas
The Contrarian NPC - Believes the opposite of the consensus and seeks conspiracy
The Disciple NPC - Believes their preferred leader
The Tribalist NPC - Follows the tribe and us vs them mentality
The Averager NPC - Seeks the middle ground without understanding the merits of an argument.
Learn the psychology of the processes behind each NPC type and how different types of critical thinking systems or defence systems get turned on and off based simply on who delivers the message.
Building your own worldview is one of the most important things you can do in an increasingly confusing and polarised world.
Sources:
Gurwinder - Why You Are Probably An NPC
People Shot to Death by US Police By Race
FBI Crime Data
USA National Suicide Data
Journal Review: Health of Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Children
Vaccine Research Overview: The Vaccine Question
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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 Psychology of Modern Culture and Predictability of Crowds
01:24 The Brain's Information Processing Shortcuts
03:09 Gurwinder on NPC's
04:48 System One and System Two Thinking
07:08 The Influence of Social Media and Algorithms
07:56 #1 The Conformist NPC
14:38 #2 The Contrarian NPC
21:49 #3 The Disciple NPC
26:03 #4 The Tribalist NPC
30:29 #5 The Averager NPC
36:51 Strategic Cognitive Resource Allocation
38:12 Recap of NPC Types and Strategies
39:31 The Importance of Selective Deep Thinking
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How To Be More Interesting
The surprising techniques to be more yourself - that also make you more interesting.
There are endless self-help books and blogs about how to increase your charisma. In the same way you can increase your sales skills by following a checklist but there is something fake about it.
Instead, we look at little-known ways you can naturally get better at being yourself. We can then expand on our own natural tendencies and be more interesting to the people we are inherently interested in.
Some lessons in the episode:
Increasing the depth of your interests
Stop trying to 'fit in' to other peoples standards
Prioritise your areas of effort
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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 Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
00:59 Create more interesting interests
02:31 The maths of interest - 10x depth = 100x more interesting
03:38 Examples of geeking out that are fascinating
09:10 When to stand out
14:31 When to chill out
16:14 Conclusions
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Identity, Power & Narcissism: The Hidden Psychology of Mean Girls & Regina George
The Art of War: High School Edition
Mean Girls was one of the biggest movies of 2004 - Twenty years later it still touches the themes that teenagers struggle with the world over.
Navigating cut-throat social hierarchies and the urge to morph our identity to fit in.
Regina George is the villain of the movie. She is always ready to take others down and manipulate anyone around her to retain power. But there is more going on than meets the eye.
In this episode:
Where narcissism comes from
How high-school screws with our morals
Why do we become submissive to mean people
What people get wrong about Mean Girls and Regina George
By revisiting the story of Mean Girls and examining the character of Regina George in detail we can learn a lot about how we navigate the world ourselves.
This movie is full of psychological goodies for those looking for them and totally worth a re-watch for the curious amongst us.
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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 Psychology and Writing in Mean Girls
01:27 Relational Aggression in Adolescence
03:34 Regina George: The Rulebook
06:47 Social Dynamics Manipulation Tactics
10:17 Diagnosing Regina George's Personality Disorder
10:51 Antisocial Personality Disorder
11:48 Borderline Personality Disorder
13:27 Histrionic Personality Disorder
14:38 Narcissistic Personality Disorder
17:38 Understanding someone through their Relationships
21:22 The Real Tragedy of Regina George
25:52 Final Thoughts and Trivia
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About Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement
There are a lot of opinions on how to master your mind, but then there’s PSYCHOLOGY.
We’re all stuck with the brain we’re born with, but we aren’t stuck with how we use it.
Learn science-backed answers to make the most of your mind and your life.
CURIOUS?
Growth Mindset Psychology is the "self-help sceptic" podcast for the curious.
Whether you want to improve performance, navigate setbacks, or know who you are.
We find answers to the true science of self-improvement.
So put down the astrology chart and start working with your mind, instead of against it.
With over 8 million downloads and 60,000 monthly listeners, you’re invited to join.
PROCESS
Instead of telling you what to think, we discuss how thinking works.
Armed with a stack of science journals, textbooks and a boatload of curiosity, we uncover the mechanics of the mind.
Why? >>> Success is personal!
You might want to make the most of your neurodiverse strengths, start a business, or simply find more reasons to smile.
Hone your ability for independent thinking and growth with mental models to pursue your definition of success.
HOST
I’m Sam Webster Harris, a lifelong learner with ADHD, a raging curiosity, and an obsession with finding answers to hard questions.
After launching several businesses, travelling the world and nearly dying a few times I concluded that science and Psychology are where it’s at.
What actually makes people happy? What’s the best way to treat a brain? How can I get more done?
Studying the answers we find that changing behaviours requires building mindsets, mental models, and a healthy relationship with failure.
I run the show to help listeners enjoy nutritious content that feeds their minds (and I needed a legitimate excuse to cover for my reading addiction).
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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
— Carol Dweck and the Multiverse of Mindsets
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