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Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement

Sam Webster Harris | Growth Mindset Psychology

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

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40:02

Lessons, Paradoxes and Hard Questions For Building an...

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2025/09/30

We chase alignment with our purpose, values, passions but can sometimes get a little lost on the way.Life has a scary habit of passing us by in a rush and Sam has just turned 35 years old and feeling very philosophical about the whole thing. We take a tour of some of the big problems in society people struggle with and the paradoxes that make them difficult. From waning attention spans to political chaos or the lenses and mindsets that we view life with. Sam weaves together some of the hottest

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56:37

12 Questions For Meaningful Relationships - How to go...

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2025/09/26

You know that Stupid questions = Stupid answers. It's the same for boring questions. If you want to live a meaningful life with space for personal growth and connection with those around you. The answer is fantastic questions. Questions that help you understand yourself better and your partner. Questions that lead to conversations where you really see each other deep down at a human to human level. Topaz Azides, is an Emmy-winning director who spent a decade analyzing 1,200 couples to understand

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16:53

A Curios Thing About Your Ego (and 3 ways to turn it...

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2025/09/23

The ego is more unruly than you think. We dissect how it works and how to make it work for you. When you don't watch it carefully your brain will trick you into thinking it knows things it doesn't. This can lead to all sorts of disasters. Learn 3 ways that your ego get's in the way of real growth and learning and how to build a stronger and more open mindset. Lessons: Create Space: Begin by admitting what you don't know to open the door for discovery. Embrace the Amateur: Find the

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52:26

How to Cultivate Awareness and Self-Control to...

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2025/09/19

Ever felt like you're fighting a losing battle with your own brain? Addictions are like that. We learn the mindsets and psychology to build self-awareness and take control of your decisions and behaviours.Jeremy Lipkowitz, a former Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, and coach is the host of "Unhooked: breaking porn addiction podcast". He helps men break free from compulsive behaviors—especially porn addiction—and build lives of integrity, discipline, and deep fulfilment. Topics: - The role of

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24:50

How to Teach a Growth Mindset to Children (and to...

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2025/09/16

You want your kid to magically become some badass, challenge-eating machine?Lectures don’t work, praise gets boring, and perfectionism is just another word for control freak. We dive into the reality behind both teaching and practicing a growth mindset. Firstly it starts with you living a growth mindset so this episode is primarily a masterclass on building one yourself. Self-efficacy is crucial for resilience and overcoming setbacks that hit us everyday. Yet there are so many nuances when you

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47:04

How To Overcome Your Problems With Curiosity and...

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2025/09/12

Ever felt like life’s locked you in a box and thrown away the key? Tom Davies (GeoWizard) knows the feeling—and he picked the locks with curiosity and a pinch of madness.This isn’t your standard self-help fluff. Tom went from odd jobs and dead-end days to having 1.4 million followers watching his adventures. His fame launched when he crossed Wales in a straight line, just because he asked, “What if?” His adventures aren’t just geography—they’re psychology in action. Discover why quitting a steady

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30:30

The Hidden Connections Between Movement and Mental...

Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of... ·

2025/09/09

Freedom doesn’t arrive when you finally “figure it all out”—it arrives the moment you move.We’ve built mental walls around the idea that creativity is genetic and strength is inherited. But imagine a world where every step, stretch, or stumble is a tiny act of liberation, welding new circuits of possibility in your brain. Picture the mountaineer navigating a cliff, or a child learning to throw—a dance as ancient as humanity itself, and just as transformative. The lesson isn’t in chasing overnight

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56:38

How to Build More Memories Instead of More To-Dos -...

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2025/09/05

Positive Psychology applied to the shortness of life. This episode is a repeat of a masterclass from last year on living wider and deeper with psychologist and author Jodi Wellman.We cover: The walking dead vs astonishingly alive Overcoming habits and autopilot living Regret avoidance and controlling your life Useful positivity vs toxic positivity As they say "Get busy living, or get busy dying". Jodi has a morbid fascination with positive ideas from existential psychology to help

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36:28

What is Actually Important? How to stop reacting to...

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2025/09/02

Have you ever wondered how important something really is, yet lacked a reference point to put it into context?These days news, apps, jobs or neighbours comments all seem to be infinitely important and it's somewhat distracting. If you want to actually do stuff you need to know what is important and screen out the rest. Sam shares a framework for working out the impact of any idea or event that adds context to anything around you. From an idea in the shower to nuclear weapons everything has it's

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53:54

The Top 3 Fitness Mistakes and How to 20:80 your...

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2025/08/29

We think fitness is about the body. But in truth, it begins in the story we tell ourselves.In this conversation with Jake Parker, we explore fitness not as a battle of discipline, but as a shifting of identity. Humans evolved in a world of scarcity where every calorie mattered. Now, in a world of abundance, that same wiring works against us. The magic, Jake suggests, is in designing new defaults. Defaults where exercise becomes an act of self-kindness, food choices become votes for the person you

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17:46

Where To Spend Your Life Energy: A 3-step framework...

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2025/08/26

It's not just what you do, it's how you do it.We are increasingly bombarded with demands and equally confused by how important everything seems. Growing up every year the next exam will make or break the rest of your life... The reality is some things don't matter and other things matter much more than you will ever know. Saying hi to that stranger that becomes your wife, helping a friend start that stupid idea, putting way too much effort into a dinner party. We only have so much time and

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41:42

Defining Your Own Success in a World Full of...

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2025/08/22

What if success isn’t about working harder or even more achievement, but about how we feel day to day?In this episode, Mike Winnet invites us to reconsider the very stories we tell about ambition and achievement. The culture around entrepreneurship often creates illusions; mirages shimmering in a desert of social media noise. Mike challenges us to step beyond these distractions and ask: What if the real path is serene, sane, and sustainable? This episode reveals how transforming our metrics for

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25:08

Why Taking Life Less Seriously Could Be the...

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2025/08/19

The art of making work not suck; how playing helps you stress less (and achieve more).In today’s episode, we challenge the architecture of adulthood, built brick by brick with “shoulds”. Using stories of ancient ancestors and modern cubicles, we’ll ask: Why do we surrender to seriousness, and at what cost? You’ll learn how the prison of comparison, the tyranny of the checklist, and our fear of imperfection rob us of the very autonomy we crave: Build tiny rituals that make work feel less

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44:54

How to Stay MOTIVATED When You Keep LOSING - w/ Gold...

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2025/08/15

Imagine training every day for a decade… and still losing. Then figuring out one question that changes everything.Olympic gold medallist Ben Hunt-Davis didn’t win because he trained harder, he’d been doing that for years and kept losing. He won because he and his crew started asking one question before every decision: Will it make the boat go faster? In this conversation, Ben shares the messy reality of chasing big dreams. We talk about missing teams by one place, eating 7,000 calories a day,

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24:45

Why You’ll Care About Completely Different Things in...

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2025/08/12

Ever look back at something you obsessed over… and now you can’t even remember why?This episode’s about that gap. The gap between what you care about today and what future-you will actually give a damn about. We’ll talk about puppies that can’t tell a cushion from a laptop, people who think their city is the center of the world, and why your 16-year-old self thought video games were the meaning of life. Turns out, value isn’t fixed. It drifts. Sometimes overnight. Sometimes over decades. The trick

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20:06

How to Find Your Zone and Stay There - A Masterclass...

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2025/08/08

Feel like your focus constantly slips through your fingers? Like you’re juggling five projects but none are actually moving the needle? You’re not alone—distraction is the silent killer of progress. In this episode, we break down how John Lee Dumas built a million-dollar podcast empire with one secret weapon: laser-sharp, relentless focus. Forget multitasking; mastery comes from saying no to everything except what truly matters. It’s like training a muscle—the more you exercise your focus, the

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58:30

The Art of Consistency: 10 Simple Rules for Real Growth

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2025/08/05

Everyone loves a good habit but what's the science that makes some work and others not so much?Real growth isn’t about lightning bolts, but the quiet art of consistency. In this episode, we zoom out to see habits not as chores, but as choices that shape our identities, day after day. Ancient stoics, modern neuroscientists, even a friend and his broken snack safe remind us: transformation is gentle, cumulative, and surprisingly within reach. We can challenge the myth that willpower is enough and

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40:56

The Surprising Psychology of Fire That Explains...

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2025/08/01

Ever felt like you were wrestling with more than just a campfire? Me too. Turns out, controlling fire is a bit like trying to control your own mind; tricky, unpredictable, and full of surprises. In this episode, we have an episode drop from Sam's new show "How to Change the World; The History and Future of Innovation". We dive into the wild story of how humanity’s obsession with fire set us on the path to becoming who we are today. We’ll talk about global wildfires and backyard barbecues, and how

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22:59

Why Wisdom Isn't About Age - And what really defines...

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2025/07/29

What if everything we believe about wisdom and maturity is backwards?Most of us carry this quiet assumption that growing up means becoming someone else... someone more serious, more predictable, more aligned with what society expects. What if wisdom isn't about following prescribed paths. It's about developing an intimate relationship with your own evolution. True maturity emerges when we stop trying to prove ourselves and start honoring our authentic desires. This episode challenges the

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55:24

Introspection and How to Work Out What to do With...

Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of... ·

2025/07/25

What if your rock bottom was actually a launchpad? Melissa Monte, host of the Mind Love podcast, shares how hitting her lowest point became the catalyst for building a life she truly loves.Melissa's journey wasn't a straight line to success. After facing trauma, bad relationships, and even a felony charge for someone else's crime, she found herself in a jail cell with a choice: let her limitations define her or use them as guideposts. She chose the latter, teaching herself digital marketing and

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