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Developing the freedom to choose how you respond to situations in life is a core part of building a growth mindset.
A fixed mindset approach leaves you at the mercy of events in life that will make you angry or sad and blame your circumstances with no control from you.
A growth mindset allows you to build the space to determine how you react in any situation and be the person you want to be rather than the person the world pushes you to be.
To achieve that we examine:
This episode touches on some very important concepts deep in the fabric of our experiencing self as a human being. By understanding internal processes we can better control our actions and outcomes in life.
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Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Personal Growth and Free Will
01:59 Understanding Fixed and Growth Mindsets
02:08 The Complexity of Psychology and Mindsets
03:34 Episode plan - Diving into Consciousness and Free Will
05:12 Habits and conscious and unconscious behaviour
06:44 Case Study: The Sleepwalking Killer + The Compulsive Gambler
11:44 Understanding the Limits of Free Will
15:35 The Role of Desires and External Influences
18:24 Conscious vs Subconscious thoughts and memories
21:50 Building Free Will and Autonomy and issues with Fixed mindset
25:38 Victor Frankl's Insights on building Free Will in everyday life
28:17 Understanding Emotional Triggers
30:25 David Foster Wallace on Thinking and Free Will
33:10 The Psychology of Revenge
38:33 Pain and Free Will - How meditation helps us control our reactions
45:29 Applying Free Will in Daily Life
47:02 Conclusion and Further Reading
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