4 Steps to Become Remarkable: A guide to overhaul your life
Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement
Routines Preserve Agency in Crisis
Sam explains how routine behaviors preserve agency and introduces the four-month reinvention plan inspired by Cal Newport.
Get in control of your life and use your time to build a life of purpose.
We have been sold a myth of heroic solutions. Where a single dazzling act will change who we are. But real change is quiet, methodical, and often boring. As a result many people lack agency waiting for some heroic reinvention.
This episode explores the architecture of a "Deep Life," a four-month process of reclaiming your sovereignty from the noise of the industrial complex. We stop asking "what do I feel like doing?" and start asking "what kind of life do I want to live?"
By strictly curtailing obligations and automating the mundane, we create breathing room. This space allows us to move from being busy to being remarkable. The goal isn't to fit more in; it is to design a life that is unique, specific, and yours.
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The Code vs. The Decision: How to write a personal operating system that saves you from decision fatigue.
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Moving from "Yearning" to "Project": How to operationalize your dreams into a 6-week vision phase.
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The Art of the Big Overhaul: Why you need to take control of your obligations before you can successfully pivot your career or location.
Go make your life remarkable.
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Growth Mindset Psychology:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction: Shackleton's Antarctic Challenge
01:25 Rebuilding Agency: The Four-Month Plan
02:29 Phase One: Discipline
04:54 Choosing Three Key Habits
07:53 Phase Two: Values
08:30 Reconnecting with Moral Intuition
10:11 Writing Your Personal Code
11:27 Installing Rituals
13:43 Phase Three: Control
14:31 Multi-Scale Planning for Work
15:55 Creating Breathing Room
17:58 Phase Four: Vision
20:46 Small Overhaul vs. Large Overhaul
22:39 Examples of Remarkable Overhauls
26:04 Planning for a Big Life Overhaul
28:49 Evaluating Constraints and Making Plans
31:04 Recap of the Four-Month Plan
33:45 Conclusion: Embracing Agency
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