Standard Self-improvement advice is usually beige, unhelpful and often just wrong.
We dive into the topic of "You are the 5 people you spend most time with" and learn where it is wrong and dangerous to follow. Instead, we learn a toolkit to be ourselves wherever we are and build relationships that nourish us.
Lessons:
- Where common advice falls short
- Signs of toxic relationships blocking you from your potential
- Signs of healthy relationships
- Using the Growth Mindset to control your influences and outcomes
- Seeking variety from your inputs
- The dangers of conforming and group-think
This episode holds a core mental-model for building a Growth Mindset and how to seek inspiration around you. Avoid getting caught in group-think or relationships that create Fixed Mindset thinking and be more yourself.
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Meet Sam
Growth Mindset pod:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
Questions to reflect on
- What are my strengths? When do I feel like I am being myself?
- I am putting my energy directly into the thing I want to do or is it postponed for some reason?
- Is there a faster way to reach the lifestyle I want?
- Who are my idols? Why do I look up to them? Could I have better idols?
- Who are 5 cool but very different friends to me, what would they tell me to do?
Chapters:
00:00 - What is a Growth Mindset?
00:20 - You are not the 5 people you spend time with
01:23 - How Skiing proves others don't affect you
04:08 - Don't be blocked from being yourself
04:40 - Best Friends Don't Need To Be Aspirational Figures
06:30 - Opposite can work
08:50 - Choose your inspiration
09:36 - Small encounters can have butterfly effects
10:53 - Prioritise healthy relationships
11:30 - Avoid being lost in generic groups/cliques
12:08 - Sahil Lavingia and GumRoad
13:53 - Build Variety in your relationships
14:53 - Questions to journal on (see above)
16:05 - Life tips
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Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement