Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement

Chris Lovett, a minimalist and motivational speaker, discusses the benefits of decluttering, the psychology behind attachment to possessions, and the impact of simplifying on various aspects of life. He shares personal anecdotes about walking away from material possessions and a successful career to embrace a minimalist lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of understanding one's 'why' and focusing on fewer activities for maximum impact.

Alex Dunsdon is a Partner at Saatchi Invest and founder of Potential VC building a generation of impact VCs. Their mission is to find, foster and fund crazy, unusual, and innovative startups helping the world. Alex was also a seed cheque investor into Citymapper, Farewill and Ometria. Alex joins me this week to deliver his ultimate breakthroughs and formula for decisions, whether it is about your career path or your life. Resources The Science of Serendipity: How to Unlock the Promise of Innovation Book by Matt Kingdon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Serendipity-1e-P-Kingdon/dp/111847810X) - - -Connect with Alex Potential (www.potential.co) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexdunsdon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alexdunsdon) Twitter (https://twitter.com/alexdunsdon) - - -Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.comInsta - SamJam.zen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tessa Clarke, CEO of OLIO, is a dynamic startup founder passionate about reducing food waste and fostering community connections. She shares her transformative journey from a corporate career to creating a platform that combats waste by enabling neighbors to share surplus food. Tessa highlights the barriers female entrepreneurs face in fundraising and underscores the power of a promotion mindset for success. Her experiences growing up on a farm taught her resilience and emphasized the importance of meaningful connections in driving positive societal change.

Psychologist Sam Harris discusses perfectionism and celebrating wins. They explore setting high standards, focusing on small steps, and the psychology of happiness and growth. The episode delves into overcoming perfectionism, acknowledging successes, and the importance of self-compassion. It also highlights celebrating achievements for personal growth and avoiding burnout. The host reflects on the podcast's 200-episode milestone and teases future plans on mindset and personality change.

Roeland Decorte is the CEO and Founder of Decorte Future Industries (DFI). They are building a groundbreaking AI for health data extraction from audio. His doctoral work on code-breaking is cited by world experts in his field. He started DFI inventing and personally engineering the exoskeleton tech. Roeland also has experience in mechanical engineering, prototyping, fundraising, politics, political economics and academia. He was the youngest student from Belgium to have joined the University of Cambridge in its 800-year history. Takeaways * If you want to do something really meaningful, it will by definition almost always be hard. * Chase the things that challenge you – keep going and throwing yourself at things that seem impossible. * Mistakes are only that if you don’t learn from them, consider them learnings instead. * There will come a point in your business where you need to shift from “we’re all friends here” to a clear hierarchy with a well-defined structure. * Equally important to building your business is keeping in touch with people in the field and keeping them informed as to what you’re doing. - - - Connect with RoelandDecorte Future Industries (https://decorte.co.uk/) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-roeland-p-j-e-decorte-340066185) Twitter (https://twitter.com/decortedr)- - - Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.comInsta - SamJam.zen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We often hear the "New Year, New You" phrases as every new year comes. And in this episode, Sam conveyed improving in a more holistic approach. Takeaways You might have already written down your plans that you want to do or change this year, but we should also be open to things that may arise and haven't thought of happening. From the list of plans you have for this year, pick one thing/s that scares you and try doing those. - - -Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.comInsta - SamJam.zen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lorenzo is the Managing Director of Gaingels and a co-founding chairman of StartOut, two of the leading groups dedicated to support and elevate LGBTQ+ leaders in the venture startup ecosystem. He is also a Tony-Award and Drama Desk winning Broadway producer and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance, the Broadway musical. Lorenzo previously co-founded startups Powerset, which was acquired later on by Microsoft. He is also an investor, board member, and advisor for startups such as Figure Eight (now Appian), Weights & Biases, CrowdMed, Famo.us, Gobble, Just, and Lucid, and many more. He's an outspoken LGBT advocate and was named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 and 2018 by Business Insider.- - -Connect with LorenzoGaingels (https://gaingels.com/) StartOut (https://startout.org/) Allegiance (https://allegiancemusical.com/) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzothione/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lorenzosfnyc) Twitter (https://twitter.com/thione)- - -Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.comInsta - SamJam.zen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryony Thomas is one of the UK's foremost marketing thinkers. She is the author of Watertight Marketing, which has been in its best-sellers list consistently for over five years, with no gimmicks. Watertight Marketing is one of the best business books I have ever read. In this episode, Bryony shows how she succeed and what mindset she has despite of setbacks and risks. - - -Connect with BryonyWatertight Marketing (https://watertightmarketing.com/) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryonythomas) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bryonywatertightmkg) Twitter (https://twitter.com/bryonythomas) - - -Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.comInsta - SamJam.zen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elizabeth is the CEO and Founder of Cypher Coders, the UK’s leading coding school for children, as well as a highly experienced AI creator, author and entrepreneur. Her mission is to empower children to move freely and confidently through the changing world around us, fluent in the universal language of code in order to become future-ready.CONNECT WITH ELIZABETHCypher Coders (www.cyphercoders.com)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethtweedale)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nottinghillmummy)Twitter (https://twitter.com/nottinghillmmmy)ABOUT THE HOSTMy name is Sam Harris. I am a British entrepreneur, investor and explorer. From hitchhiking across Kazakstan to programming AI doctors I am always pushing myself in the spirit of curiosity and Growth. My background is in Biology and Psychology with a passion for improving the world and human behaviour. I have built and sold companies from an early age and love coming up with unique ways to make life more enjoyable and meaningful.Connect with Sam:Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/samjamharris/)Twitter (https://twitter.com/samjamharris)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharris48/)Wiser than Yesterday (https://www.wiserpod.com)ReasonFM (https://reason.fm/podcast/growth-mindset-podcast)Sam's blog - SamWebsterHarris.com (https://samwebsterharris.com/)Support the Show - Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/growthmindset)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Elizabeth Tweedale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Ferguson CBE, PPRIBA, RWA (born 22 March 1947) is a British politician, former architect, and entrepreneur who served as the first elected mayor of Bristol from 2012 to 2016. Ferguson was co-founder of Ferguson Mann Architects in 1979 and the past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (2003–2005) where he was noted for championing the causes of education, the environment and good urbanism. He was also a founding director of The Academy of Urbanism and a founding member of the British sustainable transport charity Sustrans. In this episode, George shared with us the best things happened when pushing against the grain which he calls "The Art of Impossible." Let's find out more how an architect student became to the man he is now. - - -On the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we explore the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.Through a process of honest self-reflection of what is holding us back and what is driving us forward, we can lose the ego and build awareness of how to be our best.- - -Connect with Sam:Creativity Newsletter - Explosive ThinkingWatch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset)Twitter - @samjamharrisInstagram - @SamJam.zen- - -Connect with George: LinkedIn Twitter - - -Show: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvementEpisode: The Art of Impossible - George Ferguson, CBE, PPRIBA, RWA, First Elected Mayor of Bristol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices