Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement
Growth Mindset Psychology
There are a lot of opinions on how to master your mind, but then there’s PSYCHOLOGY.We’re all stuck with the brain we’re born with, but we aren’t stuck with how we use it.Learn science-backed answers to make the most of your mind and your life.CURIOUS?Growth Mindset Psychology is the "self-help sceptic" podcast for the curious.Whether you want to improve performance, navigate setbacks, or know who you are.We find answers to the true science of self-improvement.So put down the astrology chart and start working with your mind, instead of against it.With over 8 million downloads and 60,000 monthly listeners, you’re invited to join.PROCESSInstead of telling you what to think, we discuss how thinking works.Armed with a stack of science journals, textbooks and a boatload of curiosity, we uncover the mechanics of the mind.Why? >>> Success is personal!You might want to make the most of your neurodiverse strengths, start a business, or simply find more reasons to smile.Hone your ability for independent thinking and growth with mental models to pursue your definition of success.HOSTI’m Sam Webster Harris, a lifelong learner with ADHD, a raging curiosity, and an obsession with finding answers to hard questions.After launching several businesses, travelling the world and nearly dying a few times I concluded that science and Psychology are where it’s at.What actually makes people happy? What’s the best way to treat a brain? How can I get more done?Studying the answers we find that changing behaviours requires building mindsets, mental models, and a healthy relationship with failure.I run the show to help listeners enjoy nutritious content that feeds their minds (and I needed a legitimate excuse to cover for my reading addiction).PREMIUMGo Ad-Free and listen to exclusive content.Support the show and access the AMA features and community Discord.Growth Mindset PremiumARCHIVEPrevious guests include Olympians, Scientists, Billionaires, and Sam's Mum.Past series:— Psychology vs Stoicism— Time Management for busy mortals— Independence and knowing yourself— Cognitive biases and rational thinking— Psychology of connection— Carol Dweck and the Multiverse of Mindsets
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Mar 1, 2022 • 37min
206: The Future of Funding for Women-Led Businesses - Maddy Bergen, CEO of Angel Alliance NFT
Maddy Bergen Maddy Bergen is in her final year of university studying civil engineering. She has co-founded and the CEO of Angel Alliance DAO (or Decentralized Autonomous Organization) for investing and giving funding to women-led entrepreneurs. Angel Alliance was founded to empower female entrepreneurs with a NFT collection consisting of 6,666 unique female icons designed with real women in mind. They will be releasing the collection on March 26, 2022. - - -More info about Angel Alliance Twitter: https://lnkd.in/gAAayAZw Deck: https://lnkd.in/gFmr7rJsDiscord: https://lnkd.in/g--bZkat - - -Connect with Maddy LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddy-bergen-53a4651a6) Twitter (https://twitter.com/maddyybergen) - - -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
Feb 22, 2022 • 29min
205: TEDx, Dragons Den and Creating Impact - Chris Lovett, Author of 'Discovery of Less'
Chris Lovett Chris Lovett is a minimalist, speaker, career mentor, professional executive coach, podcast host, simplicity coach, disruptive thought leader, and author of the bestselling self sufficiency, green living and business motivation book Discovery of Less. Also retired hip hop & rnb DJ, music geek with big hair and voted 'best legs 1998' at a college 5-a-side football tournament. Chris is one of the UK's only motivational speakers (and kinda hilarious one too) on minimalism and the less is progress lifestyle. His minimalist storytelling and the timing of it resonates deeply across personal and professional lives as he share his crazy story behind selling off, donating, recycling and discarding everything he ever owned and walking away from the security of a 'successful' career. You could say he was consumed by stuff - or stuffocated! Plus he talk about the incredible positive impact and psychology behind decluttering, our relationship and attachment with stuff and the 'always on' mentality. The words of his experiences and teachings have touched thousands of lives in over 50 countries and have been featured on prominent lifestyle platforms such as No Sidebar, Minimalism Life and Optimal Living Daily. He have talked at festivals, wellbeing events, financial institutions and consultancy firms across the UK and beyond! - - -Connect with Chris Less is Progress (https://www.lessisprogress.com) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lovett-29176933/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/LessisProgress) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/christolovett/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChristoLovett) - - -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
Feb 15, 2022 • 36min
204: Less is more
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.
Feb 8, 2022 • 45min
203: The Importance of Being Yourself - Alex Dunsdon, Co-founder of Potential Ventures
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
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Feb 1, 2022 • 51min
202: Systems Thinking Applied To Mindsets - Tessa Clarke, CEO of OLIO
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.
Jan 21, 2022 • 24min
201: Perfectionism and Celebrating Our Wins - Sam Harris
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.
Jan 13, 2022 • 42min
Solve massive challenges, one step at a time
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
Jan 4, 2022 • 15min
198: Alternative New Year Ideas - Sam Harris, CEO - ReasonFM
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
Dec 7, 2021 • 43min
195: Defining Success and the Key Pillars to Support the LGBTQ Community, Lorenzo Thione, MD of Gaingels
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
Dec 2, 2021 • 13min
194: The Power of Mindset in Overcoming Setbacks and Risks That Will Lead to Success, Bryony Thomas, Founder of Watertight Marketing
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
