Most self-help advice is guesswork dressed up as wisdom. We dig into psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science to find what actually changes lives.
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Over 8 million downloads because we answer the questions that matter: How do I build mental strength? What creates lasting motivation? How can I understand my own mind well enough to work with it, not against it?
This podcast is for curious skeptics who want frameworks backed by psychology studies, not Instagram quotes. Whether you're navigating procrastination, building self-discipline, or designing your own philosophy for a life well lived—we explore the hidden psychology behind real change.
WHAT YOU'LL GET
Mental models and simple techniques from cognitive psychology, positive psychology, and ancient wisdom traditions like Stoicism and Buddhism.
Being a human can be confusing, learning about it doesn’t have to be.
We cover everything from emotional intelligence and habit formation to brain health and the nervous system.
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No pseudoscience. No oversimplified "hacks." No hustle porn.
Just practical insights on mindset improvement, self-development, and human psychology that respect your intelligence and mental health.
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Instead of telling you what to think, we explore how thinking works. Armed with psychology studies, social science research, and relentless curiosity, we uncover the mechanics of belief change, attitude change, and personal development.
Success is personal. You might want to leverage your neurodiverse strengths, build a business, or simply discover how to be happier. We provide the mental frameworks to pursue your definition of success with mental strength and self-care that fits your life.
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I'm Sam Webster Harris—a lifelong learner with ADHD and an obsession with finding answers to hard questions. After launching businesses, traveling the world, and nearly dying a few times, I concluded that psychology and science are where real wisdom lives.
This show is my excuse to dive deep into health and fitness research, behavioral psychology, and cool science while helping you build genuine self-discipline and motivation.
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How To Train Your Mind: The surprising benefits of play
mardi 24 février 2026 • Durée 23:24
Turns out you don't learn faster when you're stressed, you learn faster when you're happy! So let's talk about treating your brain like a friend, not a factory worker.
Muscles respond to stress with pretty linear upgrades; brains don’t. Brains upgrade through meaning, novelty, and attention—especially when something feels like play. That’s why memory champions don’t “grind” digits: they build absurd stories and mental rooms and suddenly their recall looks like magic. Same with skills.
Stress is useful—but mostly as a signal: “avoid that.” If you want real output, your job is to become a better teacher to yourself: make the hard thing interesting enough that you’ll come back tomorrow.
Turn one task into a game (score it, time it, level it up).
Find the “fun entry point” and start there, not with drills.
Reduce stress friction: smaller reps, better cues, better environment.
Listen in—and pick one thing to make genuinely enjoyable today.
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00:00 Training Your Mind - Have we got it wrong01:03 Who Is Sam Harris?02:30 Alan Watts - Work Is Play03:28 Memory Champions04:17 Rapid Transformation06:03 Fundamental Differences Between Brains and Muscles10:09 The Different Responses to Stress11:40 Good vs Bad Teachers13:31 Gamifying Boring Tasks14:47 Alexander the Great and Conquering16:47 How to Enjoy Exercise17:56 Make Hard Things Enjoyable
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The Weird Psychology of Communication, Self-control, and Gossip: What evolution teaches us about communicating your needs clearly
mardi 17 février 2026 • Durée 39:38
In the noble quest to understand our minds, today we take a new angle. We track how grunts turned into gossip, myths, and the weird human habit of blushing when we screw up.
You’ll see why your brain is basically a compression algorithm: squeezing an entire inner universe through a tiny mouth-shaped funnel. We go from jellyfish nerve nets to gossip networks, and beyond. How shared stories make money, nations and even your job “real”.
Along the way, we poke at shame, status, and why your reputation now travels faster than any spear ever did. It’s part history, psychology, mindset lesson, and part mirror.
You’ll probably recognise more of yourself than you’d like:
Use “compression” as a mental model to communicate ideas more clearly.
Spot how gossip and reputation are driving your current career decisions.
Rewrite one story you’ve inherited about status, success, or failure.
Listen in, and update the story your brain is running in the background.
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00:00 Little Miracles and Airplanes02:26 Growth Mindset Introduction03:32 Framing the Four-Part Journey05:49 The Compression Problem09:30 Act 1 – Cognitive Basis of Language09:30 Biological History of Languages14:27 The Interconnected Brain18:03 Complex Words and Abstract Ideas21:50 Ad Break22:13 Words, Planning, and Teamwork23:10 Act 2 – Gossip, Myths & Religion23:10 Gossip and the Glue of Society26:48 Myths and Shared Delusions31:42 Early Religions, Animism and Cave Art34:39 Act 3 – Self-Domestication34:45 Shame, Blushing, and Human Civility38:10 Invitation to Continue on How to Change the World
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Hidden Potential: The Psychology of self-sabotage and changing what's possible - Heather Moyse (2x Olympic Gold)
vendredi 13 février 2026 • Durée 53:14
We all love the idea of “potential” until it quietly turns into pressure, guilt, and a weird fear of actually trying.
Heather Moyse didn’t start professional sport until 27 and still became a double Olympic gold medallist. Breaking out of her social safety and truly exploring her potential wasn't easy.
We dig into behavioral inertia, self‑sabotage, and the invisible “settings” your environment installs in your brain. Think of this as a mindset update: less motivational quotes, more useful psychology.
f you’ve ever felt stuck in the “nearly” version of your life—nearly starting, nearly committing, nearly backing yourself—this conversation gives you language, mental models, and a few friendly kicks to move.
Spot the subtle ways your environment is capping your potential.
Replace “be realistic” thinking with experiments that actually feel safe.
Build a high‑potential identity without burning out or becoming a robot.
Hit play and give your potential something better than another inspirational reel.
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00:00 Importance of Potential02:51 Potential is talent You Don't Have Yet05:21 The Impact of Parental Expectations on Potential07:31 Breaking Through Environmental and Exposure Limitations10:39 Inertia and Change13:57 Overcoming Fear of Judgment and Self-Sabotage15:20 The Physics of Behavioral Inertia and Motivation21:21 Intentionality in Life Choices24:21 The Difficulty of Intentional Choices Like Having Children28:01 Limiting Beliefs, Assumptions and Identity Blockers29:52 Energy Takers, Naysayers and Lobsters32:55 Finding the Right Influences and Support System35:48 Performing under pressure36:24 Optimal Arousal Zone for Peak Performance47:10 Kindest Thing48:33 Wrap Up
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The Feynman Technique: The 4 Steps to Learn and Master Anything
mardi 10 février 2026 • Durée 20:16
Most people “learn” by hoarding facts, which doesn't mean you understand them. Then you forget them all anyway...
In this episode, learning stops being about cramming and starts being about curiousity. Using Richard Feynman’s four-step technique, you’ll find a mindset that will add joy into your learning whilst also making it effective.
We unpack the learning pyramid, why lectures and highlights barely stick, and why embarrassment, curiosity and mild panic are actually your brain’s upgrade buttons.
By the end, you’ll have a simple, repeatable system to turn any topic—from maths to marketing—into something you genuinely own, not just recognize.
Turn any topic into a one-page “Feynman sheet”
Use emotions (not more hours) to cement ideas
Build a teaching habit that secretly becomes your study habit
Hit play and turn your next confusing idea into something you could explain in your sleep.
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00:00 The Power of Emotions in Learning00:55 The Learning Pyramid: Retention Rates01:21 Effective Learning Methods02:05 The Role of Emotions in Teaching03:51 Introduction to Richard Feynman04:06 Feynman’s Contributions to Physics05:18 Feynman’s Teaching Technique06:35 Step 1 – Go Wide and Then Deep07:26 Step 2 – Explain Like You’re Teaching a 5-Year-Old09:02 Step 3 – Feedback, Assessment, and Restudying10:54 Step 4 – Organize, Convey, and Review14:15 Conclusion – The Importance of Simplicity
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How to Stop Wasting Time with the Wrong People - Emotional maturity with Jonathan Aslay
mardi 3 février 2026 • Durée 36:39
Most people treat dating like a lottery; swipe, hope, repeat.
Jonathan Aslay lost $2 million, his marriage, and his son. What saved him wasn't positive thinking. It was asking one brutal question: "What happened in your marriage?"
Not to judge. To observe. Because how someone talks about their ex reveals everything about their emotional maturity. Self-love isn't bubble baths and affirmations. It's having the spine to walk away from someone hot but emotionally stunted. It's recognizing that your body screams "yes" while your values whisper "run."
Chemistry is a drug. Compatibility is architecture. Most relationships fail because people confuse the two.
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Why chemistry without shared values guarantees failure
How to interview dates without sounding like HR (and why you should)
Stop wasting months on people who were wrong from day three.
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00:00 - Introduction: When Success Becomes Suffering
01:32 - Jonathan's Story: Losing Everything
03:45 - The Market Crash and Day Trading Disaster
05:20 - From Greed to Self-Love
06:15 - What Self-Love Actually Means
08:40 - Self-Love vs. Narcissism
10:25 - Could You Have Learned This Earlier?
13:10 - Generational Wisdom and Technology
14:50 - Dating in the Tinder Era
17:20 - Inner Peace as a Barometer
19:05 - Discipline and Daily Practice
20:15 - The Dating Problem: Chemistry vs. Compatibility
22:30 - The Marriage Question That Reveals Everything
24:45 - Emotional Maturity and Taking Ownership
26:20 - Why You Should Interview Your Dates
27:40 - The Partnership Charter
28:35 - How They React to Questions
29:25 - The Job Question: Eeyore vs. Tigger
30:10 - Earliest Memories
31:28 - Kindest Thing Someone Has Done
32:23 - Advice for Life
33:15 - Outro: Be Kind to Yourself
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Surrounded by Conformists: How to spot the 5 types of NPC and think your own thoughts - [Psychology of non-player characters]
mardi 27 janvier 2026 • Durée 42:31
The algorithm doesn't want you to think; it wants you to react. It wants you to be a character in its story, following a predictable path of outrage and agreement.
We are living through a shift where the line between human and bot is blurring. Not because computers are getting more human-like, but because we are becoming more bot-like.
We outsource our worldview to gurus, tribes, and mainstream consensus because the "heavy lifting" of System Two thinking is expensive. Being an NPC is a choice of convenience, but being an "Autonomous Player" is an act of leadership.
This episode isn't about being right; it’s about the bravery of having no opinion on the trivial, so you can have a passionate, informed perspective on the essential.
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00:00 Modern Culture, Predictability, and Non-Player Characters (NPCs)01:24 The Brain's Information Processing Shortcuts01:58 Welcome to the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast03:07 Episode Inspiration and Structure04:46 The Brain's Energy Efficiency and Decision Making05:07 System One and System Two Thinking07:06 The Influence of Social Media and Algorithms07:54 The Conformist NPC14:35 The Contrarian NPC21:11 The Disciple NPC25:25 The Tribalist NPC29:51 The Averager NPC36:11 Embracing Confusion and Building Autonomy37:31 Recap of NPC Types and Strategies38:23 Strategic Cognitive Resource Allocation38:51 The Importance of Selective Deep Thinking39:24 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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How To Build Free Will
mardi 20 janvier 2026 • Durée 53:48
Free will sounds easy until you look closely. Then it turns out to be smaller, stranger, and far more difficult than advertised.
We take a cheerful scalpel to the idea that we’re the conscious captains of our lives. With help from psychology experiments, philosophical detours we find out what's really going on.
Examining stories involving casinos, concentration camps, meditation cushions, and more, we discover that most behaviour is automatic. Pain, habit, desire, and social pressure do most of the driving.
Yet, whilst we can’t choose our thoughts or impulses, we can choose how we respond to them. Viktor Frankl called it “the space between stimulus and response,” and it turns out to be the most valuable square inch of mental real estate you’ll ever own.
Cultivate that space, and you get resilience, wisdom, and the rare ability to not punch metaphorical holes in windows.
Actionable takeaways
Treat strong emotions as data, not instructions
Reduce temptation before relying on discipline
Train non-reactivity through small, deliberate discomforts
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00:00 What Personal Growth Really Means: Free Will
00:33 Fixed vs Growth Mindset as Freedom vs Reaction
01:59 Welcome to the Growth Mindset Podcast
02:08 Why You Can’t Understand One Part of Psychology in Isolation
03:34 Setting Expectations: Consciousness, Free Will, and Big Ideas
05:13 Habits, Consciousness, and the Sleepwalking Killer Case
06:44 The Compulsive Gambler and the Illusion of Choice
11:45 How Much Free Will Do We Actually Have?
15:35 Why You Don’t Choose Your Desires
18:24 Conscious vs Subconscious Memories
21:51 Why Willpower Often Arrives Too Late
25:04 Free Will, Fixed Mindset, and Hard Truths
25:39 Viktor Frankl and the Space Between Stimulus and Response
26:27 How to Build Free Will in Everyday Life
28:17 Emotional Triggers and Losing Autonomy
30:25 David Foster Wallace on Learning How to Think
33:12 The Psychology of Revenge
38:34 Pain, Discipline, and the Limits of Control
39:43 Meditation, Pain, and Non-Reactivity
45:30 Applying Free Will to Daily Life
47:04 What We’ve Learned: Growth Mindset as Choice
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5 Surprising Truths About Independence and Being Yourself: What really impacts who you are
vendredi 16 janvier 2026 • Durée 20:25
The idea that you are a blend of the 5 people you spend time with has a dangerous side. In fact, it's not exactly true.
In this episode, I break down why the Growth Mindset is actually about autonomy, not assimilation. I share the story of my best friend Laurie—a guy with zero ambition who taught me how to relax and actually saved my career during burnout.
I also look at Sahil Lavingia, who blended his Silicon Valley builder mindset with a country level ambitions to enjoy his success without chasing billions.
Real growth isn't about surrounding yourself with clones; it's about treating influence like a buffet. You take the relaxation from one friend, the drive from another, and the curiosity from a stranger you met for an hour. You are not a result; you are a selector.
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00:00 You are not the 5 people you spend time with
01:01 What is growth mindset
01:26 How people really affect growth
04:11 Don't be prevented from being yourself
04:38 Best friends
08:42 You choose your inspiration
09:27 Minimal time, big effect
10:44 Prioritize healthy relationships
11:27 Don't spend time with only one type of person
12:04 Sahil Lavingia and GumRoad
13:51 Variety is the spice of life
14:52 Questions to journal on
16:03 Life tips
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Life's Infinite Games: How to play by your own rules
mardi 13 janvier 2026 • Durée 23:10
What if the game you're playing isn't yours?
Every moment of your life, something is at stake. Ignore your partner, they feel less loved. Choose status over meaning, you'll need a therapist.
We inherit these games—LinkedIn profiles that read like eager cover letters, news consumption that convinces us everything's collapsing, social media that demands we perform. But there's another way.
Instead of seeking approval, seek independence. Instead of doing what looks good, do what is good for us.
The philosopher suggests three modes: machine (following instructions), intelligent (playing better), and zen (not playing at all). This episode will help you be more intelligent and more zen.
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00:00 Introduction to the Show
00:36 The Concept of Life as a Game
01:29 The Rules of Life's Games
03:18 Playing the LinkedIn Game
04:53 Reevaluating LinkedIn's Purpose
06:35 Life Lessons from LinkedIn
08:24 The Philosophy of Fun and Success
11:42 The Game of Life
14:08 Modes of Approaching Life
15:00 Applying the Modes to Social Media and News
17:02 Final Thoughts on Playing Life's Games
18:13 Housekeeping and Recommendations
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4 Steps to Become Remarkable: A guide to overhaul your life
mardi 6 janvier 2026 • Durée 38:06
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.
The Code vs. The Decision: How to write a personal operating system that saves you from decision fatigue.
Moving from "Yearning" to "Project": How to operationalize your dreams into a 6-week vision phase.
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.
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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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