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| How To Train Your Mind: The surprising benefits of play | 24 Feb 2026 | 00:23:24 | |
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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CHAPTERS
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 | 17 Feb 2026 | 00:39:38 | |
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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CHAPTERS
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) | 13 Feb 2026 | 00:53:14 | |
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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CHAPTERS
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 | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:20:16 | |
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 | 03 Feb 2026 | 00:36:39 | |
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.
You'll learn:
The exact question that exposes emotional immaturity in 30 seconds
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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CHAPTERS
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] | 27 Jan 2026 | 00:42:31 | |
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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CHAPTERS
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 | 20 Jan 2026 | 00:53:48 | |
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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CHAPTERS
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 | 16 Jan 2026 | 00:20:25 | |
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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CHAPTERS
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 | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:23:10 | |
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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CHAPTERS
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 | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:38:06 | |
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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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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| Working with Time Instead of Against It - How to enjoy this year and every year of your life | 30 Dec 2025 | 00:15:57 | |
You have roughly 4,000 weeks. Somehow, nobody mentioned this at school.
This episode takes a cheerful scalpel to modern time-panic—the kind that convinces smart adults that the next app, habit, or color-coded calendar will finally subdue existence. (It won’t.) Time, inconveniently, keeps doing what it has always done: passing. The good news is that this makes it remarkably reliable, like a train that never apologizes. You’ll explore why becoming “more efficient” can make you feel more chased, how birthdays can reveal your true time-philosophy, and why sitting quietly for ten minutes can be the most practical thing you do all week. The aim isn’t to win against time. It’s to stop declaring war on the only place life can happen.
Treat calm as a skill, not a personality trait.
Build plans that assume “the deck” never clears.
Use meditation as a weekly perspective tune-up.
Press play, then reclaim one hour you were about to surrender.
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00:00 Introduction: Time as a Medium
01:52 The Relationship with Time
03:28 The Efficiency Trap (4,000 Weeks)
05:15 The Birthday Test: Are You Friends with Time?
07:22 The Privilege of Contentment
08:29 Lessons from a Silent Retreat
10:05 Meditation as Time Training
11:58 Working With Time, Not Against It
13:17 Conclusion: You Are the Pilot
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| 5 Rules for Mental Health and Clarity - Andrew Huberman's simple formula for success | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:11:20 | |
Every advanced master nails the fundamentals first. To perform at your best these are the 5 most basic and essential practices you need to return to time and again.
A short episode covering the core requirements for good mental health and clarity in life.
Whether you love Andrew Huberman, are a skeptic or don't even know who he is. These 5 lessons are science backed legit good advice worth repeating and remembering.
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00:00 Huberman's 5 rules for a better life
00:46 #1 - Good sleep
01:49 #2 - Movement
02:58 #3 - Sunlight
03:48 #4 - Diet
05:46 #5 - Good social connections
07:20 Bonus - Hydration
07:57 If you forget the basics, the specifics won't work.
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| Leaving a Legacy: What do we actually get remembered for - Lessons on family and life - [Storied Recipe] | 19 Dec 2025 | 00:42:36 | |
How to nurture the best in people with consistency and be remembered for what matters.
This is going to be a different episode about a cake my nan used to make. But isn't just a story about cake. It's about the difference between control and nurture. My school thought resilience came from forcing kids to clear their plates (even if they ended up vomitting). They were wrong. My Nan knew that real strength comes from consistency. She made me the same pineapple upside-down cake every time I visited for a decade.
Even when she went blind, she kept creating. She was an entrepreneur, an artist, and the village baker.
She taught me that you don't build character by breaking someone's spirit. You build it by showing up. By paying attention. By finding the one thing they can stomach and giving it to them again and again.
Nurture over control: You get more out of people by supporting their quirks than forcing compliance.
Consistency is love: Showing up the same way for years builds more trust than grand gestures.
Create despite limits: My Nan went blind and kept making things; focus on what you can do.
Listen to learn how a simple cake became a masterclass in leadership and love.
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01:31 The Pineapple Cake Story
05:26 School Trauma and Food Struggles
14:11 Nan's Kitchen and Family Memories
19:48 Nan's Artistic Legacy
20:47 Family Artistry and Career Paths
21:14 The Cathartic Power of Music
21:59 Grandmother's Systematic Creativity
22:42 Connecting Through Art and Conversation
24:23 The Pineapple Cake Connection
28:48 Reflecting on Grandmother's Legacy
32:34 Passing Down Family Recipes
37:15 Cultural Differences and Cake Talk
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| The Regret Minimization Framework: How to make life decisions | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:26:10 | |
A boat is safe in the harbor. But that is not what boats are built for.
We tend to view our lives as a single, continuous narrative. But in reality, we are a series of temporary selves, each with a distinct beginning and end. The teenager who dreams of adventure is not the same as the retiree who seeks comfort. When we defer our dreams, we aren't saving them for later; we are denying them to the person we are right now.
This episode explores the "Regret Minimization Framework"—a tool for navigating the uncertainty of the future. We discuss the difference between "peak experiences" and "plateau experiences" and why wisdom lies in knowing the difference. The question isn't how much money you leave behind, but how much life you leave unlived.
Actionable Takeaways:
Time Bucketing: Allocate specific experiences to the specific decades of your life where they belong.
The Cost of Inaction: Recognize that the safe choice often carries the highest hidden cost—regret.
Live with Urgency: Embrace the impermanence of your current self to fuel meaningful action today.
Decide today which version of yourself deserves to be fully realized before it's too late.
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01:10 The Concept of Dying in Installments
02:03 The Death of Future Selves
03:16 Jeff Bezos and the Regret Minimization Framework
04:58 The Death of Peak Experiences
06:26 The Value of Plateau Experiences
10:12 The Death of Who You Could Have Been
13:19 Life Satisfaction U-Curve
13:58 Living Intentionally and Strategically
15:22 Time Bucketing and Peak Experience Mapping
17:06 Personal Examples and Reflections
18:32 Stoic Wisdom and Living with Urgency
20:25 Final Thoughts on Regret Minimization
21:32 Conclusion and Call to Action
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| Cognitive Rigidity: 5 Lessons to build a flexible mind - [Cognitive Biases #6] | 12 Dec 2025 | 00:44:14 | |
How to master cognitive flexibility by understanding the biases that keep you stuck.
In WWI, generals sent horses against machine guns. Cognitive Rigidity mean they couldn't reimagine the battlefield.
In this episode, I break down the five mental traps keeping you stuck. We look at why you value your own bad ideas more than good ones (The Endowment Effect) and why you can’t stop scrolling TikTok instead of working (Hyperbolic Discounting). We even cover why Einstein—the genius of flexibility—eventually got stuck in his ways and rejected quantum mechanics.
Actionable Takeaways:
Reimagine the tool: Don't ask what it is, ask what it could be to overcome functional fixedness.
Question the crowd: The Bandwagon Effect offers safety, not truth; dare to be the outlier.
Respect the future: Overcome the urge for immediate gratification by empathizing with your future self.
Choose to see the world differently and open the door to possibility.
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03:48 Defining Cognitive Rigidit
04:54 Functional Fixedness
09:37 Overcoming Functional Fixedness
11:01 The Endowment Effect
15:07 Overcoming the Endowment Effect
16:32 The Bandwagon Effect
20:29 Understanding Hyperbolic Discounting
25:14 Einstein's Personal Struggles and Successes
29:26 The Zeigarnik Effect: Unfinished Tasks and Obsession
33:55 Relationships and Social Media: The Open Loop Trap
38:32 Einstein's Journey: Genius and Cognitive Biases
40:51 Embracing Growth and Self-Acceptance
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| The Illusion of Control: 7 Ways we lie to ourselves that even defeated Napoleon - [Cognitive Biases #5] | 09 Dec 2025 | 00:36:51 | |
How the mind blinds us to reality by showing us what we want to believe.
We don't see with our eyes; we see with our stories. In 1951, psychologists proved that fans from opposing teams physically saw different fouls during the same game. This is the power and danger of perception.
It is the tension between what is real and what we believe is possible. When a doctor gives a patient a placebo, the patient heals not because of medicine, but because of the story of the medicine.
In this episode, we explore the cognitive biases that shape our culture and our work. From the "Baader-Meinhof" phenomenon to the tragedy of Napoleon’s retreat, we examine how our perceptions limit our possibilities.
Actionable Takeaways:
Change the narrative: Use the Placebo Effect to create positive outcomes through the power of expectation.
See the system: Recognize how the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon highlights opportunities you previously ignored.
Reframing value: Use the Contrast Effect to understand how relative comparison dictates the worth of your work.
Go make a ruckus by changing how you choose to see the world around you.
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00:00 The Historic Football Game
01:35 Selective Perception in Politics
02:26 Reality Distortion Fields
04:13 Napoleon's Rise and Fall
05:58 The Exposure Effect
09:06 The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
11:26 The Placebo Effect
15:57 The Illusion of Control
19:04 Napoleon's Russian Campaign
21:29 The Clustering Illusion
25:34 The Contrast Effect
30:03 Reflections on Cognitive Biases
33:09 Closing Thoughts and Call to Action
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| Why You Make Bad Decisions: Confirmation Bias and the 7 Sins of Lazy Thinking [Cognitive Biases #4] | 05 Dec 2025 | 00:25:37 | |
How to make smarter decisions that improve your life by understanding your mind and it's hidden psychology.
We are all storytelling creatures, desperate to fit the world into a narrative that makes sense to us. Thus, we build echo chambers not because we are stupid, but because we are afraid.
The Confirmation Bias is a shield against the discomfort of being wrong. The Availability Bias shapes our worldview based on the loudest stories, not the most important facts.
This episode reviews 7 cognitive biases the explore the friction between what is comfortable and what is true. Learning helps us build tools for the art of long-term thinking in a short-term world.
Audit your inputs: Step outside your algorithmic feed to find the friction of opposing views.
Reframe the risk: Turn "Black Swan" surprises into "White Swan" predictions by analyzing the unsexy data.
Choose commitment: Overcome the paralysis of infinite choice by making a "good enough" decision and sticking to it.
Go make a ruckus by choosing to think clearly today.
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04:14 The Availability Bias
07:08 The Neglect of Probability Bias
09:12 Black Swan vs. White Swan Events
11:00 The Hindsight Bias
13:47 The Outcome Bias
16:15 The Paradox of Choice Bias
18:56 The Time Discounting Bias
21:10 Becoming More Rational Thinkers
22:14 Wrap Up
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| Why We Don't Understand Money: How to fix your thinking flaws - [Cognitive Biases #3] | 02 Dec 2025 | 00:29:52 | |
Think you konw what you're doing with you money on your mind? Think again.
You walk into a cinema and buy the $12 large popcorn because the medium is $10. You think you got a deal, but you actually just fell for the "Decoy Effect."Your brain is wired to latch onto the first number it sees.
In this episode, I break down the psychological pricing traps that businesses use to hack your wallet.
We also cover why Sir Isaac Newton lost his fortune to the Sunk Cost Fallacy and why having more information actually makes you a worse investor. It’s not about being smart; it’s about understanding the system.
Key Takeaways:
"Consider the Opposite" strategy: Mentally flip the price anchor to neutralize the urge to buy.
Spot the Decoy: Identify products that exist solely to make expensive options look cheap.
The 5-Point Rule: Stop researching after five data points to avoid the Information Bias trap.
Listen now to stop your brain from leaking money on deals that aren't real.
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02:49 The Opposite Strategy
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10:44 Gambler's Fallacy
16:48 Sunk Cost Fallacy
19:24 Bad Prediction Flaws
19:59 Overconfidence Bias
21:33 Information Bias
25:43 Send Off
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| Ego Blindspots: Common cognitive distortions of the self - [Cognitive Biases #2] | 28 Nov 2025 | 00:32:43 | |
Ever caught yourself defending a dumb idea just to look smart?
That's your ego controlling your brain. Cognitive biases and ego team up to screw your decisions daily.
Picture this: confirmation bias has you cherry-picking facts that stroke your self-image, while ego whispers you're too smart for mistakes. Spot the traps like Dunning-Kruger (overestimating skill) or sunk cost fallacy (throwing good money after bad).
Takehomes:
Point at one bias daily: "Am I ignoring counter-evidence like a muscly Irishman blocking the door?"
Test decisions: Can you drop it on your foot? If abstract, make it concrete now.
Audit ego weekly: List three "wins" that were actually luck—kill the illusion.
Hit play and arm yourself against yourself today.
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02:07 Dunning Kruger Effect
04:25 Status Quo Bias
06:13 Curse of Knowledge
08:04 Cognitive Dissonance
10:17 The Halo Effect
13:54 Fundamental Attribution Error
16:01 Actor-Observer Bias
17:20 Self-Serving Bias
19:42 Hostile Attribution Bias
23:30 Don't blame other peoples behaviours
24:09 Don't get lost in our own world
27:09 These Biases exist for a reason
28:20 Don't get easily offended
29:01 Send Off
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| Thinking Fast and Slow: How to make better decisions and avoid hidden mind traps | 25 Nov 2025 | 00:50:40 | |
You think you're rational? Think again. We love feeling like thoughtful decision-makers, but the truth is we're riddled with cognitive shortcuts.
Daniel Kahneman's Nobel Prize-winning work breaks down the systems of our mind. We constantly substitute hard questions with easy ones; e.g. Buying a stock because you like the company, not because you've done the data.
This episode cuts through the 300,000-word book to show you exactly how these shortcuts lead to everything from bad investments to pointless stress about the weather. It's time to stop letting your brain’s simple tricks run your whole life.
Stop overestimating the importance of your current stress.
Identify and reduce low-level daily pains (like a bad commute) for massive life returns.
Implement a "sleep-on-it" rule to override System 1's instant commitments.
Why let a lazy brain ruin your best decisions? Start thinking slower today.
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03:58 Deep Dive into System One and System Two Thinking
05:23 How System 1 and System 2 Work Together
06:49 System 1's Impact on Decision Making
08:26 System 1 and Politics
11:29 The Teenage Brain and System 2 Development
12:32 Cognitive Biases and Their Impact
17:45 The Law of Large Numbers
22:38 Prospect Theory, Risk Assessment and Loss Aversion
23:41 Rationality and Utility Theory in Economics
25:39 Prospect Theory: Perception of Value and Risk
27:16 Probability and Decision Making
29:29 The Experiencing Self vs. The Remembering Self
31:17 The Peak-End Rule and Its Impact on Memory
34:58 Momentary Pleasure vs Long-Term Satisfaction
38:09 The Focusing Illusion: What Really Matters
43:46 Final Thoughts and Recommendations
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| Who are you VS. Who do you want to be? - How to align your actions with your desires | 21 Nov 2025 | 00:20:58 | |
We can try all the things: new habits, different mindsets, therapy, medication, or god save us... self-help books.
Yet to no ones surprise: we don't wake up a different person, we don't start doing all the things we keep saying we will eventually do, we don't even lose weight...
What is the deal? Are we broken? Is there a way to fix ourselves?
It all comes down to a single question.
Who are you VS. Who do you want to be?
Thoroughly confused, conflicted and curious. Sam sets out into the realms of psychology and philosophy to consider motivation from different angles.
Learn:
- What do you actually want to do VS What do you want to have done
- How to align your current actions with who you want to be
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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Two Competing Wants
01:54 Desires as Contracts for Unhappiness
04:09 The Formula for Action
04:45 Finding the Right Level of Challenge
07:02 Discovering Your Path
09:20 Redefining Sacrifice
11:22 Making Tasks Easier
13:14 Simplifying and Prioritizing
15:00 Money vs Happiness Balance
16:32 Aligning Desires with Actions
17:34 Send Off
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| The Hidden Psychology of Black Friday - How do shops manipulate us (and make calm aunties fist-fight over PlayStations)? | 18 Nov 2025 | 00:28:21 | |
Inner Peace vs Retail Rage - How do shops design our experience to remove our decisions and make us to FOMO into all sorts of weird situations?
This episode peels back the slick banners and countdown timers to show the tiny psychological tricks that turn shoppers into hunters. Scarcity, anchoring, and anticipation aren’t marketing buzzwords — they’re brain hacks.
Retailers riff off ancient instincts: spot a rare fruit, grab it. Online, those instincts run on caffeine and fast clicks. The result? We chase status, reassurance, and an imagined better life via objects.
Three actionable takeaways:
Pause 24 hours before you buy to let impulse die.
Flag “true needs” vs “story purchases” in a list.
Reframe purchases as stories you’ll tell later.
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00:00 The Contradiction of Black Friday
00:42 A Brief History of Black Friday
01:02 The Psychology Behind Sales
06:28 The Power of Anticipation
06:47 The Perfect Storm of Psychological Triggers
07:57 Case Studies of Black Friday Madness
09:18 The Dark Side of Black Friday
09:41 The Role of Deindividuation and Competition
10:15 Social Contagion and Polyvagal Theory
10:48 Acts of Kindness Amidst the Chaos
12:19 Cyber Monday and Online Shopping
12:44 The Shift to Online Shopping
16:26 The Environmental Cost of Black Friday
18:32 Global Perspectives on Black Friday
18:44 Black Friday in Brazil and France
19:40 Singles Day in China
20:18 Human Nature Revealed by Black Friday
20:31 The Irrationality of Value
21:35 The Social Dynamics of Black Friday
22:18 Final Thoughts on Black Friday
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| Systems Thinking: How to understand the deeper reality of the world around us | 14 Nov 2025 | 00:33:22 | |
Most problems in the world aren't random accidents, they're built into the systems we live in. When we look closer we find systems all around us drive the currents that change the world.
Systems Thinking is a key idea in science, politics and business, but it knows no boundaries as systems show up everywhere.
In every era of humanity we created new systems in politics, law, technology and economics to deal with the problems of the day. As new challenges arise in the 21st century, from the future of AI to global politics, it is up to humanity to build new systems to overcome them.
Systems thinking invites us to discover the threads that bind our actions, cultures, and destinies into unexpected tapestries:
Stop firefighting and get to the root cause.
Search for leverage points where small acts create outsized impact.
Reframe crisis from an isolated disaster to an interconnected opportunity.
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00:00 Intro to systems thinking
01:53 Systems and Families
03:35 Welcome
05:12 What is a System
08:27 ACT 1 - 4 ELEMENTS OF A SYSTEM
08:27 Stocks and Flows
09:56 Feedback Loops
11:46 Delays
12:57 Boundaries
14:27 ACT 2 - MANAGING SYSTEMS
14:35 Leverage Points
21:27 ACT 3
21:52 Resilience in systems
23:44 Self-Organisation
25:00 Hierarchies
27:35 ACT 4 - LOOKING AT TODAY
28:40 Wrap up
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| Die With Zero Regrets - Stoic ideas to make the most of your life | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:35:09 | |
What if “enough” wasn’t a number — but a moment?
This conversation explores the quiet art of leaving nothing essential undone. We talk about the trap of “more” — more savings, more time, more planning — and how it steals the urgency that makes life vivid.
To die with zero regrets isn’t to die empty; it’s to die complete. Like an artist who finishes a painting not because it’s perfect, but because it says what it needed to say. We explore how generosity, timing, and intention turn ordinary years into extraordinary ones. It’s not about consuming your wealth — it’s about converting it into meaning.
Takeaways:
Treat time as your most valuable currency.
Design your life around moments that matter.
Give forward — not backward.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Regrets of the Dying: Lessons from Palliative Care
01:35 Introducing 'Die With Zero' by Bill Perkins
02:35 Seneca's Philosophy on the Shortness of Life
03:28 The Value of Time and Money
04:35 Hyperbolic Discounting: The Psychology of Time and Money
08:46 Intentional spending and experiences that keep paying
11:59 The Memory Dividend: Investing in Experiences
15:38 The Health-Wealth Curve: Timing Your Experience
17:07 Balancing Life's Experiences and Timing
17:27 Seneca's Wisdom on Life and Death
18:31 The Concept of Peak Utility
19:59 The Inheritance Trap
20:45 Fear and Attachment in Financial Decisions
21:31 The Importance of Giving While Alive
23:21 Bill Perkins' Strategy for Dying with Zero
25:03 Time Bucketing for Life Experiences
27:47 The Final Reflection on Life's True Value
31:11 Conclusion and Next Steps
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| The Psychology of Podcasting: Lessons in self actualisation, intrinsic motivation and how to enjoy yourself - w/ Paul Davies | 07 Nov 2025 | 00:54:37 | |
99% of podcasters quit before episode 20. Why do 1% keep going... and what does it teach us about ourselves?
Paul Davies interviews Sam on the psychology of motivation, self-determination, signalling theory and more as we break down the psychology of what makes people podcast.
Besides analysing what's driving the trend to start a podcast we also learn about why humans do anything and how to make your own decisions for the right reasons.
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- How to keep a side hustle fun instead of it being a chore
- What on earth do virtue signalling, costly commitments and intellectual fitness testing have to do with podcasting and mate acquisition
- Why the things we do become extensions of ourselves.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Why make a podcast?
01:48 Introducing Sam Webster Harris
02:43 Overcoming Podcasting Challenges
03:17 The Journey of Podcasting
04:21 The Power of Asking
07:48 The Effort Behind Podcast Production
10:14 The Process of Creating an Episode
15:41 Balancing Passion and Profession
16:47 The Psychology of Motivation
22:17 The Drive for Fame and Recognition
27:12 Reflecting on Podcast Beginnings
28:16 Choosing a Unique Podcast Path
29:43 Self-Actualization Through Podcasting
30:18 Signaling Theory and Podcasting
31:39 The Reality of Podcasting
33:17 Perceptions and Misconceptions
41:34 Burnout and Consistency
42:24 Dealing with Criticism
44:42 Advice for Aspiring Podcasters
47:39 Podcast Recommendations and Final Thoughts
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| How to Defeat Your Shadow Life and Face Your Calling: Lessons from Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield, | 04 Nov 2025 | 00:30:15 | |
What if the life you're living is just a metaphor for the life you're meant to live?
Pressfield kept his typewriter buried under spare parts in his truck. He knew it was there. Thought about it constantly. But he was too terrified to dig it out and write. So he drove. For years.
Shadow callings aren't about laziness—they're about proximity without risk. We fall into fixed mindset thinking this is all we can do.
We become English teachers instead of novelists, consultants instead of founders, gallery workers instead of artists. We stay close enough to feel legitimate, far enough to avoid the real work.
This episode breaks down why your brain creates these elaborate escape mechanisms, what separates amateurs from professionals, and the exact moment everything changes.
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How to recognize if you're living a shadow career right now
The 20 habits that separate professionals from amateurs
Why turning pro is a decision you remake every single day
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00:00 Are You Living Your Dream or a shadow calling?
02:14 Steven Pressfield's Shadow Career
03:28 Examples of Shadow Careers
04:01 The Concept of Metaphor
05:54 Addiction: The Partner of the Shadow Life
08:02 Amateur vs. Professional Behavior
09:35 Characteristics of a Professional
10:46 Turning Pro: A Life-Changing Decision
11:31 The All is Lost Moment
13:20 Personal Reflections on Turning Pro
15:42 The Rewards of Turning Pro
17:34 Building habits of a professional
19:38 Closing Remarks and Recommendations
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| Tips on Getting Better Today Than Yesterday - w/ Olympic Coach Frank Dick OBE | 31 Oct 2025 | 00:24:54 | |
What if winning isn't a destination? What if it's the quiet act of becoming slightly better than you were when the sun rose this morning?
Frank Dick spent five decades asking "How do we help people see their own progress?"
As British Athletics' legendary Director of Coaching, he discovered something profound. We're wired to notice missing buttons but blind to the ones that are there. His Four Rs framework (Reason, Reality, Reflection, Response) is a mindset shift in how we define growth mindset psychology.
Every competition, meeting, and conversation is an invitation to ask What did I learn?
Three frameworks for transformation:
The left-side/right-side exercise: How to rewire your nervous system for positive psychology and curiosity
Strength-first philosophy: Why building on what works creates better mental models than fixing flaws (neuroscience meets self-development)
Emotional control in the arena: Simple techniques athletes use to ignore distractions and maintain mental strength
The only competition that matters is with yesterday's version of yourself—are you ready to win that game?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Haunting Feeling of Never Being Enough
00:29 Welcome to the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast
01:03 The Journey of Sustainable Success
01:24 Introducing Frank Dick: Coaching Legend
01:57 The Four Rs Framework for Personal Growth
02:06 Defining Winning: A Continuous Journey
02:26 Frank Dick's Insights on Winning
03:06 Practical Tips for Daily Wins
03:59 The Importance of Setting Realistic Goals
07:08 Recognizing and Celebrating Small Wins
14:26 The Role of Emotional Control in Success
16:28 The Pitfalls of Success and Complacency
17:29 Reflections and Takeaways from Frank Dick
19:38 The Four Rs: A Growth Mindset Framework
20:18 Conclusion: Embrace Your Strengths and Improve Daily
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| Moments Where Character Forms: Stop being a Victim and build a Victor Mindset - w/ Olympic Coach Frank Dick OBE | 28 Oct 2025 | 00:22:30 | |
Ever notice how the people who never mess up also never win big? Frank Dick, the legendary British Olympic coach who led Team GB through its golden era, calls this "the risk of winning."
For over 50 years, Frank coached Olympic champions like Daley Thompson and Sebastian Coe. His growth mindset framework reveals a counterintuitive truth about mental strength: failure isn't falling off your bike—it's refusing to get back on. This episode unpacks the hidden psychology behind mistakes, character formation, and why vulnerability might be your greatest competitive advantage in self-improvement.
You'll discover:
Why making zero mistakes means you're not dreaming big enough (the science behind mental models for personal development)
The exact moment your character forms—hint: it's before you act (behavioural psychology meets emotional intelligence)
Frank's "Four Rs" framework for extracting wisdom from both wins and losses (cool psychology for mindset improvement)
Listen now to master the mental health strategies Olympic athletes use to build unshakeable self-discipline.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction to Growth Mindset Psychology
00:25 Overcoming the Fear of Failure
00:59 Meet Frank Dick, OBE
01:15 The Risk of Winning
01:43 Victim Mindset vs. Winning Mindset
02:38 Embracing Mistakes and Stumbles
03:52 Reflection and Learning from Mistakes
08:05 The Importance of Asking for Help
08:49 Courage and Vulnerability
10:01 Cheating and Character Flaw
14:31 Learning Through Experience
15:22 The Art and Science of Coaching
17:15 Frank Dick's Key Insights
17:19 Episode Highlights and Takeaways
18:42 Conclusion and Next Steps
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| What is a MINDSET Exactly? (and how do you spot a bad one) | 24 Oct 2025 | 00:31:10 | |
Ever said "you just need the right mindset" without knowing what that actually means? You're not alone. Most people use mindset like a magic word—vague, fluffy, and completely useless.
This episode breaks down what mindset really is through psychology, not wellness guru nonsense. You'll learn the difference between growth mindset (seeing failure as learning) and fixed mindset (believing ability is static), why abundance mindset beats scarcity thinking, and how open-mindedness isn't about accepting everything. The fisherman story reveals how we all fake understanding of concepts we never properly learned.
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Why specificity transforms mindset from buzzword to breakthrough
How Carol Dweck's research differs from manifestation myths
Three mindset pairs that actually impact your decisions
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CHAPTERS
00:00 What is a mindset - REALLY?
01:16 Understanding Mindset: Core Concepts
02:08 The Psychology Behind Mindset
03:50 Fixed vs. Growth Mindset
04:44 The Evolution and Misuse of Mindset
12:38 Open vs. Closed Mindset
17:37 Scarcity vs. Abundance Mindset
20:31 Applying Mindset Correctly
23:08 Future Content Plans and Listener Engagement
27:24 Conclusion: Embracing Change and Staying Positive
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| Make Time Your Friend: Build a positive mindset with a little existential psychology (and stoicism) | 21 Oct 2025 | 00:13:14 | |
Panic less, enjoy more - treat time well and it will treat you well.
Humans have a difficult relationship with time. Sometimes just a birthday can lead to spiralling mental health.
Yet time is the medium of existence that gives us all the experiences that make life so great.
Of course, time also ages us and ultimately robs us of everything we ever have and ever loved.
With the right mindset we can enjoy it and use it wisely.
We cover:
How to think differently about time itself
Learn how to be less frustrated by things we can't control
Questions to diagnose your relationship with time
Experience deeper awareness
Life is short but we can be the pilot of our experiences or dragged along in a rush feeling crushed by the weight of everything.
This episode should help reduce the storm and increase the calm.
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00:00 Introduction: The Philosophy of Play
00:19 Embracing Aging and Happiness
00:48 A Personal Reflection on Turning 30
02:39 The Fear of Aging: Breaking It Down
03:52 Confronting the Fear of Death
05:20 Accepting Physical Changes
07:08 Managing Expectations in Life
07:50 The Power of Storytelling
08:19 Living as an Artist of Your Life
09:43 Conclusion: Seize the Day
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| Questions to Build a Life of Substance & Let Go of What is Holding You Back - w/ Jodi Wellman | 17 Oct 2025 | 00:21:18 | |
Build a mindset that doesn't care what other people think, because you know what actually matters to you.
In this episode we examine insightful ways to take control of your life and define where it's going.
We steal some of the best questions and ideas from existential psychology that you can try applying to your own life.
What is a life worth living?
Healthy vs toxic aspirations?
How to abandon what doesn't serve you?
The illusion of self-importance?
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Jodi Wellman is the author of "You Only Die Once" and a source of positive ideas from her work in Applied Positive Psychology.
Jodi has a morbid fascination with existential psychology and how contemplating death can help us truly live.
As they say "Get busy living, or get busy dying".
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01:30 Net-promoter score - Would you recommend your life?
07:19 Abandoning What No Longer Serves You
10:28 Consistent Reminders and Psychological Tricks
14:26 Overcoming the Illusion of Personal Specialness
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| The Real Problem with Work Life Balance and the Mental Model to Fix It | 14 Oct 2025 | 00:16:54 | |
Rethinking the problem and our mindset from scratch when it comes to this whole life thing.
What if the problem isn't your schedule—it's your metaphor?
We've inherited a story about work and life as opposing forces, locked in eternal combat for our limited hours. This story feels true because everyone tells it. But stories shape reality.
Consider this: your life contains multitudes. Work, yes. But also relationships, creativity, health, community, growth. None of these oppose each other inherently.
A parent who calls their family "their life" earns respect. Someone who calls work "their life" earns concern. Same language. Different judgment.
The opportunity lies in reimagining the entire framework—from balance to integration, from opposition to synergy.
This episode explores:
How the words we choose create the reality we experience
Why integration creates compound satisfaction that balance never could
The path from competing priorities to mutually reinforcing life architecture
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00:00 Work life balance
00:48 Intro and Nat Eliason
01:50 Mo Gawdat - heartbeats
02:57 The complications with finding balance
03:43 Why words are so important
07:39 The main pillars of a happy life
08:34 Good or bad obsession
09:25 Integrating priorities
11:13 Seeking long term enjoyment
13:08 Satisfaction without sacrifice
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| Shame, Addiction, and How To Focus On Who You Are Becoming | 10 Oct 2025 | 00:57:06 | |
We evolved shame as a gift. A signal that whispers when we've drifted from who we might become. What if the discomfort you feel isn't the problem, but the compass?
This episode explores a surprising truth: the hardest patterns to change aren't the ones destroying us, but the ones keeping us comfortably mediocre. Yet they hold us back and sometimes shames even stops us from acknowledging they exist.
But we need to step back and ask if we are truly happy with our choices, the way we live our life and what we would like in it and wouldn't. And slowly learn how to build the healthier life we seek.
Three Actionable Takeaways:
View shame as information about misalignment, not evidence of inadequacy—it evolved to guide you, not punish you
Recognize that growth happens in difficulty, not comfort—the urge to escape is the moment to lean in
Build intrinsic motivation rooted in values, not just outcomes—sustainable change comes from who you're becoming, not what you're avoiding
This episode originally aired on the Unhooked Podcast by Jeremy Lipkowitz.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction to addictions
03:26 Sam's Podcast and Philosophy
05:44 Defining Growth Mindset
09:35 Sam's Journey and Personal Growth
10:26 The Power of Mindset in Education
15:33 Growth Mindset and Recovery
16:49 Neuroplasticity and Overcoming Addiction
17:38 Sam's Experience with Porn Addiction
24:17 Challenges of Identifying and Addressing Addictions
25:39 The Subtle Creep of Addictive Behaviors
26:35 The Influence of Social Media and Algorithms
27:50 The Thin Line Between Social Media and Porn
28:15 Female Empowerment or Objectification?
29:55 The Impact of Porn on Real-Life Relationships
32:41 The Role of Shame in Human Evolution
34:56 The Social Function of Gossip
36:02 The Duality of Human Nature
38:36 The Duality of Shame and Success
39:44 Empathy and Understanding Human Behavior
44:37 Embracing Our Animal Nature
46:17 Lessons from Podcasting
51:22 Final Thoughts and Future Projects
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| Be Crystal Clear: 3 Truths and 2 Tips to Communicate with Impact [Archive] | 07 Oct 2025 | 00:25:09 | |
Our cognitive biases and ego can muddy the waters of our minds and block the path to clear communication.
Today's episode provides strategies on how to be both a more effective thinker and communicator.
Topics:
Communication problems in relationships, business and writing
Cognitive blockers to clarity
How to identify and maintain a grip on the most important thing
What bundling and unbundling can apply to problem-solving and communication
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Chapters
00:00 The Curse of Overlooking the Obvious
03:13 Romantic Communication
05:38 The Goal of Simple, Clear Communication
11:42 Concept of Bundling and Unbundling Things
15:21 Applying Bundling and Unbundling to Problem-Solving
16:45 Using Bundling and Unbundling for Clear Communication
19:40 Making the Obvious Obvious
20:34 An Invitation to Chat
21:46 Send Off
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| From Escaping the Holocaust to Building a Billion Dollar Empire - The Life and Mindsets of Dame Stephanie Shirley | 03 Oct 2025 | 00:46:08 | |
Dame Stephanie Shirley built a billion-dollar tech empire from her kitchen table in the 1960s, pioneered remote work before anyone knew what Wi-Fi was, and discovered the psychology behind turning survivor's guilt into unstoppable motivation.
This isn't some feel-good story about "everything happens for a reason." It's a masterclass in how your brain can rewire trauma into resilience. Stephanie shows us that the experiences that nearly destroy us often contain the exact ingredients we need to build something extraordinary.
Reframe your biggest setbacks as your competitive advantage—they teach you what "real problems" actually look like
Use constraints to spark creativity—Stephanie's limitations forced innovations that changed entire industries
Transform guilt into contribution—the antidote to feeling unworthy is making others' lives better
About Dame Stephanie Shirley
Wikipedia - Steve Shirley
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction to the Growth Mindset Podcast
02:22 A Journey from Nazi Germany to England
04:17 Adjusting to a New Life in England
06:31 Overcoming Survivor's Guilt and Depression
06:47 The Role of Compassion and Philanthropy
07:11 Seeking Help and the Tavistock Clinic
09:15 Challenges and Innovations in Remote Work
10:31 Pioneering Software Development
15:50 Women in the Workforce and Gender Equality
19:01 The Impact of Global Crises on Society
21:30 The Future of Technology and Global Solutions
23:00 The Universal Impact of Viruses and Environment
23:22 Opportunities in Space Exploration
24:31 Striving for a Fairer World
25:09 Adopting a Learning Mindset
25:49 Leading a Spiritual Life
27:31 Managing People Effectively
28:36 The Importance of Enjoying Work
29:07 Advancements in Autism Research
35:20 Innovative Tech Ideas
38:37 The Kindness of Foster Parents
39:24 Reflecting on the Podcast Episode
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| Lessons, Paradoxes and Hard Questions For Building an Authentic Life | 30 Sep 2025 | 00:40:02 | |
We chase alignment with our purpose, values, passions but can sometimes get a little lost on the way.
Life has a scary habit of passing us by in a rush and Sam has just turned 35 years old and feeling very philosophical about the whole thing.
We take a tour of some of the big problems in society people struggle with and the paradoxes that make them difficult.
From waning attention spans to political chaos or the lenses and mindsets that we view life with. Sam weaves together some of the hottest topics into coherent discussions on how we can be who we want to be in a changing world.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction and Personal Reflection
00:32 Lessons from the Past Year
01:49 The Paradox of Authenticity
04:36 Personal Growth and Transformation
06:05 Nostalgia and Self-Realization
08:25 Balancing Gratitude and Ambition
10:12 Overcoming Overwhelm in Big Projects
12:44 The Dopamine Dilemma
16:07 Emotions and Entitlement
17:44 The Political Divide
20:27 The State of Modern Content
22:04 Critique of Content Creation
23:20 The Impact of Dopamine-Driven Content
25:29 Lenses to view life with
26:41 Midlife Reflections and New Beginnings
31:22 The Value of Taking Action
31:44 The Importance of Memories
34:01 Embracing Randomness and Serendipity
35:55 Final Thoughts and Birthday Wishes
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| 12 Questions For Meaningful Relationships - How to go deep w/ Topaz Azides | 26 Sep 2025 | 00:56:37 | |
You know that Stupid questions = Stupid answers. It's the same for boring questions. If you want to live a meaningful life with space for personal growth and connection with those around you.
The answer is fantastic questions.
Questions that help you understand yourself better and your partner.
Questions that lead to conversations where you really see each other deep down at a human to human level.
Topaz Azides, is an Emmy-winning director who spent a decade analyzing 1,200 couples to understand why some thrive while others stall. He discovered that humans are "answering machines"—we can't help but respond to the prompt in front of us. He crafted 12 questions that act like rocket fuel for connection, moving you from small talk to the conversations you're secretly desperate to have. This isn’t about cheesy one-liners; it's a practical framework for reframing your mindset:
Learn why our brains are hardwired to answer any question, and how to use this quirk for psychology-driven growth.
Discover how to use arguments to build psychological resilience and make your relationship stronger, not break it.
Embrace the idea that every moment is unique and discover how to treat it that way, fostering cognitive flexibility in your interactions.
Topaz Azides
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Humans are obsessed with questions
03:18 What does a growth mindset mean
03:52 Architecting Experiences
04:03 Lessons from creating 12 questions
07:58 do people compete to say better answers
10:03 Finding new dimensions
11:36 The process of creating 12 questions for love
11:36 What is the and
11:36 How and why did they change specific question elements
15:24 Humans are answering machines
17:51 Other great question
20:09 The power of being articulate
22:17 the power of attention
24:14 Question loops
26:17 Chapters of life
27:56 Pre-interview questions
30:06 Dangers of quick fixes - should a relationship be allowed to end
35:30 Cultural or regional variations
38:18 Playing the 12 questions game
38:30 Daily practices or habits for sustaining a relationship
41:50 Showing to kids that communication is important
42:13 How to stay positive
47:01 Future projects
49:42 Reflections
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| A Curios Thing About Your Ego (and 3 ways to turn it down) | 23 Sep 2025 | 00:16:53 | |
The ego is more unruly than you think. We dissect how it works and how to make it work for you.
When you don't watch it carefully your brain will trick you into thinking it knows things it doesn't. This can lead to all sorts of disasters.
Learn 3 ways that your ego get's in the way of real growth and learning and how to build a stronger and more open mindset.
Lessons:
Create Space: Begin by admitting what you don't know to open the door for discovery.
Embrace the Amateur: Find the edge of your ability, for that is where all meaningful growth begins.
Facilitate, Don't Force: Guide others to their own insights instead of delivering yours fully formed.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 How your mind is like an annoying chatbot
04:01 Surrendering Our Assumptions
06:22 Seeking Our Own Incompetence
08:04 Mr. Beast's Path from Incompetence to Mastery
10:19 Stop Blocking "Aha" Moments
11:57 Allowing Self-Persuasion
12:18 The Entrepreneur's Paradox of Asking for Advice
13:35 Closing Thoughts on Humility's Impact
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| How to Cultivate Awareness and Self-Control to Overcome Addiction - w/ Jeremy Lipkowitz | 19 Sep 2025 | 00:52:26 | |
Ever felt like you're fighting a losing battle with your own brain? Addictions are like that. We learn the mindsets and psychology to build self-awareness and take control of your decisions and behaviours.
Jeremy Lipkowitz, a former Buddhist monk, meditation teacher, and coach is the host of "Unhooked: breaking porn addiction podcast". He helps men break free from compulsive behaviors—especially porn addiction—and build lives of integrity, discipline, and deep fulfilment.
Topics:
- The role of shame in all addictions
- Why porn is rapidly growing and difficult addiction
- How to build healthier coping mechanisms
- Strategies for dealing with distraction
Jeremy Lipkowitz
- Website - https://www.jeremylipkowitz.com/
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- Podcast - https://unhooked.buzzsprout.com/
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Jeremy Lipkowitz
02:26 Defining Addiction
05:54 Modern Addictions and Self-Awareness
09:03 Mindfulness and Addiction
13:24 Exploring Mindfulness Practices
16:54 Defining Addiction
21:52 The Role of Shame in Addiction
26:58 Challenges of Overcoming Porn Addiction
28:26 Triggers and Coping Mechanisms
31:00 Healthy Coping Mechanisms
34:42 Practical Tips for Reducing Phone Use
37:09 The Benefits of Boredom
45:58 Seeking Support and Community
47:30 Wrap up
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| How to Teach a Growth Mindset to Children (and to yourself) | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:30:25 | |
You want your kid to magically become some badass, challenge-eating machine?
Lectures don’t work, praise gets boring, and perfectionism is just another word for control freak. We dive into the reality behind both teaching and practicing a growth mindset.
Firstly it starts with you living a growth mindset so this episode is primarily a masterclass on building one yourself.
Self-efficacy is crucial for resilience and overcoming setbacks that hit us everyday. Yet there are so many nuances when you try to teach a growth mindset. The wrong praise makes things worse, Even being too strict about growth mindset practices can make things worse...
Ideas explored:
- Use everyday conversation to challenge the "rules" of life
- Turn failures into stories of possibility, not shame
- How to balance giving praise and rewards vs. letting them build grit and intrinsic motivation.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 How to teach kids a growth mindset
00:01 Introduction: The Importance of a Growth Mindset
00:31 The Challenge of Instant Gratification
02:01 Defining Growth Mindset
02:39 The Power of Embracing Challenges
03:04 Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
03:41 Teaching Growth Mindset to Children
05:26 How do we embody and teach a growth mindset
07:19 Practical Tips for Embodying Growth Mindset
08:44 Space for growth
12:02 Open minded approach to opportunity
14:18 Responding to Mistakes
15:58 The Impact of Praise and Rewards
16:54 How do we create an environment for growth mindset?
19:29 Talk about mistakes
20:05 Common Pitfalls in Teaching Growth Mindset
21:11 The Importance of Consistency
22:23 Do you raelly have a growth mindset?
23:08 Self-Reflection and Feedback
24:29 The Value of Travel and Exposure to Different Cultures
25:43 Final Tips and Encouragement
26:06 Conclusion and Call to Action
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| How To Overcome Your Problems With Curiosity and adventure - /w GeoWizard (Tom Davies) | 12 Sep 2025 | 00:47:04 | |
Ever felt like life’s locked you in a box and thrown away the key? Tom Davies (GeoWizard) knows the feeling—and he picked the locks with curiosity and a pinch of madness.
This isn’t your standard self-help fluff. Tom went from odd jobs and dead-end days to having 1.4 million followers watching his adventures. His fame launched when he crossed Wales in a straight line, just because he asked, “What if?”
His adventures aren’t just geography—they’re psychology in action. Discover why quitting a steady job for a “silly idea” might be the sanest thing you ever do.
Life’s a story waiting to be lived; many people scroll past it on their phones.
Turn anxiety into fuel by setting playful, challenging goals.
Build resilience through micro-adventures and saying yes before you’re ready.
Start telling more stories for the love of it (even if nobody records them).
Ready to swap comfort for curiosity? Hit play and start walking your own line.
GeoWizard
The original pioneer of the straight line adventure.
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/geowizard
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoWizard
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00:00 What if there is more to life?
01:58 Context
02:44 The Turning Point: Mission Across Wales
03:03 Going Full-Time with GeoGuessr
05:05 The Rise to YouTube Fame
08:09 Childhood Adventures and Mischief
12:03 Future Goals and Passions
14:42 Does filming take away from the natural experience
20:06 Advice on making good content
21:44 Parenting and Adventure
24:19 Smartphones and Modern Life
25:40 The Impact of Social Media
31:45 Mental Health and Overcoming Struggles
38:02 Final Thoughts and Reflections
38:44 Recent Kind thing
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| The Hidden Connections Between Movement and Mental Strength You Need To Know | 09 Sep 2025 | 00:30:30 | |
Freedom doesn’t arrive when you finally “figure it all out”—it arrives the moment you move.We’ve built mental walls around the idea that creativity is genetic and strength is inherited. But imagine a world where every step, stretch, or stumble is a tiny act of liberation, welding new circuits of possibility in your brain. Picture the mountaineer navigating a cliff, or a child learning to throw—a dance as ancient as humanity itself, and just as transformative. The lesson isn’t in chasing overnight genius, but in discovering that each deliberate movement is a brushstroke of reinvention.
Reimagine exercise as a tool for mental experimentation, not just fitness.
View setbacks in coordination as invitations to design new approaches, rather than signs to stop.
Use the act of practicing anything—sport, art, language—as a metaphor for shaping your narrative.
What will you change, today, when you realize that movement is the first story you tell yourself about what’s possible?
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00:00 Zen and the art of motor cortex maintenance
02:24 How the Motor Cortex was discovered
04:08 The areas and functions of the motor cortex
07:01 Mentality and Physicaly Link
08:44 Motor Function Impairment and Physical Rehab
11:35 Why you might be a bit Uncoordinated
13:53 Developmental Variation and mindset
14:52 How alcohol and Marijuana impact brain Health and Coordination
17:37 Reflexes and professional training
20:46 Why 10,000 hours makes sense
22:11 Reactions that don't require your brain
24:39 How physical movement affects mental thought
26:48 Wrap up
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| How to Build More Memories Instead of More To-Dos - w/ Jodi Wellman | 05 Sep 2025 | 00:56:38 | |
Positive Psychology applied to the shortness of life. This episode is a repeat of a masterclass from last year on living wider and deeper with psychologist and author Jodi Wellman.
We cover:
The walking dead vs astonishingly alive
Overcoming habits and autopilot living
Regret avoidance and controlling your life
Useful positivity vs toxic positivity
As they say "Get busy living, or get busy dying".
Jodi has a morbid fascination with positive ideas from existential psychology to help brighten your day.
Jodi Wellman
Book - You Only Die Once
Website - Four Thousand Mondays
Quiz - How dead or alive are you?
Insta - @FourThousandMondays
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00:00 Grab life
01:18 Defining a Growth Mindset
02:22 Preventing Regrets and Shaping Your Life
04:36 Exploring the Regret Avoidance Bucket List
10:08 Prioritizing Adventure and Novelty
15:07 Overcoming Habits and Autopilot Living
19:12 The Power of Positivity and Potential
24:33 The Astonishingly Alive Model
28:51 Creating Conscious Routines and Rituals
39:47 Honoring Life's Fragility and Impermanence
42:33 Shaking Up the Snow Globe of Everyday Life
49:23 Abandoning What No Longer Serves You
49:23 Consistent Reminders and Psychological Tricks
49:23 Overcoming the Illusion of Personal Specialness
49:26 Earliest Memory
50:40 Kindest Thing
51:37 Send Off
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| What is Actually Important? How to stop reacting to news and non-events | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:36:28 | |
Have you ever wondered how important something really is, yet lacked a reference point to put it into context?
These days news, apps, jobs or neighbours comments all seem to be infinitely important and it's somewhat distracting. If you want to actually do stuff you need to know what is important and screen out the rest.
Sam shares a framework for working out the impact of any idea or event that adds context to anything around you. From an idea in the shower to nuclear weapons everything has it's place
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00:00 Why is everything important???
01:53 Innovation Richter Scale
03:40 Why create a Scale?
05:59 Earthquake Metaphor
08:22 Invention, Innovation, Technology
08:22 Ranking Magnitude not Morality
09:29 The innovation richter Scale - Level 1 - 10
09:31 Level 1 - Shower thoughts
09:50 Level 2 - Actioned Idea (In private)
10:09 Level 3 - Public ideas (Not popular)
11:38 Level 4 - Popular and commercial ideas
12:29 Level 5 - Defining Brand
13:59 Level 6 - Innovation of the year
17:20 Level 7 - Innovation of the Decade
19:40 Level 8 - Innovation of the Century
22:55 Level 9 - Innovation of the Era
25:20 Level 10 - Species Epoch
29:57 Outro - Using the scale
32:00 What is really important?
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| The Top 3 Fitness Mistakes and How to 20:80 your Health - w/ Coach Jake Parker, Beyond Fitness | 29 Aug 2025 | 00:53:54 | |
We think fitness is about the body. But in truth, it begins in the story we tell ourselves.
In this conversation with Jake Parker, we explore fitness not as a battle of discipline, but as a shifting of identity.
Humans evolved in a world of scarcity where every calorie mattered. Now, in a world of abundance, that same wiring works against us. The magic, Jake suggests, is in designing new defaults. Defaults where exercise becomes an act of self-kindness, food choices become votes for the person you want to be, and consistency becomes less a grind and more a groove.
Fitness then stops being a task and starts becoming a story of who you are becoming.
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How environments shape habits more than willpower does
The top 3 mistakes people make when getting fit
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00:00 Jake Parker - Psychology of fitness
02:23 Fitness and Nutrition Philosophy
03:28 Genetics and Fitness Challenges
04:48 Overcoming Obesogenic Environment
06:54 Building a Sustainable Diet
12:50 Approaching diet flexibly and pragmatically
15:32 Shifting Identity and Embracing Fitness
21:40 Common Fitness Mistakes
23:38 Forming Healthy Habits
25:25 Overcoming Lack of Motivation
25:52 Reward and Punishment Systems in Fitness
27:53 Designing Your Environment for Success
30:48 Personalized Fitness Approaches
31:23 Strength Training and Muscle Maintenance
33:56 Womens vs Mens approach to fitness
35:56 Handling Injuries and Setbacks
39:42 Online Coaching vs. In-Person Training
42:05 Avoiding the All-or-Nothing Mentality
43:11 Practical Tips for Getting Unstuck
46:30 Claim a free month of coaching
48:00 Wrap up
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| Where To Spend Your Life Energy: A 3-step framework for brilliance | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:17:46 | |
It's not just what you do, it's how you do it.
We are increasingly bombarded with demands and equally confused by how important everything seems.
Growing up every year the next exam will make or break the rest of your life... The reality is some things don't matter and other things matter much more than you will ever know.
Saying hi to that stranger that becomes your wife, helping a friend start that stupid idea, putting way too much effort into a dinner party.
We only have so much time and energy and many parts of life we can do more than get away with the minimum but actively seek to do as little as possible. In other parts we should raise hell to bring our full brilliance into play.
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00:00 The 90% Trap
01:46 Being "Done" vs Incomplete
02:16 The Struggle for Perfection
04:59 When Average is Enough
08:03 The Fisherman's Wisdom
10:11 Striving for the Extraordinary
12:51 Finding Your Balance
13:51 Send Off
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| The Evolutionary Psychology of Gender Roles, Male Violence & Food - How Fire Transformed Us | 23 Aug 2025 | 00:40:56 | |
Ever felt like you were wrestling with more than just a campfire? Me too. Turns out, controlling fire is a bit like trying to control your own mind; tricky, unpredictable, and full of surprises.
In this episode, we have an episode drop from Sam's new show "How to Change the World; The History and Future of Innovation".
We dive into the wild story of how humanity’s obsession with fire set us on the path to becoming who we are today. We’ll talk about global wildfires and backyard barbecues, and how both are woven into our DNA and even impact things like gender roles and male aggression.
If you’ve ever wondered why you crave campfire chats or why your brain loves new ideas, this one’s for you.
Takeaways:
Fire literally rewired our bodies and minds
Our social lives, from dinner with friends to group self-improvement, started around the fire.
Rethinking what you fear could be the key to your next breakthrough.
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00:00 Intro to the episode drop
03:57 The Role of Fire in Civilization
04:38 Fire's Impact on Predators and Prey
06:40 First Fire - 500 million years ago
10:05 Humans and fire - ~2 million years ago
12:17 The Discovery of Fire
13:48 When did we discover Fire
14:29 Stadium of Grandmothers
15:32 Fire's Influence on Human Biology
18:03 Fire and Human Digestion
20:52 Light and Campfires
23:02 Mealtimes
24:09 Fire's Role in Human Birth and Survival
26:00 Why Only Humans Mastered Fire
28:32 Fire, Social Structures & Gender Roles
33:52 Role Change in the Information Age
35:54 Fire's Role in Human Expansion - 70,000 years ago
36:21 Find the second half of the episode on the new show
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| Defining Your Own Success in a World Full of Self-Appointed Experts - w/ Mike Winnet (Worlds #1 Demotivational Coach) | 22 Aug 2025 | 00:41:42 | |
What if success isn’t about working harder or even more achievement, but about how we feel day to day?
In this episode, Mike Winnet invites us to reconsider the very stories we tell about ambition and achievement.
The culture around entrepreneurship often creates illusions; mirages shimmering in a desert of social media noise.
Mike challenges us to step beyond these distractions and ask: What if the real path is serene, sane, and sustainable? This episode reveals how transforming our metrics for success can free us from the endless hustle, empowering us to craft meaningful, autonomous lives.
Recognize the paradigm shift from chasing fame to finding clarity.
Choose values and success metrics that reflect your true self.
Embrace responsibility as a gateway to freedom, not burden.
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00:00 The success story we're sold
02:39 Introduction to Mike Winnet: The UK's Number One Demotivational Speaker
03:10 The Harsh Realities of Entrepreneurship
04:03 The Illusion of Social Media Success
06:33 The Problem with Business Gurus and Influencers
07:25 The Importance of Realistic Goals and Self-Awareness
16:36 How to give advice
17:45 The Pitfalls of Following Trends Blindly
19:52 Entering Competitive Markets with Unique Offerings
21:46 Biggest Risks Taken
22:32 The Kindest Act Received
25:09 Dealing with Demotivation
26:52 The Impact of Social Media
32:48 Favorite Books and Financial Wisdom
33:48 Concluding Thoughts on Entrepreneurship
34:23 Take homes
37:45 Wrap up
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| Why Taking Life Less Seriously Could Be the Productivity Boost You Need | 19 Aug 2025 | 00:25:08 | |
The art of making work not suck; how playing helps you stress less (and achieve more).
In today’s episode, we challenge the architecture of adulthood, built brick by brick with “shoulds”. Using stories of ancient ancestors and modern cubicles, we’ll ask:
Why do we surrender to seriousness, and at what cost?
You’ll learn how the prison of comparison, the tyranny of the checklist, and our fear of imperfection rob us of the very autonomy we crave:
Build tiny rituals that make work feel less like war, more like wonder.
Experiment boldly and let imperfection be your guide, not your judge.
Infect your workplace with micro-moments of fun (and make it contagious).
It’s your move—why not choose to play?
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00:00 What's wrong with us?
05:20 Modern Metaphors for Work
08:02 Psychology of Doom feelings
12:24 Mindset Shifts
14:32 Technology Breaks
16:36 Mindset shifts and habits
19:13 Conclusions
21:09 Sign off
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| How to Stay MOTIVATED When You Keep LOSING - w/ Gold Medal Olympian Sir Ben Hunt-Davis | 15 Aug 2025 | 00:44:54 | |
Imagine training every day for a decade… and still losing. Then figuring out one question that changes everything.
Olympic gold medallist Ben Hunt-Davis didn’t win because he trained harder, he’d been doing that for years and kept losing. He won because he and his crew started asking one question before every decision: Will it make the boat go faster?
In this conversation, Ben shares the messy reality of chasing big dreams. We talk about missing teams by one place, eating 7,000 calories a day, and why sacrifice isn’t always sacrifice if you’re doing what you love.
Then we jump into how that gold medal shaped his career as a performance coach, why bounce-back ability matters more than talent, and how to apply “filters” to shut out distractions in business and life.
3 Actionable Takeaways:
Ask better questions to unlock better results - ruthlessly align your decisions with your real goal
Build resilience by treating failures as fuel - treat setbacks as data, not drama
Identify and repeat your successes consciously - Start every review by shining a light on what worked.
Listen in and steal the mental frameworks that took Ben from last place… to Olympic champion.
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Chapters
00:00 Sir Ben Hunt-Davis
02:20 How did he get to the Olympics?
04:18 Work and being an olympian
06:33 Training regime
10:17 Making sacrifices?
11:50 Working with your peak
13:45 10,000 hour rule
15:43 Losing before becoming the best
16:09 Continuous growth = common sense
17:37 Will it make the boat go faster?
18:09 Have you ever applied your philosophy to your relationships
19:34 Did Ben feel that they deserved to win?
21:53 What if Ben and his team did not win
24:01 What was next for Ben after rowing
27:57 Biggest lessons as a coach?
29:25 Future of coaching
32:14 Bullshit filters
34:29 Biggest mistakes
38:00 Take Homes
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