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Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement
Sam Webster Harris | Growth Mindset Psychology
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Most self-help advice is guesswork dressed up as wisdom. We dig into psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral science to find what actually changes lives.
WHY LISTEN?
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 livedāwe 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 doesnāt have to be.
We cover everything from emotional intelligence and habit formation to brain health and the nervous system.
WHAT YOU DONāT GET
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.
THE APPROACH
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.
YOUR HOST
I'm Sam Webster Harrisāa 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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ā Psychology vs Stoicism
ā Time Management for Busy Mortals
ā Independence and Knowing Yourself
ā Cognitive Biases and Rational Thinking
ā Psychology of Connection and Relationships
ā Carol Dweck and the Multiverse of Mindsets
ā Addiction and Behaviour Change
ā Nervous System Mastery and Polyvagal Theory
ā Mental Strength and Self-Discipline
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How To Train Your Mind: The surprising benefits of play
mardi 24 fĆ©vrier 2026 ā¢ Duration 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 donāt. Brains upgrade through meaning, novelty, and attentionāespecially when something feels like play. Thatās why memory champions donāt āgrindā digits: they build absurd stories and mental rooms and suddenly their recall looks like magic. Same with skills.
Stress is usefulābut mostly as a signal: āavoid that.ā If you want real output, your job is to become a betterĀ teacherĀ to yourself: make the hard thing interesting enough that youāll come back tomorrow.
Turn one task into a game (score it, time it, level it up).
Find the āfun entry pointā and start there, not with drills.
Reduce stress friction: smaller reps, better cues, better environment.
Listen ināand pick one thing to make genuinely enjoyable today.
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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 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 fĆ©vrier 2026 ā¢ Duration 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.
Youāll 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 ārealā.
Along the way, we poke at shame, status, and why your reputation now travels faster than any spear ever did. Itās part history, psychology, mindset lesson, and part mirror.
Youāll probably recognise more of yourself than youād like:
Use ācompressionā as a mental model to communicate ideas more clearly.
Spot how gossip and reputation are driving your current career decisions.
Rewrite one story youāve 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā Self-Domestication34:45 Shame, Blushing, and Human Civility38:10 Invitation to Continue on How to Change the World
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Working with Time Instead of Against It - How to enjoy this year and every year of your life
mardi 30 dĆ©cembre 2025 ā¢ Duration 15:57
You have roughly 4,000 weeks. Somehow, nobody mentioned this at school.
This episode takes a cheerful scalpel to modern time-panicāthe kind that convinces smart adults that the next app, habit, or color-coded calendar will finally subdue existence. (It wonāt.) 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. Youāll explore why becoming āmore efficientā 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 isnāt to win against time. Itās to stop declaring war on the only place life can happen.
Treat calm as a skill, not a personality trait.
Build plans that assume āthe deckā 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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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: 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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The Loneliness Paradox: How to stop being needy and start being magnetic
mardi 11 fĆ©vrier 2025 ā¢ Duration 25:18
The more we fear loneliness, the more we scare people away.
Connection is our birthright. Yet in our rush to avoid loneliness, we often make things worse.
This is a story about the paradox at the heart of human relationships. But it's also a story about possibility.
Key takeaways:
Practical strategies to build confidence and attract healthy relationships
The 7 hidden ways fear of loneliness sabotages relationships
Understanding the distinction between solitude and loneliness
Building the courage to be authentically seen
Creating relationships that enhance rather than complete you
We're diving deep into the psychology of fear, relationships, and mindsets.
Whether you want stronger relationships romantically, with friends, or at work. This episode will help you learn about the subtle balance of independence, co-dependence and interdependence.
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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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Episode: Relationship Psychology: How to Stop Being Needy and Start Being Magnetic
Chapters:
00:00 The dichotomy of friendship
02:51 7 Areas where fear of loneliness will cause us pain
03:36 Pushes us into making poor choices
04:02 Compunding small problems
04:33 Developing weakness in asserting our needs
04:55 Learned helplessness
05:28 Loss of freedom and missed potential connections
05:47 Fundamental disconnection from ourself
06:08 Acceptance of mediocrity
07:12 Forgiveness and evolution in friendships
09:05 The ultimate touchstone is witness
10:22 Adopting a growth mindset
15:41 How to build healthy long-term relationships
16:19 Communication strategies
17:45 Express appreciation more often
18:27 Deepening our understanding
20:11 Creating shared experiences
21:24 Solve companionship by overcoming loneliness
22:03 Trust yourself and take that leap forward
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5 Science-Backed Ways to Stop Disappointing Yourself - Live Gracefully
vendredi 7 fĆ©vrier 2025 ā¢ Duration 26:11
76% of people regularly break promises to themselves - Why do we keep letting ourselves down?
The uncomfortable truth about why your self-improvement efforts keep failing: it's not about motivation. It's about managing the gap between who you are and who you want to be.
This episode breaks down the exact psychology behind why we disappoint ourselves (hint: your brain is lying to you) and gives you 5 practical systems to fix it. No fluff. No guru BS. Just actionable frameworks.
What you'll learn:
How to kill your past self (respectfully)
Five counter-intuitive strategies that actually work (backed by science)
How to upgrade your mental software without becoming a self-help robot
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Episode: 5 Science-Backed Ways to Stop Disappointing Yourself - Live Gracefully
Chapters:
00:00 W disappointing yourself
01:09 #1 - Past self vs. present self
02:26 Lesson 1 - Live in reality and change it if you don't like it
04:11 #2 - Future self vs the present
04:37 James Clear's advice
06:17 Lesson 2 - Forget any ideas of your future self that do not align with actions that you want to do in the present
07:28 #3 - Speaking vs. being heard
08:32 If you want to give opinions, it helps if you have authority
11:15 Lesson 3 - Actions are louder than words
11:22 #4 - Taking ownership
13:27 Lesson #4 Don't blame others
15:23 #5 - Expectation vs Reality
17:53 Systems to achieve your goals
20:28 Lessons 5 - Success is about systems, not expectations
20:54 Summary
22:36 Outro
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Intelligence By Design: 10 Ways to Engineer Your Mind For Wisdom
mardi 4 fĆ©vrier 2025 ā¢ Duration 41:09
A high IQ isn't useful if you can't make decent life decisions.
Drawing from neuroscience and behavioural psychology, this episode delivers practical frameworks for cognitive development. You'll discover:
No-nonsense tools to stop overthinking and start actually learning from your mistakes
Real-world examples of how reflection beats raw intelligence
A simple system for turning life's patterns into practical wisdom
Research-basked methods for implementing reflection practices and deliberate learning
Backed by real examples and zero fluff, this episode shares timeless principles that work for anyone, regardless of IQ.
Perfect for ambitious professionals seeking to optimize their cognitive performance and decision-making capabilities.
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Episode: Intelligence By Design: 10 Ways to Engineer Your Mind For Wisdom
Chapters:
00:00 Making more intelligent decisions
01:05 Behaving intelligently
08:31 Spotting patterns in your environment and learning from them
12:27 Experiment and adapt quickly
13:54 Lesson about spotting patterns
16:57 Put more time
18:55 Be an intelligent investor
25:32 Questions that will give a motivational boost if you're feeling lost
27:10 Journaling prompts
29:31 Feedback from peers and friends
32:05 Therapy and coaching
33:40 Deliberate practice
37:10 Send off
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Ego and the Prisoner of Success: 3 Steps to Build Silent Confidence
vendredi 31 janvier 2025 ā¢ Duration 30:26
Ego loves company. But success? Success loves silence.
Ever noticed how the loudest person in the room rarely has the most interesting thing to say? There's a reason for that. And it's the same reason why Elizabeth Holmes is in prison while the world's best operators are probably people you've never heard of.
In this episode:
- The "Washington Protocol": How America's first president used strategic humility to build an empire (and why modern leaders keep missing the point)
- Lehman Brothers' $600 billion ego trip: A masterclass in how NOT to handle success
- The Blockbuster Effect: When being the best becomes your worst enemy
This isn't just another episode about ego. It's a blueprint for building the kind of confidence that whispers instead of shouts. Because real success? It doesn't need a megaphone.
Related reading:
Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday
A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael Singer
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Episode: Ego and the Prisoner of Success: 3 ways to build silent confidence
Chapters:
00:00 Ego as a blocker for growth
03:35 #1 Ego and new starts
08:31 Lesson from George Washington
09:16 5 problems of ego when starting new things
11:12 #2 Ego and success
13:16 5 areas where ego can block you
18:57 #3 Ego and Failure
21:52 5 areas that ego can blind us
24:50 Accepting and learning from your failures
25:59 Wrap up
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Instant Gratification and the Death of Mastery: How to Refocus Your Life
mardi 28 janvier 2025 ā¢ Duration 25:11
Make time your secret weapon.
Our success and happiness are often eroded by the 7 habits of highly impatient people. We are losing the ability to focus and glorify instant success. Thus we lose the ability to stick with anything and create meaningful work.
This episode goes through the psychology and philosophy of taking a slower and deeper approach to life:
Understand the causes behind our poor attention spans
Create resilience in your work
Grow lasting momentum instead of bursts of speed
From ancient stoic philosophers to the latest neuroscience. The signs are all put together in the episode that will help you focus your life and make time work towards your success.
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Episode: Instant Gratification and the Death of Mastery: How to Refocus Your Life
Chapters:
00:00 Slowing down as a key to success
01:45 The allure and pitfalls of instant gratification
03:56 Building momentum
06:40 Optionality diminishes focus and inertia
10:35 Michael Jordan vs. high school star
12:03 Modern dating and the problem with optionality
12:54 ADVERT
13:03 Social media fuels our addiction to speed
15:38 Marcus Aurelius on the power of slowing down
16:53 Evaluating daily choices that speed you up or slow you down
17:38 Slowing down for happiness and growth
20:04 Realizations of ADHD
20:45 Going "all in" builds momentum
21:26 Send off
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16 Strange But Beautiful Paradoxes in Life (The hidden keys to fulfilment)
vendredi 24 janvier 2025 ā¢ Duration 25:50
What If Everything You Knew About Success Was Backward?
Our lives are shaped by contradictions:
The harder we chase happiness, the further it seems.
The more freedom we gain, the more constrained we feel.
You need money to be happy, but then chasing money makes you miserable.
The more we learn, the more we realize we know absolutely nothing
These are some of lifeās paradoxes, and they are as profound as they are puzzling.
In this episode, we explore 16 of these paradoxes, breaking down their underlying logic and what they reveal about the human condition.
Weāll unpack why they exist, how they shape your life without you even noticing, and how to embrace the absurdity instead of letting it drive you insane.
Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and practical insights, weāll show how embracing these paradoxes can lead to a richer, more intentional life.
Itās an invitation to think deeply, challenge assumptions, and find clarity in lifeās complexities.
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Episode: 16 Strange but Beautiful Paradoxes of Life; The hidden keys to fulfilment
Chapters:
00:00 16 paradoxes of life
02:08 Advice Paradox
02:56 More can be less Paradox
03:39 Freedom Paradox
05:12 Growth Paradox
06:28 Wisdom Paradox
07:44 Intelligence Paradox
09:14 Persuasion Paradox
10:20 Insecurity screams and confidence whispers
11:47 Simple future paradox
13:33 Productivity Paradox
16:45 Stress relieves stress
17:40 Harder is easier
18:32 Unpleasant moments create pleasant memories
19:14 Failure Paradox
19:35 Control Paradox
20:17 Happiness Paradox
21:59 Death Paradox
22:53 Send off
Topics:
Understanding life's paradoxes psychology podcast episode
Exploring paradoxes in growth mindset and self-improvement
Freedom Paradox insights for personal development
Growth Paradox discussion in psychology and philosophy
Navigating the Wisdom Paradox in self-improvement journeys
Intelligence Paradox implications for growth mindset
Persuasion techniques and the Persuasion Paradox
Insecurity and confidence dynamics in personal growth
Simplifying complex thoughts for mental clarity
Productivity strategies and the Productivity Paradox
Using stress management techniques to relieve stress
Approaching challenges with the Harder is Easier mindset
Creating positive memories from unpleasant experiences
Learning from failure with the Failure Paradox
The Control Paradox in psychology and personal development
Finding true happiness with the Happiness Paradox
Memento Mori and the Death Paradox in life philosophy
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A Practical Guide to Clear Thinking: Socrates' Lessons on Beating Self-Deception
mardi 21 janvier 2025 ā¢ Duration 22:43
What if the path to true growth begins with admitting how little you actually know?
The teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates tells us to use questions to expose holes in conventional thinking.
If you enjoy learning about psychology, self-development, and the inner workings behind success, youāll discover proven wisdom from ancient Greece on getting out of your own way.
Hear unique Socratic tactics for:
Questioning assumptions
Overcoming knowledge bias
Admitting what you donāt know.
Learn more about the psychology of Stoicism, critical thinking, and the inner workings of progress. Socrates is the master at helping us live more thoughtfully and discover our own blindspots.
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Chapters
00:00 Socrates: The Father of Philosophy
01:02 Wisdom in Admitting Ignorance
01:43 Who Was Socrates?
02:15 Socratic Questioning and Human Thinking
05:15 The Charity Conundrum
06:42 Socratic Questions for Self-Improvement
09:56 Failure as a Path to Learning
10:54 Living with Honor and Integrity
12:01 The Hard Work of Personal Integrity
13:53 The Philosophy of Knowledge and Ignorance
14:34 Understanding Human Behavior
17:58 Achieving Inner Peace and Happiness
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