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Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement

Growth Mindset Psychologywww.growthmindsetpodcast.com
There are a lot of opinions on how to master your mind, but then there’s PSYCHOLOGY. We’re all stuck with the brain we’re born with, but we aren’t stuck with how we use it. Learn science-backed answers to make the most of your mind and your life. CURIOUS? Growth Mindset Psychology is the "self-help sceptic" podcast for the curious. Whether you want to improve performance, navigate setbacks, or know who you are. We find answers to the true science of self-improvement. So put down the astrology chart and start working with your mind, instead of against it. With over 8 million downloads and 60,000 monthly listeners, you’re invited to join. PROCESS Instead of telling you what to think, we discuss how thinking works. Armed with a stack of science journals, textbooks and a boatload of curiosity, we uncover the mechanics of the mind. Why? >>> Success is personal! You might want to make the most of your neurodiverse strengths, start a business, or simply find more reasons to smile. Hone your ability for independent thinking and growth with mental models to pursue your definition of success. HOST I’m Sam Webster Harris, a lifelong learner with ADHD, a raging curiosity, and an obsession with finding answers to hard questions. After launching several businesses, travelling the world and nearly dying a few times I concluded that science and Psychology are where it’s at. What actually makes people happy? What’s the best way to treat a brain? How can I get more done? Studying the answers we find that changing behaviours requires building mindsets, mental models, and a healthy relationship with failure. I run the show to help listeners enjoy nutritious content that feeds their minds (and I needed a legitimate excuse to cover for my reading addiction). PREMIUM Go Ad-Free and listen to exclusive content. Support the show and access the AMA features and community Discord. Growth Mindset Premium ARCHIVE Previous guests include Olympians, Scientists, Billionaires, and Sam's Mum. Past series: — Psychology vs Stoicism — Time Management for busy mortals — Independence and knowing yourself — Cognitive biases and rational thinking — Psychology of connection — Carol Dweck and the Multiverse of Mindsets
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Expand your comfort zone

Success lies outside of our comfort zone. Learning to regularly leave our comfort zone behind is the key to growing and achievement. This podcast is a masterclass in strategies and lessons that help you face fears and expand your comfort zone. Learn more about deliberate practice and strategies to enjoy your moments of failure as opportunities. --- Connect with Sam: Sam's newsletter on creativity - Explosive Thinking Sam's podcast on books - Wiser Than Yesterday Support the Show - Patreon Listen...

Jun 14, 202219 min

Growth Mindset - An introduction

Sam was supposed to record an advert but got a little lost with making rhymes about mindset. He is fully aware he is an idiot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 20221 min

Fail Your Way to Success

Don't be scared of failure. Eccie Newton tells us about the relentless setbacks whilst building her catering idea into a company that's raised over £350 million. "For one thing to go right, a hundred things had to go wrong." Eccie's is a brilliant story of resilience and strength and this is a must-listen for any growth mindset or business enthusiasts. Timestamps 00:01:34 Working through the "Trough of sadness" 00:03:22 No no, everything went wrong, Literally Everything 00:04:26 Epic Pie day fai...

Jun 07, 202227 min

Increase your opportunities

Wish you didn't have to chase for opportunities? Start making them come to you instead. Learn how to put your best foot forwards for everyone to see. Follow the tactics of the successful people who got themselves out there. --- Connect with Sam: Sam's newsletter on creativity and entrepreneurship - Explosive Thinking Sam's podcast on books - Wiser Than Yesterday Support the Show - Patreon Listen and connect with the show - Podvine If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it . And of ...

May 24, 202217 min

Perfectionism kills creativity

Stop getting caught up and blocked by the concept of "perfect". Get into the flow and build momentum that unlocks your true creativity. --- Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create. Watch the pod - YouTube (Growth Mindset) Mail - GrowthMindsetPodcast(at)gmail.com Insta - SamJam.zen Learn more abo...

May 17, 202216 min

Curating chaos and creating connections

We learn from the master of conferences how to throw the best minds into a giant melting pot and make magic happen. Keith Wallace tells all, the Senior Vice President of Web Summit and General Manager of Collision Conf. Web Summit is one of the biggest technology conferences in the world where billionaires, VCs and the world's future leaders all descend for a week of madness and connection. Described by Forbes as the Number 1 conference on the planet. --- Connect with Keith: - LinkedIn - Twitter...

May 03, 202248 min

Pitch anything - Close deals with Oren Klaff

Oren Klaff is the New York’s Best Selling Author of Pitch Anything and Flip the Script. He joins us for a masterclass on sales, raising capital and negotiation. Oren is a badass who has raised over $2 billion and isn't showing any sign of stopping. If you’re starting your business or sales, this is a brilliant episode for you as he uncovers the secrets to closing deals. --- Connect with Oren: - OrenKlaff.com - Oren's LinkedIn - Oren's Twitter - Oren Klaff - YouTube Oren's Books: Pitch Anything F...

Apr 26, 202250 min

211: Experience the Art of Healing with Dr. Serena Sterling, PsyD

Dr. Serena Sterling herself experienced miraculous healing from chronic fatigue in which her medical doctor told her that there's no cure and she needs to learn to cope and live with it. She found a doctor who helped her get better through a mind-body stress-reduction technique. Because of that, she wanted to help more people on a one-to-one basis. In this episode, Dr. Serena will let us know how this healing works as Sam experiences the process himself. - - - Connect with Serena Dr. Serena Ster...

Apr 05, 202247 min

210: Take Risks, Reach For The Unknown And Dare To Succeed: Igor Volzhanin, CEO of Datasine

Igor Volzhanin Igor Volzhanin is the CEO of DataSine, a marketing business that helps businesses create personalized marketing based on the personality traits of their customers. He has some amazing insights and unusual ideas for how to build a business and a life that one enjoys with some great advice around taking risks. Igor's background in international development is paired with his knowledge in psychology which provides some fascinating theories into happiness and problems facing the world...

Mar 29, 202228 min

209: Amplify your strengths, Complement your weaknesses

After the pace of one of his businesses nearly killed him, Richard made it his mission to ensure other business owners didn’t go through the same struggles alone. To carry out this purpose, he co-founded Unleashed CEO (https://unleashed.ceo/) where they have helped hundreds of visionary entrepreneurs scale and create time freedom by building a self-managing leadership team. They have built an immense implementers who are looking for to pair with entrepreneurial companies where they can come in a...

Mar 22, 202241 min

208: Tim Draper - The Master of VC on Predicting and Creating the Future

Tim Draper Tim Draper is a venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) (https://www.dfj.com/),Draper University (https://www.draperuniversity.com/), Draper Venture Network (https://drapernetwork.com/), Draper Associates (https://www.draper.vc/) and Draper Goren Holm (https://drapergorenholm.com/). Tim has been awarded and received numerous awards such as Forbes Midas List, Top 100 Most Influential Harvard Alumni, Independent Institute's Tocqueville Liberty Award and a ...

Mar 15, 202243 min

207: The Abundance Mindset and Secret to Happiness; David Meltzer, Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing

David Meltzer David Meltzer is the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. His life’s mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! This simple yet powerful mission has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing…VALUE. In all his content and communication that’s exactly what you’ll receive. David is a three-time international best-sel...

Mar 08, 202222 min

206: The Future of Funding for Women-Led Businesses - Maddy Bergen, CEO of Angel Alliance NFT

Maddy Bergen Maddy Bergen is in her final year of university studying civil engineering. She has co-founded and the CEO of Angel Alliance DAO (or Decentralized Autonomous Organization) for investing and giving funding to women-led entrepreneurs. Angel Alliance was founded to empower female entrepreneurs with a NFT collection consisting of 6,666 unique female icons designed with real women in mind. They will be releasing the collection on March 26, 2022. - - - More info about Angel Alliance Twitt...

Mar 01, 202239 min

205: TEDx, Dragons Den and Creating Impact - Chris Lovett, Author of 'Discovery of Less'

Chris Lovett Chris Lovett is a minimalist, speaker, career mentor, professional executive coach, podcast host, simplicity coach, disruptive thought leader, and author of the bestselling self sufficiency, green living and business motivation book Discovery of Less. Also retired hip hop & rnb DJ, music geek with big hair and voted 'best legs 1998' at a college 5-a-side football tournament. Chris is one of the UK's only motivational speakers (and kinda hilarious one too) on minimalism and the l...

Feb 22, 202230 min

204: Less is more

Chris Lovett Chris Lovett is a minimalist, speaker, career mentor, professional executive coach, podcast host, simplicity coach, disruptive thought leader, and author of the bestselling self sufficiency, green living and business motivation book Discovery of Less. Also retired hip hop & rnb DJ, music geek with big hair and voted 'best legs 1998' at a college 5-a-side football tournament. Chris is one of the UK's only motivational speakers (and kinda hilarious one too) on minimalism and the l...

Feb 15, 202238 min

203: The Importance of Being Yourself - Alex Dunsdon, Co-founder of Potential Ventures

Alex Dunsdon is a Partner at Saatchi Invest and founder of Potential VC building a generation of impact VCs. Their mission is to find, foster and fund crazy, unusual, and innovative startups helping the world. Alex was also a seed cheque investor into Citymapper, Farewill and Ometria. Alex joins me this week to deliver his ultimate breakthroughs and formula for decisions, whether it is about your career path or your life. Resources The Science of Serendipity: How to Unlock the Promise of Innovat...

Feb 08, 202247 min

202: Systems Thinking Applied To Mindsets - Tessa Clarke, CEO of OLIO

Tessa Clarke Tessa is a startup founder who thrives in challenging environments, and has a strong track record of driving change. She grew up on a farm and knows how much hard work goes into producing the food we all eat, and absolutely 'hates' throwing it away. When she was moving country and the removal men said she has to bin their food, she couldn't do it and it was when the OLIO app was born. OLIO is now helping save millions of food items from being thrown away. It's also changing peoples ...

Feb 01, 202253 min

201: Perfectionism and Celebrating Our Wins - Sam Harris

Perfectionism and Celebrating Your Wins Most of us are trying to be perfect and set high standards that are likely we could not meet and maybe even get disappointed with ourselves because we could not meet the expectations at all. Some of us create many big goals and focus on the destination rather than the small and significant steps we need to take to get us there. In this episode, we will talk about perfectionism and celebrating our wins. Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psyc...

Jan 21, 202225 min

Solve massive challenges, one step at a time

Roeland Decorte is the CEO and Founder of Decorte Future Industries (DFI). They are building a groundbreaking AI for health data extraction from audio. His doctoral work on code-breaking is cited by world experts in his field. He started DFI inventing and personally engineering the exoskeleton tech. Roeland also has experience in mechanical engineering, prototyping, fundraising, politics, political economics and academia. He was the youngest student from Belgium to have joined the University of ...

Jan 13, 202244 min

198: Alternative New Year Ideas - Sam Harris, CEO - ReasonFM

We often hear the "New Year, New You" phrases as every new year comes. And in this episode, Sam conveyed improving in a more holistic approach. Takeaways You might have already written down your plans that you want to do or change this year, but we should also be open to things that may arise and haven't thought of happening. From the list of plans you have for this year, pick one thing/s that scares you and try doing those. - - - Growth Mindset podSam Webster Harris explores the psychology of h...

Jan 04, 202215 min

195: Defining Success and the Key Pillars to Support the LGBTQ Community, Lorenzo Thione, MD of Gaingels

Lorenzo is the Managing Director of Gaingels and a co-founding chairman of StartOut, two of the leading groups dedicated to support and elevate LGBTQ+ leaders in the venture startup ecosystem. He is also a Tony-Award and Drama Desk winning Broadway producer and the co-creator and lead producer of Allegiance, the Broadway musical. Lorenzo previously co-founded startups Powerset, which was acquired later on by Microsoft. He is also an investor, board member, and advisor for startups such as Figure...

Dec 07, 202145 min

194: The Power of Mindset in Overcoming Setbacks and Risks That Will Lead to Success, Bryony Thomas, Founder of Watertight Marketing

Bryony Thomas is one of the UK's foremost marketing thinkers. She is the author of Watertight Marketing, which has been in its best-sellers list consistently for over five years, with no gimmicks. Watertight Marketing is one of the best business books I have ever read. In this episode, Bryony shows how she succeed and what mindset she has despite of setbacks and risks. - - - Connect with Bryony Watertight Marketing (https://watertightmarketing.com/) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryonyth...

Dec 02, 202113 min

192: The Art of Coding and Mindsets in Business and Learning - Elizabeth Tweedale, CEO of CypherCoders

Elizabeth is the CEO and Founder of Cypher Coders, the UK’s leading coding school for children, as well as a highly experienced AI creator, author and entrepreneur. Her mission is to empower children to move freely and confidently through the changing world around us, fluent in the universal language of code in order to become future-ready.CONNECT WITH ELIZABETHCypher Coders (www.cyphercoders.com)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethtweedale)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/notting...

Nov 16, 202151 min

191: The Art of Impossible - George Ferguson, CBE, PPRIBA, RWA, First Elected Mayor of Bristol

George Ferguson CBE, PPRIBA, RWA (born 22 March 1947) is a British politician, former architect, and entrepreneur who served as the first elected mayor of Bristol from 2012 to 2016. Ferguson was co-founder of Ferguson Mann Architects in 1979 and the past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (2003–2005) where he was noted for championing the causes of education, the environment and good urbanism. He was also a founding director of The Academy of Urbanism and a founding member of...

Nov 05, 202149 min

190: The 7 Ingredients For Positive Change - Jennifer Clamp

Jennifer Clamp Jennifer Clamp is the Founder Coach of Aata, who support founders to become CEO and grow their business sustainably. In this episode, Jennifer shared with us the seven conditions that are required for change, and these are: 1. Believing that we can. 2. Establishing a baseline. 3. Establishing a goal. 4. Getting in our way in the right way. 5. Getting out of comfort zone. 6. Exploring different perspectives. 7. Willingness to try new things. Let's find out if people really can chan...

Oct 26, 202143 min

189: Choosing Growth After Grief - Jarie Bolander, The Entrepreneur Ethos Podcast Host

In this episode, Jarie Bolander, host of The Entrepreneur Ethos podcast, talks with Sam about how he became an entrepreneur and the story of his failures and successes as he walks through his entrepreneurship journey. We'll later find out how he was able to manage his life after losing a loved one. - - - On the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we explore the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a ...

Oct 19, 202150 min

188: Evolutionary Psychology versus Meditation

Why Buddhism is True written by Robert Wright 'Why Buddhism is True' looks at the science and philosophy of meditation and enlightenment. Robert Wright is a devout non-meditating anger prone evolutionary psychologist and writer. He dives headlong into the world of meditation with surprising results, and explain why it works from an evolutionary standpoint. Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human brain. The mind is designed to often delude us, he argued...

Oct 12, 202145 min

187: Entrepreneurial Mindset - Nick Bradley, Scale Up Your Business Podcast Host

In this episode, Nick Bradley, host of Scale Up Your Business podcast, the number one UK business podcast on iTunes, talks with Sam about their viewpoints of having a growth mindset in the world of entrepreneurship. KEY TAKEAWAYS Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Acquisitions is not just acquiring products, customers and other things but you can also acquire talent. Most of what we achieve or don’t achieve is connected to our view of ourselves and our identity. You're the sole responsible for...

Oct 05, 202158 min

186: Conversation with a Hitman - Sam Harris

This is the conversation I had with a hitman living in India about his life. We discuss the story of how he came to be a hitman and what his life is really like. It is certainly very different to what you see in the movies and be prepared for some big insights. After the interview, we break down what happened and also discuss things like how I manage to get these interviews and other events in my life like staying with a bunch of drug dealers on the border of Mexico. Thanks to Andreas for provid...

Sep 28, 202136 min

185: Finding Motivation in Demotivation - Mike Winnet, UK's No. 1 Demotivational Speaker

Mike Winnet who is better known as 'The Contrepreneur' has shared with us lessons and the truth about contrepreneurs. According to Winnet, contrepreneur is a con artist who makes their fortune by fooling wantrepreneurs into thinking they're getting a great deal or coming into some easy money, when the reality is, it's the contrepreneur making the real money. Listen until the end as there are really good points on this discussion. - - - On the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we ex...

Sep 21, 202139 min
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