Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement

16 Strange But Beautiful Paradoxes in Life (The hidden keys to fulfilment)

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What If Everything You Knew About Success Was Backward? Our lives are shaped by contradictions: The harder we chase happiness, the further it seems....

A Practical Guide to Clear Thinking: Socrates' Lessons on Beating Self-Deception

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

24 Stoic Life Lessons To Solve 93% of Your Problems

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Timeless laws to focus on what matters and live free of stress and anxiety. No matter what life throws your way this year, adopting a Stoic mindset c...

5 Genius Mental Models From Poker to Help Master Life: Thinking In Bets

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Strategic decision-making approaches to build wisdom in your everyday decisions. Annie Duke is the author of Thinking in Bets - A book full of geniu...

How To Overcome Your Personal limits: Grow Out Of Your Comfort Zone

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The laws of physics are the only true limits, stop letting your brain set fake limits. We accrue all sorts of limiting beliefs for different reasons....

What Are The Top 5 Reasons People Fail To Achieve Their Goals

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The psychology of beating procrastination, inaction, and confusion that lets you systematically work towards any goal. Goal setting is easy - Goal ac...

The Life-Changing Magic of Actually Doing Stuff - Start 2025 Right

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stop Dreaming, Start Doing - Action is more important than planning. We are increasingly addicted to planning yet more and more allergic to doing. G...

10 Powerful Stoic Questions: Review Your Year and Refocus your Life

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to live a good life? The Stoics were the masters of asking the right questions to focus the mind on what's important. At the year'...

Journey vs Destination: How to Optimise For The Right Things In Life

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why do we get off track, and how do we get back on track? Humans love goals, but where do our goals come from? How much do we choose them vs. have t...

The Psychology of Buddy the Elf ☃️❄️🎅

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The science behind spreading Christmas cheer and getting people to like you. Not only is Elf a wonderfully silly and enjoyable Christmas movie. Its p...

Self-Help Vs. Real-Help: How to Actually Improve Your Life

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does psychology say about the role of information in building wisdom and lasting change in our lives? There is an explosion in self-help content...

The Psychology of FOMO - Why it's Getting Worse and What To Do About It

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Modern technology amplifies our fear and emotions. FOMO is on the rise. Whether you are worried about being invited to a party, checking social media...

14 Habits Keeping You Poor

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The small but very real problems that hold you back in a big way. Personal finances feel just that, personal. Yet most of our issues are fundamentall...

Free Will and the War Against Our Minds - Are We Becoming NPCs?

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Psychology of the 5 Types of Non-Player Characters - How to Fix Them and Be a Main Character Thinker. The same story plays out online every day. ...

How To Be More Interesting

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The surprising techniques to be more yourself - that also make you more interesting. There are endless self-help books and blogs about how to increas...

Identity, Power & Narcissism: The Hidden Psychology of Mean Girls & Regina George

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Art of War: High School Edition Mean Girls was one of the biggest movies of 2004 - Twenty years later it still touches the themes that teenagers ...

The Psychology of Black Friday - Social Contagions, Deal FOMO & Retail Rage

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What are the secret drivers behind the year's biggest shopping day, and why is there so much fighting? Black Friday has become an inescapable part of...

How To Gracefully Deal With Life Problems

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A 3 part decision framework to understand and solve any frustration. Ultimately all problems are a perception of the mind. Sometimes there is a way a...

2 Lessons To Build Real Gratitude That Don't Suck [Even for Skeptics]

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Burn the manifestation guide and step away from the affirmations. Here are some unusual but realistic ways to build happiness, wonder and gratitude fo...

How To Increase Your Intelligence and Become A Deep Thinker

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

5 practices to adopt and 3 bad habits to avoid to improve mental clarity and decision-making. This episode covers some of the best lessons from Cal N...

Intellectual Discipline: How to Train Your Mind & Let Go of Your Ego

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stop getting in your own way by spotting the lies your mind wants you to believe. Learn about the psychology behind the hidden biases that blind us f...

AI & Personal Growth: How to Spark Creativity and Deeper Thought Using ChatGPT (with Tim O'Shea)

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to use AI to avoid lazy thinking traps and think deeper, faster, and with greater perspective. Tim O'Shea joins the podcast to talk about ways to...

34 Unconventional Life Lessons You Don't Learn In School

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mental models, hard truths & priceless wisdom I wish I knew 10 years ago. From how to really think about IQ or Money to establishing the point of you...

The Psychology of Last Minute Voters - The hidden mind games controlling the election

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Conflicted, Confused, and Ready to Vote - Uncovering the discombobulated thoughts of the great undecided who will sway the election. We dive into the...

The Psychology of Mistakes - 7 Ways To Fix Lazy Thinking

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We celebrate 'hard work" but forget to consider the benefits of thinking "hard thoughts". This episode teaches how to navigate uncertainty without ta...

7 Painful Paradoxes of Self-Improvement that Create More Problems Than They Solve

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of the self-improvement industry and advice is backwards. The more books we read the further away from our goals we become. Ultimately we want ...

Psychology of Mental Strength: 3 Habits to Build Resilience, Inner Toughness & a Growth Mindset

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A masterclass on showing up as your best self. No toxic overworking or ultra-positive crap, but instead knowing and being yourself. We learn how to: ...

Master Finishing Things - Unblock Creative Constipation, Avoid Side-projects & Find Focus

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Unconventional Strategies to finish important things and ease the overwhelm in your life. You might have a burning pile of unfinished side projects. ...

How to Be Remembered in a Forgetful World - 3 Rules to Build Lasting Impressions

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Win friends and influence people by being yourself, with style We all have different skills that are worth others knowing about. What isn't so easy i...

How to Build Worldly Wisdom - The Greatest Mental Models of Charlie Munger

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Practical Psycholgoy lessons from Warren Buffet's business partner. Ideas used to create rational thinking and build a Trillion-Dollar empire. Today ...

The Truth About Potential: How the Inversion Principle Applies to Success

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Being who you were meant to be Vs. Choosing who you get to be. There is a lot of content about finding yourself. There is also a lot of content about...

AMA #2: Procrastination Blockers - Understanding Enthusiasm - Auditory Processing Myths - Writing & Research Strategies - Scary People

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Navigate different challenges by building understanding, mental models and good strategy. In this episode of the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast, h...

7 Time Management Tips for Busy Mortals

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The anti-hustle guide to finding a balance that maximises happiness through intention and wisdom. Optimising every second of your calendar to the nth...

Abundance vs. Ego: How to Shift Your Mindset and Take Control of Your Life w/ Kyle livingston

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Identify scarcity mindsets and unpack your relationship with money, success and purpose. We revisit a discussion with Kyle Livingston that explores h...

The Single Most Important Life Skill To Lead An Impactful Life

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stop Chasing the Self-Improvement Treadmill - Learn to focus on making the world a better place. We are drowning in self-improvement content to make ...

Consciousness: How Emotional Intelligence, Pain Perception & Free Will Combine w/ Stephen Porges

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Conscious experience is a result of our awareness, but how do we take back our free will from external drivers? This episode explores the links betwe...

The Paradox of Genius: How To Be A Remarkably Unbalanced Individual

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk about Power Moves - Lethal Combinations of traits that can unlock your full potential Most of us have strengths and with each strength is ...

4 Hidden Fears That Secretly Sabotage Your Life (And what to do about them)

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A masterclass on our hidden mindsets and diagnosing the real problems behind our internal blockers. Your mind lies to you about what you can and can'...

The Neuroscience of Fear - Understanding anxiety, trauma & tools to overcome fears (Lessons from NPD, BPD and ADHD)

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anxiety is built into all our brains, examining the role of trauma in building fear responses helps us understand how to combat fear. We can also lear...

How to Spend Money to Buy Happiness

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Learn the economics of satisfaction, according to psychology. Our earliest lessons in life include that money can't buy happiness. But is that complet...

AMA #1 - Best Decision Frameworks, Overcoming Resistance to Learning, Understanding Blockers & Building a Network

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From deciding what to work on to overcoming blockers - All the questions from August were answered in the Ask Me Anything of the month. Free listener...

3 Rules to Build Remarkable Opportunities - (And uncover your purpose)

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to take the best shots in life and enjoy the process. In this episode of the Growth Mindset Psychology podcast, Sam Webster Harris delves into th...

How To Slow Down Time: Hidden psychology to improve productivity & reduce overwhelm

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Expand your perception of experience and build more flow and joy into your daily life. Many people hate time, it is a constant enemy we fight against...

Environment Design: 3 Ways to Improve Your Thinking (without thinking)

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Channel productivity or creativity on-demand - experience more progress, positivity, and freedom using the power of your environment. In this episode...

How to Decide What To Focus On - When you want to do everything

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

3 ways to stay dedicated to what is important in life, in a noisy world (and with a noisy mind). We are immersed in infinite options and distractions...

The Secrets Behind Curiosity Without Worry - Building Inner-Peace w/ Stephen Porges PhD [Father of Polyvagal Theory]

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Live a life well lived by exploring the depths of Psychology and Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Stephen Porges. Join host Sam Webster on the Growth Mindse...

The Psychology of Fear, Security & Emotional Intelligence (Neuroscience lessons from Polyvagal Theory)

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to manage stress, build a calmer state of mind and create a foundation for growth and autonomy. Polyvagal Theory is an intriguing sounding term t...

The Lost Art of Listening to Yourself

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Principles to enhance learning, independent thinking, and problem-solving, whilst reducing the feeling of being lost. Ever feel like you're constantl...

How to Build Free Will & Self-Control [Psychology of Default Behaviours]

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Developing the freedom to choose how you respond to situations in life is a core part of building a growth mindset. A fixed mindset approach leaves y...

3 Tactics to Leave Your Comfort Zone and Overcome Fear of Failure

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Growth begins at the edge of your comfort zone. Learn to expand your mental horizons and build a healthy relationship with the fear of failure. To bu...

The Neuroscience of Growth Mindset, Learning and Behaviour Change

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How our brain chemistry and architecture works are fascinating. It can also help us embrace challenges, learn faster and reconfigure our mindsets. To...

Eternal Laws of Human Nature: Timeless Investing Principles from “Same As Ever" - Morgan Housel

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the timeless insights of Morgan Housel's book 'Same As Ever' and the nature or things that never change. We unpack the most profound lesson...

Navigating the River of Time - How to decide what matters

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is no better time to contemplate the meaning of your existence than a Tuesday. Tackle the meaty questions of life, using philosophical tools an...

7 Weird Life-Changing Skills That Will Make You Happier [+How to build them]

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the most important life skills sound strange to work on. But high-performers work on them anyway. From building your curiosity and enthusiasm...

Ditch Perfect: A Guide to Embracing Wins and Boosting Your Happiness[Repeat]

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why top performers embrace imperfection and celebrate victories. We dig into the show archives to uncover the timeless topic of perfectionism. Hedon...

Thinking Fast and Slow: How to Make Better Decisions - [Cognitive Biases #6]

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The surprising psychology of rationality, bias, numbers and happiness can improve your decision-making. Daniel Kahneman's 'Thinking Fast and Slow' ex...

Unravelling the Step-By-Step Anatomy of Having Big Ideas

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do we learn from the legends of history and how they approached innovation and making things happen? An action-packed episode today to inspire cu...

The Surprising Truth About Independence & Being Yourself

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Standard Self-improvement advice is usually beige, unhelpful and often just wrong. We dive into the topic of "You are the 5 people you spend most tim...

4 Mindsets Proven To Radically Improve Your Life w/ Ryan Gottfredson

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Research has shown 4 mindset pairs as recurring themes for success in life and leadership: Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Closed vs. Open Mindset Prevent...

Cognitive Rigidity: How Einstein Overcame The 5 Biases That Keep Us Stuck (You Can Too) - [#5 Cog biases]

29 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to uncover our fixed mindsets and the biases that keep us stuck? We dive into the concept of cognitive rigidity and the five cognitive biases that...

Life's Infinite Games: Understanding Our Choices & Playing By Our Rules

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Practical Psychology for navigating life's challenges and cultivating joy. Sam Webster Harris explores the concept of life as a series of games, blend...

Curious Psychology: Overcoming Cognitive Load, What Is Expectation Violation & How Reactance Theory Explains War

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is the source of anger and how do we learn from everything in life? This episode explores how to investigate our assumptions and find a deeper un...

How To Train Your Mind (Tip: It is NOT a muscle)

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The secret to unparalleled success is not enduring endless misery. In fact, it's the opposite. We learn how to amplify our abilities in any domain by ...

Reality Distortions: How 7 Illusions of Perception Impact Everyone (Especially Napoleon) - [#4 Cog Biases]

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cognitive biases distort reality with good and bad results (like really bad). Today is a fun experiment where we combine Psychology and History. We le...

The Feynman Technique: Learn to Master Anything

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to break down complexity and build true understanding. Richard Feynman is a Nobel Prize-winning Physicist and is widely considered one of the grea...

How Attachment Styles Fundamentally Affect ALL Relationships (+ Understanding Your Attachment Style) w/ Jessica Baum

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Uncover the reasons behind your behaviour patterns and what to do about it. Attachment is a core part of human instinct that is formed incredibly earl...

Bad Strategy Is Why Projects Fail; How To Think Like A Professional Instead

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cure your blockers and make meaningful progress on everything you want to do. We don't have a problem with ideas. We have a problem with strategy. We ...

Desire and the Battle of Present vs. Future-self

09 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who are you VS. Who do you want to be? It could also be stated - What do you want to do now VS. What do you want to have done? In both cases, the real...

What is a Mindset Exactly? 🤨

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mindsets can be described as life-changing, miracle-cure thought processes with vague and fluffy brilliance. In reality, Mindsets have a lot of answer...

Confirmation Bias and the 7 Sins of Lazy Thinking - [Cognitive Biases pt. 3]

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

7 ways we are wired to be really dumb + How to become rational Today's episode covers 7 perception and decision-based cognitive biases that cloud our ...

Why Being Happy Isn’t Normal... But It Could Be [+ Do you have Life Dysmorphia?]

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The illusion that your life is deeply flawed is fueled by the desire for what you don't have. We can develop an unpleasant distaste for our situation,...

Hidden Potential: Beat Doubts, Naysayers and Self-Sabotage w/ Heather Moyse (2x Olympic Gold)

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to redefine our definition of 'realistic' and meet our potential head-on. Heather Moyse is 2x Olympic Gold winner and is in the Rugby Hall of Fame...

Be Crystal Clear: 3 Truths and 2 Tips to Communicate Clearly

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to improve your clarity of thinking and create effective communication. Our cognitive biases and ego can muddy the waters of our minds and block t...

Make Time your Friend

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Panic less, enjoy more - treat time well and it will treat you well. Humans have a difficult relationship with time. It is the medium that gives us al...

How to Break out of a Slump & Live More Adventurously w/ Alastair Humphreys [Nat Geo Adventurer Of The Year]

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

National Geographic Adventurer of the Year uncovers how to culture a mindset for adventure without breaking the bank. Alastair Humphreys is the author...

10 Incredible Mental Models of Jeff Bezos - Engineer creativity, decisiveness & clear communication (+ Get Rich…)

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Decision frameworks and strategies that drive innovation and growth. Jeff Bezos built Amazon which made him the world's richest man. He's had a lot of...

Human Nature Vs. Money: Battling Irrationality & Thinking Traps [#2 Cognitive Biases]

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Manipulation tactics that work - Irrational behaviours that don't - Prediction Fallacies we fall for. In this episode, we dive further into our series...

4 Unusual and Brilliant Questions To Make You Think w/ Jodi Wellman

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Insightful ways to examine your life and better define where it's going. We steal some of the best questions and ideas from different domains that you...

Zen and the Art of Motor Cortex Maintenance

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How your brain creates movement and why it's interesting. We learn about the movement control centre of the brain, how it is a leading indicator for b...

Work-Life Battle: Why "Balancing" Fails & What Works Instead

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The pillars of a happy life lead to increased satisfaction instead of having opposing priorities fight it out. By treating work and life as opposing f...

Mastering the Art of Relationship Building for Business and Personal Success w/ Matt Higgins

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Avoid the partnership traps everyone falls into and select and build strong relationships, that last. Matt Higgins is an incredibly successful serial ...

Ego Blindspots: 9 Cognitive Biases to Avoid [Biases #1]

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Build self-awareness and recognise the mind traps we easily fall into every day. We examine 9 different cognitive biases related to Ego and how we can...

Social Pressure Personality Disorder: A Hypothetical Deep Dive into our Conforming Minds

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is society sick? Are we sick? Let's treat our drive to conform as a disorder we can diagnose and fix. This episode is a hypothetical deep dive where w...

Understanding Porn Addiction: A HUGE Mental Health Crisis (no one talks about) w/ Eric Zusack

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

~11% of men are porn addicts (+3% of women). You know a LOT of porn addicts. Today's episode discusses: Why is porn addiction not discussed openly? ...

Quiet Leadership: 3 Under-The-Radar Strategies to Influence Outcomes

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The quiet path to loud success by overcoming our nature. We explore ego and our automatic tendencies and how we can over-ride our inbuilt patterns tha...

Studying Resilience and Hardiness w/ Dr Steven Stein

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What can we learn about stress management from consistent out-performers? Dr Steven Stein is the author of "Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to A...

Loud Thoughts: Depression, Anxiety, ADHD and the Default Mode Network

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Understand the circuitry of the self as we uncover the neurological pathways behind the Ego and explain what the Default Mode Network is. Topics cover...

Calculus of Effort: A 3-part Framework for Investing Energy Wisely

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Battle the flood of priorities with a tool to decide where to dedicate effort Our tasks in life have different requirements but it's not always obviou...

Assisted Breakthroughs: How Psilocybin can Rewire the Brain w/ Gabriel Charalambides

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The science behind Psilocybin-assisted mental health breakthroughs and what are the current benefits and limitations? We have the owner of Odyssey, a...

Temporary vs Permanent Values - Why our brain optimises all wrong

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Unpacking priorities: clearing life's illusions to find what's really worth your time? This episode dives into different mind traps and how to disting...

Mind-Traps: 5 Nasty Self-Defeating Beliefs

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to crush the 5 hidden barriers blocking your potential. We dive into subtle negative ideas in the mind that take hold and become accepted as norma...

You Only Die Once w/ Jodi Wellman

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Positive Psychology applied to the shortness of life. A masterclass episode on living wider and deeper with psychologist and author Jodi Wellman. We c...

Mind Traps: Identifying and Overcoming Addictive Behaviors

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Addiction as a mindset pathway -battle for mental freedom. We delve into the hidden snares of addiction that capture our thoughts and dictate our acti...

Clash of Plans: Is Your Plan B Sabotaging Plan A? w/ Matt Higgins

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How backup plans sabotage our success and learning to take calculated risks. What can we learn from the psychology of an incredible military tactic? ...

Break Free from Mental Constraints

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Explore beyond the edges of your thought patterns and default mind traps. Learn where the line between boring and daring is, without going so far into...

How to Be More Likeable w/ Dr Harry Cohen

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The psychology of positive energy and influencing the world with warmth and kindness. Dr Harry Cohen is a psychologist and author of "Be the Sun, Not ...

Most Self-Help Advice is Bad (at best...) - What's Useful?

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Avoid mental masturbation, curate an information diet that works, and learn tried and tested strategies to build resilience, positivity and a Growth m...

Mastering Emotional Intelligence w/ Steven Stein PhD

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cultivate emotional wisdom with the bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence for Dummies. Steven J. Stien has worked with the FBI, American Expres...

True Wisdom: Knowing vs Walking the path

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A fresh look at what it means to be wise - beyond age and experience. Sam challenges and expands upon traditional views of wisdom, to redefine wisdom ...

Why are Near Death Experiences the Best Thing Ever? w/ Talia Lazarus

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How massive trauma and facing life's fragile nature can lead to people to be truly alive. Near-death experiences can build a positive psychology and t...