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Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement

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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 abo...

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,...

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 Thi...

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 endl...

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...

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 fightin...

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 ...

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 realisti...

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 ...

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 p...

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. ...

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 ...

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 undec...

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 epis...

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 a...

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 inst...

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...

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 ar...

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

11 Oct 2024

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Practical Psycholgoy lessons from Warren Buffet's business partner. Ideas used to create rational th...

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 find...

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 e...

7 Time Management Tips for Busy Mortals

01 Oct 2024

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The anti-hustle guide to finding a balance that maximises happiness through intention and wisdom. O...

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...

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...

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 extern...

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 Mo...

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. ...

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 ...

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 t...

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 i...

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 Psy...

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 ...

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 usi...

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...

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 P...

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. ...

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 feeli...

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 ...

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 hea...

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 challeng...

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...

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 mea...

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 an...

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 u...

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-maki...

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 ha...

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...

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...

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 cog...

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 explor...

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 t...

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 le...

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 experim...

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 ...

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 par...

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 proble...

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...

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 bri...

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 a...

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...

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 Ol...

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...

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 relatio...

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 b...

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 m...

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...

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 q...

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...

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 fig...

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...

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 differ...

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...

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 discuss...

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...

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 aut...

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 expl...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 th...

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 deep...

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 addict...

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...

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 betwe...

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...

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 strateg...

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...

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 upo...

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...

Do the THING

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to take action and get things done. A simple strategy to find clarity on what is important: Bei...

Attract and Choose the Right Partner

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Find a compatible partner for long-term happiness. Choosing the right partner is important. We cove...

Improve Your Self-Worth | Author Jonathon Aslay

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The essentials of improving self-worth for better relationships and the practices for self-love that...

How to Stop Catastrophizing

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how to battle intrusive thoughts and create more peace in your mind and in your relationships....

Master Superior Conversation w/ Topaz Azides

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Conversation drives the mechanics of love and connection. We talk with Topaz Adizes, the brilliant m...

Life Lesson: Unlearning Behaviours

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What makes you... you? How much of that can you decide? These are the big questions we tackle in th...

Creating Healthy Boundaries

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We clear the complex waters of setting healthy boundaries in relationships, a masterclass designed t...

Attachment Styles: Understanding Our Emotional Blueprint

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We explore the profound impact of attachment theory on relationship dynamics, focusing on overcoming...

15 Keys to Deeper Connections

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on a journey through the labyrinth of love and the 15 keys to crafting harmony in romance an...

The Loneliness Paradox: Why Independence is Key to Connection

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Explore the dynamic interplay between solitude and connection in our latest episode on the Lonelines...

The Science of Love, Desire and Attachment

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Explore the heart's invisible forces by understanding the biology behind love in our latest episode,...