The Truth About Potential: How the Inversion Principle Applies to Success
10/08/24 • 27 min
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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 success and greatness and how brilliant leaders forged a new path or "Put a dent in the Universe"...
What if we are thinking about it completely wrong?
In this episode, we explore different ways of thinking about success and the common connections between ideas and people who break out and defy the odds.
From Hitler to Haribo and Jesus to Radiohead we look into some timeless lessons from history to make better sense of the world around us and ourselves.
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Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
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Chapters:
00:00 Innovative leaders and the Quest for Self-Discovery
01:07 Exploring Success Across History
01:38 The Curious Case of Confucius (and the Buddha and Socrates
02:22 The Timeless Teachings of Ancient Philosophers
03:08 Teacher vs Curriculum - The Role of Timing in Success
05:26 The Concept of Lightning Rods and Storm clouds
07:44 The Power of Ideas and Creativity
12:10 The Story of Radiohead's 'Nude'
14:37 The Evolution of Radiohead's Sound
17:56 The Nature of Ideas and Their Timelessness
19:12 The Mythology of Historical Figures
19:57 Revealing vs. Creating
20:13 The Inversion Principle in Life and Business
20:48 Channeling Ideas, Energy & The Potential Within Us All
22:06 Connecting the Dots in Life
22:33 Wrap up - Connect this episode to a friend!
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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 success and greatness and how brilliant leaders forged a new path or "Put a dent in the Universe"...
What if we are thinking about it completely wrong?
In this episode, we explore different ways of thinking about success and the common connections between ideas and people who break out and defy the odds.
From Hitler to Haribo and Jesus to Radiohead we look into some timeless lessons from history to make better sense of the world around us and ourselves.
Upgrade to Premium:
🏖️ Ad-free listening
🤘 Support the show
🔓 Exclusive AMAs and bonus content
💬 Community Discord
Meet Sam
- Free Call - Schedule Link
Growth Mindset Psychology:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
- Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
- Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com
Chapters:
00:00 Innovative leaders and the Quest for Self-Discovery
01:07 Exploring Success Across History
01:38 The Curious Case of Confucius (and the Buddha and Socrates
02:22 The Timeless Teachings of Ancient Philosophers
03:08 Teacher vs Curriculum - The Role of Timing in Success
05:26 The Concept of Lightning Rods and Storm clouds
07:44 The Power of Ideas and Creativity
12:10 The Story of Radiohead's 'Nude'
14:37 The Evolution of Radiohead's Sound
17:56 The Nature of Ideas and Their Timelessness
19:12 The Mythology of Historical Figures
19:57 Revealing vs. Creating
20:13 The Inversion Principle in Life and Business
20:48 Channeling Ideas, Energy & The Potential Within Us All
22:06 Connecting the Dots in Life
22:33 Wrap up - Connect this episode to a friend!
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AMA #2: Procrastination Blockers - Understanding Enthusiasm - Auditory Processing Myths - Writing & Research Strategies - Scary People
Navigate different challenges by building understanding, mental models and good strategy.
In this episode of the Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast, host Sam Webster Harris dives into a range of listener questions:
- How do Auditory processing difficulties affect willingness to learn
- Does a lack of Enthusiasm indicate a negativity bias
- How do you stay organised and on time with big projects and avoid panicking and procrastination
- Why do I get scared of people who come across differently from my expectations?
- How does Sam research and write his episodes and remain unbiased?
We cover a lot of interesting studies, mental models and tips and trips to navigating these seemingly specific problems that have a lot of wider lessons for us all.
The episode has some common themes of how our environment affects us, how to stay motivated and on track and what are the detailed strategies people use to get results.
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Meet Sam
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Growth Mindset Psychology:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
- Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
- Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to the Podcast
01:03 #Q1 - Auditory Processing Disorder and willingness to learn
04:12 Personal Experiences with Learning Challenges
06:04 Overcoming Language Barriers
07:56 Impact of Environment on Learning
11:19 Recognizing Symptoms and Misdiagnoses
15:38 #Q2 - Addressing Enthusiasm and Negativity Bias
18:28 Understanding Enthusiasm vs. Negativity
21:12 Strategies for Building Enthusiasm
22:44 #Q3 Accountability and Procrastination Solutions
25:04 How Sam Launched the Podcast and Built Consistency
28:05 Tips for being a writer
29:26 Recommended Resources
30:00 Sendoff
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How to Build Worldly Wisdom - The Greatest Mental Models of Charlie Munger
Practical Psycholgoy lessons from Warren Buffet's business partner. Ideas used to create rational thinking and build a Trillion-Dollar empire.
Today we dissect the best lessons from "Poor Charlies Almanac" A blueprint for rational thinking and sensible investing.
Charlie Munger loved Psychology and wanted there to be a course on Practical Psychology to be taught at all universities. He believed it would make the world a better place.
His book combines his favourite tools from psychology as well as other lessons and mental models he found to build worldly wisdom and the best investing record in history.
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Meet Sam
- Free Call - Schedule Link
Growth Mindset Psychology:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
- Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
- Website - GrowthMindsetPodcast.com
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Mastering Wisdom
00:23 Charlie Munger's Influence
01:13 The Growth Mindset Psychology Podcast
02:07 Exploring Poor Charlie's Almanac
03:54 #1 - Interdisciplinary Thinking
06:40 Understanding Circle of Competence
07:50 Opportunity Costs in Decision Making
08:45 The Inversion Principle
11:39 #2 - Cognitive Biases
12:47 Confirmation Bias and Clear Thinking
14:34 Authority Bias and Independent Thought
16:26 Social Proof and Individuality
17:51 Arguing Against Your Own Beliefs
18:49 # Weaknesses
19:20 Lack of Emotion and suspension of belief
20:41 Binary thinking and Fixed Mindset
21:30 Arrogance and assumption that others are stupid
25:46 #3 - Rational Decision Making
26:59 First Principles Thinking
28:47 Probabilistic Thinking and Risks
30:22 The Margin of Safety
31:37 Chauffeur Knowledge vs. True Understanding
33:51 Applying Mental Models in Real Life
34:39 Sharing Wisdom and Building Community
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