Growth Mindset: Psychology of self-improvement
Education:Self-Improvement
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 spot them.
Learn:
From panicking over getting some ketchup on our trousers to explosive road rage, cognitive biases can give us an answer.
Learning how to recognise our own biases can lead to a much calmer, kinder and more successful life.
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📕 Recommended Books
These books are full of brilliant insights and mental models to help you become a more rational thinker.
🏎️ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
🧘♀️ The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
🧠 Super Thinking by Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCain
🪐 The Skeptics Guide to the Universe by Dr. Steven Novella
Growth Mindset pod
Sam 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.
Chapters
00:00 Spotlight Effect
02:25 Dunning Kruger Effect
04:41 Status Quo Bias
06:29 Curse of Knowledge
08:21 Cognitive Dissonance
10:34 The Halo Effect
14:07 Fundamental Attribution Error
16:13 Actor-Observer Bias
17:33 Self-Serving Bias
19:54 Hostile Attribution Bias
23:42 Note 1 - Don't blame other peoples behaviours
24:22 Note 2 - Don't get lost in our own world
27:21 Note 3 - These Biases exist for a reason
28:33 Note 4 - Don't get easily offended
29:14 Send Off
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