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The Surprising Truth About Independence & Being Yourself

The Surprising Truth About Independence & Being Yourself

Update: 2024-07-051
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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 time with" and learn where it is wrong and dangerous to follow. Instead, we learn a toolkit to be ourselves wherever we are and build relationships that nourish us.


Lessons:


  • Where common advice falls short

  • Signs of toxic relationships blocking you from your potential

  • Signs of healthy relationships

  • Using the Growth Mindset to control your influences and outcomes

  • Seeking variety from your inputs

  • The dangers of conforming and group-think


This episode holds a core mental-model for building a Growth Mindset and how to seek inspiration around you. Avoid getting caught in group-think or relationships that create Fixed Mindset thinking and be more yourself.


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  • Social Pressure Personality Disorder - 05th May 2024


  • Be More Yourself in 2024 - 05th Jan 2024


  • 16 Paradoxes of Life - 16th Jan 2024


Meet Sam


Growth Mindset pod:

Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.


Questions to reflect on

  • What are my strengths? When do I feel like I am being myself?


  • I am putting my energy directly into the thing I want to do or is it postponed for some reason?


  • Is there a faster way to reach the lifestyle I want?


  • Who are my idols? Why do I look up to them? Could I have better idols?


  • Who are 5 cool but very different friends to me, what would they tell me to do?



Chapters:

00:00 - What is a Growth Mindset?

00:20 - You are not the 5 people you spend time with

01:23 - How Skiing proves others don't affect you

04:08 - Don't be blocked from being yourself

04:40 - Best Friends Don't Need To Be Aspirational Figures

06:30 - Opposite can work

08:50 - Choose your inspiration

09:36 - Small encounters can have butterfly effects

10:53 - Prioritise healthy relationships

11:30 - Avoid being lost in generic groups/cliques

12:08 - Sahil Lavingia and GumRoad

13:53 - Build Variety in your relationships

14:53 - Questions to journal on (see above)

16:05 - Life tips

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The Surprising Truth About Independence & Being Yourself

The Surprising Truth About Independence & Being Yourself

Growth Mindset Psychology