Growth Mindset Psychology: The Science of Self-Improvement25 Jul 2023

The Psychology of Mistakes: How to Fix Lazy Thinking

The biggest thing screwing us over is ourselves. Examining the psychology of mistakes we find 7 common paths of lazy thinking where the brain takes shortcuts and causes more problems than it solves. Human behavior is a fascinating riddle and host Sam Webster Harris discusses what causes our psychological paths of least resistance. Learn how we can build more awareness in our decisions and increase the wisdom of our choices and actions. To achieve greater personal success we have to stop blaming others and seek out our own flaws with fascination and honesty. - - - On the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we explore the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, and purpose. Why they can be hard to find and how to build them through a process of self-reflection combined with an honest assessment of what is holding us back and what is driving us forward. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create. - - - Connect with Sam 🧘‍♀️ Newsletter: https://explosivethinking.substack.com/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/samjamharris 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samjam.zen/ - - - Stay up to date: 🤓🤓🤓 💡 Podsite: https://www.growthmindsetpodcast.com/ GOAT Books to read (that changed my life) 📚📚🐐 🏃‍♀️ Atomic Habits: https://amzn.to/3O1F5MC 🧠 Mindset, psychology of success: https://amzn.to/42nYDzj 💰 Psychology of Money: https://amzn.to/3nNnXzs Hot Gear (that makes life bearable) ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 🎙️ Shure MV7 Mic: https://amzn.to/42ufZdJ 🐭 Ergonomic Editing Mouse: https://amzn.to/42sdRTO 🦍 Joby GorillaPod: https://amzn.to/42nvx32 🦅 DJI Mini 3 drone: https://amzn.to/3pnBQEV Affiliate links - Perhaps my mum stops pressuring me to get a job... 🤷‍♀️ - - - Show: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvement Episode: The Psychology of Mistakes: How to Fix Lazy Thinking - Diagnosing the 7 psychological paths of least resistance Chapters 00:00 Benefits of thinking hard thoughts 00:54 Why we optimize for the wrong things 02:51 7 biggest Psychological flaws 02:56 1st - Elimination of doubt 05:54 2nd - Single cause explanation to complex events 08:15 3rd - Justifying our own actions whilst judging the actions of others 11:09 Morgan Housel - we are blind to the vast majority of what people are thinking 13:30 4th - Believe others see what we see 17:16 ADVERT - LinkedIn Jobs 18:29 5th - The desire to prioritize stories over statistics 21:14 6th - Outsourcing our hard decisions 24:37 7th - Naive Overconfidence 26:55 Annie Duke - Thinking of bets 28:56 Accepting reality and probabilities 30:09 Outro Topics Psychology of mistakes Why do we make errors Psychological fallacies Lazy thinking Psychological paths of least resistance Stoicism Societal norms Ownership of mistakes Prioritizing commitments Growth mindset Psychology of Success Business strategy Life strategy Human potential Embracing failure Mental toughness Vipassana meditation Self-improvement Personal development Success Strategies Motivation and inspiration Goal setting and achievement Overcoming challenges Positive affirmations Visualization techniques Continuous learning Self-awareness and self-discovery Positive mindset Emotional intelligence Perseverance and determination Transformative life journeys Achieving greatness Harnessing inner strength Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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