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.\nHuman 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.\n- - -\nOn 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.\n\n- - -\nConnect with Sam\n\U0001f9d8\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Newsletter: https://explosivethinking.substack.com/\n\U0001f426 Twitter: https://twitter.com/samjamharris\n\U0001f4f8 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samjam.zen/\n- - -\nStay up to date: \U0001f913\U0001f913\U0001f913\n\U0001f4a1 Podsite: https://www.growthmindsetpodcast.com/\nGOAT Books to read (that changed my life) \U0001f4da\U0001f4da\U0001f410\n\U0001f3c3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Atomic Habits: https://amzn.to/3O1F5MC\n\U0001f9e0 Mindset, psychology of success: https://amzn.to/42nYDzj\n\U0001f4b0 Psychology of Money: https://amzn.to/3nNnXzs\nHot Gear (that makes life bearable) \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\U0001f525\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\U0001f525\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\U0001f525\n\U0001f399\ufe0f Shure MV7 Mic: https://amzn.to/42ufZdJ\n\U0001f42d Ergonomic Editing Mouse: https://amzn.to/42sdRTO\n\U0001f98d Joby GorillaPod: https://amzn.to/42nvx32\n\U0001f985 DJI Mini 3 drone: https://amzn.to/3pnBQEV\nAffiliate links - Perhaps my mum stops pressuring me to get a job... \U0001f937\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\n- - -\nShow: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvement\nEpisode: The Psychology of Mistakes: How to Fix Lazy Thinking - Diagnosing the 7 psychological paths of least resistance\nChapters\n00:00 Benefits of thinking hard thoughts\n00:54 Why we optimize for the wrong things\n02:51 7 biggest Psychological flaws\n02:56 1st - Elimination of doubt\n05:54 2nd - Single\xa0cause explanation to complex events\xa0\n08:15 3rd - Justifying our own actions whilst judging the actions of others\n11:09 Morgan Housel - we are blind to the vast majority of what people are thinking\n13:30 4th - Believe others see what we see\n17:16 ADVERT - LinkedIn Jobs\n18:29 5th - The desire to prioritize stories over statistics\n21:14 6th - Outsourcing our hard decisions\n24:37 7th - Naive Overconfidence\n26:55 Annie Duke - Thinking of bets\xa0\n28:56 Accepting reality and probabilities\n30:09 Outro\n\nTopics\nPsychology of mistakes\nWhy do we make errors\nPsychological fallacies\nLazy thinking\nPsychological paths of least resistance\nStoicism\nSocietal norms\nOwnership of mistakes\nPrioritizing commitments\nGrowth mindset\nPsychology of Success\nBusiness strategy\nLife strategy\nHuman potential\nEmbracing failure\nMental toughness\nVipassana meditation\nSelf-improvement\nPersonal development\nSuccess Strategies\nMotivation and inspiration\nGoal setting and achievement\nOvercoming challenges\nPositive affirmations\nVisualization techniques\nContinuous learning\nSelf-awareness and self-discovery\nPositive mindset\nEmotional intelligence\nPerseverance and determination\nTransformative life journeys\nAchieving greatness\nHarnessing inner strength\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices