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Aug 2024
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How To Slow Down Time: Hidden psychology...

Growth Mindset Psychology
About this episode

Expand your perception of experience and build more flow and joy into your daily life.


Many people hate time, it is a constant enemy we fight against. Yet it is simply a continuous element of the Universe that we can't change.

However, like illusions that can make a straight line seem bent in our minds, we can use our own mind to bend time for ourselves.


This episode expands on several psychological phenomena to help you build a better relationship with time:

  • Live a life that feels longer, richer and deeper
  • Reframe feelings of anxiety
  • Build your ability to focus, be productive, and do your best work


It's an absolute favourite topic of Sam's and an episode he is sure you'll love.



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Recommended Episodes

  • Desire and the Battle of Present vs. Future Self: Who are you vs. Who do you want to be - 9th June 2024
  • Nir Eyal: 10 Painful Truths about Productivity: Time management is pain management - 2nd May 2023
  • Make Time Your Friend: Panic less and enjoy more - 26th May 2024
  • 7 Time Management tool for Busy Mortals: Life advice for realists - 16th May 2023



Recommended Books

  • Slow Productivity - Cal Newport
  • Deep Work - Cal Newport
  • Indistractable - Nir Eyal



Meet Sam



Growth Mindset Psychology:

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


Chapters:

00:00 Bending time in physics vs. our mind

00:48 Intro to the episode

02:48 Tiktok as an example of bending time

03:52 Stimulated to do new things

04:58 Making new memories

05:36 Do new stuff

07:15 Memory is like a notepad

09:35 Ride that edge like a surfer rides a wave

12:37 Reframing feelings

13:23 Public speaking example of reframing fear

14:16 Vippassana example of reframing feelings

15:08 Fasting to reframe your relationship with food and hunger

16:37 Savor those slow moments

17:40 Nir Eyal quote

18:13 Bob Dylan quote

18:20 Outro

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