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Nov 2024
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How To Gracefully Deal With Life Problem...

Growth Mindset Psychology
About this episode

A 3 part decision framework to understand and solve any frustration.


Ultimately all problems are a perception of the mind. Sometimes there is a way around or through the problem that we can't see.


This episode Sam Webster explores a framework to help us diagnose the problem we are experiencing so we can correctly deal with it.

  1. Problems we want to have - Small problems that are connected to a bigger goal we want (see the last episode)
  2. Problems we can't change - Realities of life we need to accept
  3. Problems we don't want to have - Actual problems we need to creatively and logically solve


This episode covers the whole framework with details on steps 2 and 3. To listen to the full set of ideas for part one see the last episode on real advice to build gratitude that doesn't suck.



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Chapters:

00:00 Problems are illusions of the mind

01:22 3 types of problems you might complain about

02:02 #1 The problem you want to have

02:39 #2 Problems you have to accept

03:56 Our issue with dreaming of what isn't

08:05 #3 - the problems you dont want to have

08:51 The right mindset towards what can and can't be changed

09:58 Priorities to get right in life

11:16 Our plague of too many desires

14:29 Determining if a problem is worth dealing with

15:56 Growing up and wisdom

17:00 Using complaints as tools to reflect, learn about, and improve yourself

18:57 Wise words to leave you with

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