The Better Mindset Show - Improve Your Mind to Improve Your Life

Humor is a good thing. Scratch that, humor is a great thing! It helps us make life easier, and adds more fun to our days. Without humor, life would not be quite so interesting or fun. Without it, life can even be downright dull and boring.  However, there is a certain type of humor that has the potential to do you more harm than good and that's what we will explore in today's talk. In toda...

Get a sneak peak into the upcoming talk where you will learn about self-deprecating humor, the effects it can have on your life (both internal and external) as well as your options and alternatives. Tune in on Monday for the full edition. \ References and Resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Level up your mindset & spread good vibes! Support the BMS now ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out my b...

The Growth Philosophy Podcast has just reached episode # 100! And I have a big announcement about the future of this podcast.  Tune in to learn more. Correction: I mentioned "100 thousand" in the talk, but the actual goal is much larger, a million. Help me make that happen this year! The details of how you can help are in the talk. References and Resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leve...

You've heard about the saying hindsight twenty twenty, right? Well, in the unlikely case that you haven't, it basically refers to this feeling we get after something has happened about how we could have done things better. It's a feeling of regret that you sometimes get for not doing things differently. Generally hindsight is considered useless, but that's not quite correct. Contra...

Being negative is terrible for you, and your life becomes better when you are more positive than negative. I have a feeling that you know this already, but just knowing often isn't enough... and that's why in today's talk we will look at why you need to wage a war against your negative thoughts, how it is a war of attrition, different strategies for tackling negative thinking and also...

In today's talk you'll learn about how negative people can be a threat to your wellbeing, but more so about the even bigger danger that is your own negative thinking. Find out how negative thinking affects your brain, your mind, your relationships, your career, your health and the overall quality of your life in this talk. Listen to learn more. Have questions, suggestions or comments? Email them t...

One of the biggest challenges about maintaining a good state of mind is the confusion surrounding positivity and balancing that with being realistic. Far too often, the word "realistic" is used as a synonym for negativity, and far too many people think that you can be either positive or negative and there is no middle ground. But that's actually not the case. There is actually a middle ground, one...

Now that we are at the inception of this brand new year, one thing many of you are thinking about are resolutions. To what end? To create a better year, of course. But what if I told you that that's not the best way to go about it?  What if I went one step further and showed you a way to start your year off in a better, and more effective way - one that doesn't stick to the age-old routine of...

Learn about the 5 things you can do today to make a fresh start in the new year, how you can reduce the chaos and confusion in both your internal and external environments, as well as the 3-word mantra for the day. Listen to the podcast to learn more. Have questions, suggestions or comments? Email them to "growthphilosophypodcast at gmail.com", or DM them on twitter . Additional resources : All pa...

When your mind is closed off to perspectives different from your current one, things become very binary and black and white. However, there's a problem with that style of thinking, and it's that the world is not usually black and white. Either/or thinking styles might work for softwares and robots, but humans are not designed to function that way.  There are nuances and feelings and many diff...

You only know what you know, and what you do not know you can do nothing about. That's as true in life as it is when it comes to what goes on inside of you. Most of the challenges we experience in life originate from what or how we think. And that makes lack of self awareness not just unwise, but dangerous, because you can do nothing to deal with a problem that you don't even know is there. Lack o...

Last time I talked about how narrow mindedness can be harmful, both personally and collectively as well as both directly and indirectly. To reinforce the point and look into this further, in this talk we'll explore the other end of the spectrum and examine why being open minded is good for us, as well as how we can nurture more open mindedness. Listen to the podcast to learn more.  Have quest...

Since you are reading this, I can tell that you are pretty open minded. Good for you. Sadly though, that's not the case for everyone. Narrow minded people, unfortunately, are far too common. I'd actually go as far as to say that the the lion's share of the population are narrow minded. Narrow minded people are everywhere. You might even personally know some. Narrow mindedness being so common and p...

Last time I talked about how shifting your focus from lack to blessing can have a big positive impact on your life. Focusing on what you do not have can be a bottomless pit of negativity that is not just harmful but is also unnecessary. Harmful because it can trap you in an endless loop of negativity, among other things. And unnecessary because we actually have a lot to be thankful for, and focusi...

The tendency of taking things for granted is a very common one. You might be taking for granted many of the good things in life, and even underestimating just how good your life is right now. It's a common human tendency to not notice the things we have, and worse, to focus on what we don't have.  However, that's a dangerous tendency which can lead to all sorts of problems including anxiety,...

Last time I talked about the habit of people-pleasing that most people struggle with, as well as the negative impacts it has on our lives. I doubt I really need to tell you that people-pleasing, ultimately, is not good for you - I have a feeling that at least some of you realise this already. That said, even if this fact does not seem obvious to you, if you dig deep you will realise the truth abou...

People pleasing is like a plague that infects your mind and negatively impacts every part of your life. Learn how to deal with it in this talk. Here's a glimpse of what you will learn about: the harmful tendency of people pleasing, the difference between people pleasing and kindness, two hard truths that can potentially transform your life, the antidote to people pleasing, and about a few other in...

Risk is generally considered a scary and worrying concept. The idea of taking risks fills most people with dread. The word alone has a massive amount of fear attached to it, and usually invokes intense feelings and emotions of pain and loss. However, one of the biggest ironies in life is that you cannot have a good life without taking risks. No risk, no reward, as the famous saying goes.  Tha...

Last week I talked about overthinking and what a pest it can be. Overthinking can create hell on earth by creating doom and gloom situations which might seem unescapable. The reality though is very different, and there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel that can be overthinking. Learn about five ways you can escape the overthinking trap in today's talk. Stay tuned to learn more. Have que...

Pretty much every mental health issue you can think of, or even health issues that stem from things like stress and depression, have their root in thinking. Since those challenges are caused by our thinking, it can be easy to jump to the conclusion that thinking is the root of the problem, and that it is generally not good for you. However, that could not be further from the truth... In this talk,...

Thinking actively has enabled us to achieve incredible things as a species. We are at the top of the food chain despite not being the strongest or fastest in the animal kingdom, and that's pretty much thanks to our ability to think actively. We have gone to the depths of the Earth and even to the moon and other planets thanks to our ability to actively think and figure things out. In that sense, a...

In today's talk you'll learn about why asking for help needs to be balanced with giving, why giving is good for you both personally and professionally, as well as how it can even have a massive impact on our lives. Keep listening to learn more. Have questions, suggestions or comments? Email them to "growthphilosophypodcast at gmail.com", or DM them on twitter . Additional resources : All past epis...

Discover why accepting emotions and feelings is better than denying or avoiding them, why believing that feelings make you weak can harm you, as well as what the better and smarter alternative is. Listen to the podcast to learn more.  Have questions, suggestions or comments? Email them to "growthphilosophypodcast at gmail.com", or DM them on twitter . Additional resources : All past episodes...

Last week's talk went over the challenges of meekness and weakness, and touched on a common misconception about strength... the myth surrounding asking for help and how that makes you weak. That's what we will examine and explore in today's talk.  You'll learn about:  the advantages and disadvantages of asking for help,  why we often stop ourselves from asking for help,  and al...

In today's talk, learn about meekness and living a weak life, how that can lead to living an unfulfilled life (a life full of regrets, and even a life of ZERO meaning), and what the better alternative is. Listen to the podcast to learn more. What you'll learn about :  The opposite of taking charge, and the problems with that state of mind The disadvantages of the meek way of life  Import...