Sam Harris
Host of Growth Mindset Podcast
About
Sam Harris is an entrepreneur, explorer, writer and philosopher. He puts his time into being a keen environmentalist, terrible vegetarian and a raving feminist.
He also enjoys coding, music, reading, scaring himself and exploring the boundary between life and death more regularly than he should.
Host Skills
Annoyingly positive and endlessly curious, Sam is well suited to podcasting and has always had a knack for finding interesting people and asking them rather personal questions and digging himself into holes. Basically it was podcasting or nursery school.
Background
Sam has been to over 50 countries and lived in 6 of them. Some highlights include hitchiking across Kazhakstan, visiting North Korea and living in the woods of Tasmania.
He has run several business and managed to even sell some of them, no one knows how, least of all him.
Note
Thoughts expressed by Sam are purely his own at the time of saying them and liable to change on a regular basis. Sam is not to be taken seriously on anything.
Sam Harris has hosted 147 Episodes.
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115: Adversity to advantage - Randy Ginsburg, Author
May 28th, 2020 | Season 6 | 40 mins 28 secs
adversity to advantage, entrepreneurship, frameworks, resiliency
Randy Ginsburg joins the podcast to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and what inspired him to write his book - Adversity to Advantage: How to Overcome Bullying & Finding Entrepreneurial Success.
In his book, Randy strives to inspire people who were bullied with words of wisdom from a diverse group of highly successful entrepreneurs. Just like Randy, these individuals have overcome the "bullies" from their past and used their negative experiences as stepping stones for personal and entrepreneurial growth.
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114: Creating Magical Moments - Kate Boyle, CEO - Banjo Robinson
May 25th, 2020 | Season 6 | 39 mins 7 secs
banjo robinson, education, magical penpal cat, paper post, traveling
From Hollywood screenwriter to creating special moments through personalised letters, stickers and surprises in the digital age, learn how Kate Boyle - CEO of Banjo Robinson came up with her penpal idea and how she encourages children to pick up a pencil and start writing (or drawing) a reply.
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113: Fixing your Mental Health - Ross Jackson-Hicks - Co Founder Man Down Cornwall
May 21st, 2020 | Season 6 | 40 mins 44 secs
man down cornwall, mental health week, raise awareness, support group
It’s no secret that more and more people are starting to open up about their poor mental health and with Man Down Cornwall, a support group co-founded by Ross Jackson-Hicks, men's mental health is being supported more than ever.
Find out on the episode how Ross manages to deal with his mental health problems and what prompts him to step up by helping himself and others through Man Down Cornwell.
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112: Life Lessons from a Legend - Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
May 18th, 2020 | Season 6 | 39 mins 5 secs
entrepreneurship, remote work, tech industry, women at work
DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY CH is a workplace revolutionary and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent philanthropist. In 1962, she founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working, upending the expectations of the time. It was ultimately valued at $3 billion and made 70 of her staff millionaires.
Since ‘retiring’, her focus has been on philanthropy, especially autism and IT.
Her TED Talk has had over 2 million views, and her memoir ‘Let It Go’ is being made into a film produced by BAFTA-winning Damian Jones.
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111: Hacking Sleeping - Richard Hall - CTO, Kokoon
May 11th, 2020 | Season 6 | 35 mins 59 secs
kokoon, nosie cancelling headphones music, relax and sleep
A lot of people find it difficult to sleep in noisy environments. In this case, Richard Hall, co-founder and CTO of Kokoon, shares in the podcast their remedy to getting a good night’s sleep.
Listen in as Richard shares his journey with Kokoon and their mission to help humans live healthier and happier lives.
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110: Women in Business Movement - Genecia Alluora, CEO - Soul Rich Woman, Miss Singapore 2010
May 4th, 2020 | Season 6 | 36 mins 18 secs
female business leader, feminism, soul rich woman
Genecia speaks powerfully about moving beyond your limiting beliefs, how to overcome massive failures and what it truly means to be a Soul Rich Woman.
Her epic journey from being in a six-figure debt to making her first million, fueled her passion to empower women to do the same. Genecia wants women around the world to know that it is possible to have it all - to OWN the F-word!
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109: Being a Person of Action - Dane Knighton, Copywriting Master
April 27th, 2020 | Season 6 | 38 mins 6 secs
adversity, art of selling, copywriting, growth mindset
Dane Knighton, copywriter, consultant and author, joins the podcast to share how he overcame adversity throughout his life and how having an open mind helped him understand his journey,
Dane also talks about copywriting and what made him decide to write his books. Tune in to the episode to know more about Dane Knighton.
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108: Challenge Yourself to Change the World - Leah Chowdhry, 1st British Asian woman to swim the channel, CEO Pop Up Party and Play
April 20th, 2020 | Season 6 | 53 mins 44 secs
english channel swimmer, entrepreneur, mobile childcare
Leah Chowdhry, the first British Asian women to swim the English Channel, joins the podcast as she shares her journey towards completing such an amazing feat.
Leah also opens up on what inspired and continues to inspire her to help children, particularly vulnerable children. Her drive towards child development allowed her to start Pop Up, Party and Play, an accessible mobile childcare service.
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107: From Psychotherapy to Sex therapy - Rachel Jane-Cooke, Entrepreneur and Therapist
April 13th, 2020 | Season 6 | 57 mins 27 secs
emotional intelligence, mindset coach, psychotherapist, sex therapist
Are you struggling with self-doubt, anxiety, guilt, burnout, or low self-esteem? Our guest, Rachel Jane-Cooke helps people to raise their self-worth, self-esteem and sense of purpose, become more self-accepting and compassionate. To figure out how to live better – whatever that means to you – then support you to make it happen.
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106: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World - Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips, journalist and author
April 6th, 2020 | Season 6 | 49 mins 28 secs
digital age, teaching empathy, the future of feeling
Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips joins the Growth Mindset Podcast as we discuss her new book - The Future Of Feelings: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World. An insightful exploration of what social media, AI, robot technology, and the digital world are doing to our relationships with each other and with ourselves.
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105: Teaching Kids a Growth Mindset - Maria Wilkes - Teacher and Influencer
March 30th, 2020 | Season 6 | 47 mins 33 secs
educator, feminism, growth mindset, miss universe
Maria Wilkes, a teacher and a finalist at the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, joins the podcast to share her mission to support parents of teens everywhere and help them develop a growth mindset and raise happy adults.
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104: Starting from Zero - Dane Maxwell, Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Musician, Coach
March 26th, 2020 | Season 6 | 46 mins 18 secs
entrepreneur, self identity, self improvement
Dane Maxwell joins the podcast as he gives out his tips on understanding your business to make it profitable and successful.
Dane is one of those entrepreneurs and visionary leader that knows how to start and scale businesses with zero money, zero ideas, zero experience, and zero confidence
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103: The Best Investments Start with Yourself - Stuart Chapman, Co-Founder Draper Esprit VC
March 23rd, 2020 | Season 6 | 44 mins 38 secs
tech investment, venture capital
Stuart Chapman, the co-founder of Draper Esprit, joins the podcast to give light on investing in yourself. Investing in yourself is one of the most important investments you can make.
Investing in yourself is the key to building sustainable wealth because you are your most important source of wealth.
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102: Things Don't Need to be Perfect - OddBox co-founders, Deepak Ravindran and Emilie Vanpoperinghe
March 19th, 2020 | Season 6 | 39 mins 25 secs
climate change, different, fruit and veg, sustainability
When it comes to produce, it really is what's on the inside that counts.
OddBox co-founders Deepak Ravindran and Emilie Vanpoperinghe join the podcast to talk about their subscription box service providing 'wonky' fruits and vegetables in the UK, aimed at reducing the global food waste problem.
Tune in to hear what inspired their quest to rescue weirdly shaped produce and learn more at oddbox.co.uk.
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101: Being the Change You Want in the World - Tom Stancliffe, CEO - TRIBE
March 16th, 2020 | Season 6 | 37 mins 18 secs
entrepreneurs, natural performance nutrition, run for love, vegan supplement
From organizing a running event to creating a vegan performance nutrition company called Tribe, Tom Stancliffe shares how creating an ethical product to support a greener environment with his buddies helped in inspiring people to reach their infinite potential.
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100: Mindset Lessons after 100 episodes of Growth
March 9th, 2020 | Season 5 | 21 mins 56 secs
100 episode, lessons, mindsets, standup comedy, tedx
Celebrating Growth Mindset's 100th episode, Sam looks back on 3 years worth of lessons and how his journey led him to where he is.