292. The power of humility

The Psychology of your 20s

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Mental Health, Self-improvement, Fitness, Education, Relationships, Science, Social Sciences, How To, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes we just need to humble ourselves. We need to tell our ego to take a back seat and let ourselves fail, let ourselves be beginners, be bested, admit we were wrong and in today's episode I'm going to explain the exact psychological power of humility, including:

The 3 different definitions of ego
Why your ego is sabotaging you and keeping you stagnant
5 subtle signs your ego is taking over
Why humility makes us happier, more successful, and better connected
How to refocus from self-centeredness to contribution and connection + so much more

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0:00.0	I'm Soledad O'Brien, and on my new true crime podcast, Murder on the Tooth Path,
0:05.3	I'm taking it back to 1964 to the cold case of artist Mary Pinch O'Meyer.
0:11.5	She had been shot twice in the head and in the back.
0:14.8	It turns out Mary was connected to a very powerful man.
0:20.0	I pledge you that we shall neither commit nor promote aggression.
0:24.6	John F. Keddy. Listen to Murder on the Toothpath with Soledad O'Brien on the Iheart
0:30.1	Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:44.3	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. New listeners, old listeners, wherever you are in the world. It is so great to have you here back for another
0:49.9	episode as we of course break down the psychology of our 20s. Before we begin, I want to just
0:57.8	thank all of you who have ordered or pre-ordered my book. This last week has been off the charts.
1:07.2	The support has been so overwhelming if you don don't already know, my first book,
1:12.5	Person in Progress, A Roadmap to the Psychology of Your 20s came out this week.
1:18.5	And I am just, well, obviously, I'm speechless.
1:23.2	I'm so grateful for this community and I'm so grateful for you guys and for the support you've shown me.
1:30.0	Some of you have even finished the book already, which is insane because it came out three days ago.
1:36.2	And it just means so much to me.
1:39.7	I had so much imposter syndrome going into this.
1:42.9	I was catastrophizing every moment of every day, the negative reviews I was going to get,
1:50.3	you know, how many people would say, she's a terrible writer, she shouldn't have done this.
1:55.4	I don't know.
1:56.2	I just, I was my own worst enemy for a little bit there, and yet I have been met with just a wall
2:02.3	of positivity and love from you all. And gosh, it's made me feel really good about the world.
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