E11 - Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman: The Psychology of Self Actualization
Know Thyself
André Duqum
4.8 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Psychologist, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, reveals the path of authentic self actualization in life. He shares his story of discovering his genius, after going through most of school labeled as "special ed" - reminding us that our gifts don't always fit in the traditional boxes we are told they should. He dives deep today on growth mindset, healthy self esteem, and defining purpose in life. To help us understand on a psychology level, the true journey of Knowing Thyself.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
2:03 From Special Ed to Psychologist
12:05 Choose Growth
19:54 Gratefulness & Expectation
23:48 Mundane moments
29:03 Defining Narcissism
35:13 Healthy Self Esteem
48:20 Understand your strengths
50:08 Purpose & Clarity
1:00:26 Self actualization
1:07:18 Authentic transcendence
1:09:29 To Know Thyself
1:19:08 Yes, and…
1:21:50 Tapping into our creativity
1:24:40 Conclusion
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Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist exploring the mind, creativity, and the depths of human potential. He is a professor at Columbia University and founder and director of the Center for the Science of Human Potential. Dr. Kaufman has taught at Columbia University, Yale, NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.
Dr. Kaufman hosts the #1 psychology podcast in the world— The Psychology Podcast— which has received over 20 million downloads and was included in Business Insider’s list of “9 podcasts that will change how you think about human behavior.” Dr. Kaufman is interested in using his research to help all kinds of minds live a creative, fulfilling, and self-actualized life. His early educational experiences made him realize the deep reservoir of untapped potential of students, including bright and creative children who have been diagnosed with a learning disability. In 2015, he was named one of “50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world” by Business Insider.
Dr. Kaufman likes to share his enthusiasm and knowledge of the science of potential through his books, teaching, self-actualization coaching, podcast, blog, articles, and speaking engagements. If you’d like him to speak at one of your events, you can make a request here.
Dr. Kaufman’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Harvard Business Review, and he is the author and editor of 9 books.
Website: https://scottbarrykaufman.com
Podcast: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/
Self-Actualization Tests: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/selfactualizationtests/
Books: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/books/
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| 0:00.0 | There's only one version of the best version of you that's possible to be created in this world |
| 0:05.4 | and that you're the only one that can create it. |
| 0:07.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:07.4 | That's it. |
| 0:08.1 | I also ask this question, like, what would you even mean to self-actualize someone else's self? |
| 0:12.1 | How often do we give ourselves the time to savor and to really appreciate where we've come in our lives? |
| 0:18.9 | We spend so much time focusing on where we need to in our lives. We spend so much time focusing where we need to go. |
| 0:27.1 | Hello, beautiful humans. Welcome back to the Know Thyself podcast where every single week we have the privilege and opportunity to sit down with a brilliant mind who can help us live a more liberated human experience. Today, my guest |
| 0:38.6 | is Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman. He is a very fascinating individual, and I'm really excited to dive into |
| 0:44.4 | this conversation today. He is somebody that is a professor at Columbia University. He is a founder |
| 0:51.6 | and director at the Center for Human Potential. |
| 0:55.2 | He is somebody that had various different challenges and learning difficulties early in |
| 1:00.7 | his life that led him down this passion and curiosity of human potential, what it means to |
| 1:05.6 | become a transcendent human being, what does it mean to know yourself? |
| 1:09.2 | And he's a host of the psychology podcast. He's a coach. |
| 1:12.9 | He does various talks and seminars and courses. And he is releasing a new book that is available now |
| 1:19.9 | called Choose Growth. And today we're going to be talking about all the various different aspects |
| 1:25.2 | of what it means to choose growth, why to choose growth, |
| 1:28.3 | the different facets of the diamond of becoming a transcendent human being, |
| 1:32.5 | finding our strengths, our values, clarifying our purpose in life, |
| 1:36.1 | and how to then go from there and live a more liberated human experience. |
| 1:41.4 | So first off, Scott, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. I'm excited to be here. |
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