Recognize The Victim Identity Of Our Culture & How To Overcome It In Yourself w/ Columbia Psych Professor Scott Barry Kaufman

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🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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When COVID hit we all wore masks, so as not to infect each other or get infected. I and many others perceive that a more dangerous virus is among us, and it’s a victim mindset, which results in a victim identity. So how can we protect ourselves? My guest is Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., a cognitive psychologist who is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for his groundbreaking research on intelligence, creativity, and human potential. He is the host of The Psychology Podcast, which is frequently ranked the #1 psychology podcast in the world. He is a professor of psychology at Columbia University and director of the Center for Human Potential. Dr. Kaufman’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Harvard Business Review, and he is the author of eleven books, the latest of which is called, Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your True Potential. We dig into this issue of victim mindset and identity in a candid, and likely not very PC discussion. As you’ll hear, I’m just as susceptible as anyone at falling to my own victim mentality, so as usual, I entered into this with a student mindset. And…I was schooled. I think you will be too. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to start your free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller, and this is a podcast for your personal evolution. In this episode,
0:07.3	recognizing the victim identity of our culture and how to overcome it in ourselves. When COVID hit,
0:15.8	we all wore masks, right? So as not to infect each other or get infected. I and many others perceive that a more
0:24.1	dangerous virus is among us and it's a victim mindset, which results on a victim identity, as you're
0:30.6	about to hear. So how can we protect ourselves? Well, my guest is Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD. He's a cognitive psychologist who is among the top
0:40.2	1% most cited scientists in the world for his groundbreaking research on intelligence,
0:45.3	creativity, and human potential. He is the host of the psychology podcast, which is frequently
0:50.7	ranked number one psychology podcast in the world. He's a professor of psychology
0:55.3	at Columbia University and director of the Center for Human Potential. So Dr. Kaufman's writing has
1:00.9	appeared in the Atlantic, the Scientific American Psychology Today and Harvard Business Review,
1:05.7	and he's the author of 11 books, the latest of which is called Rise Above, Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower
1:13.1	Yourself, and Realize Your True Potential. So we dig into this issue of victim mindset and identity
1:19.5	and a candid and likely not very PC discussion. And as you'll hear, I'm just as susceptible as
1:25.0	anyone at falling to my own victim mentality. So as usual,
1:29.6	I entered into this with a student mindset and I was schooled and I think you will be too.
1:35.7	If you want to dig in and integrate the messages you hear, take the not take it from knowledge to actual
1:42.8	learning, connect with me and we'll see who would be a good resource for you as a hear. Take the not take the from knowledge to actual learning. Connect with me and we'll see
1:45.1	who would be a good resource for you as a guide. I continue to focus more and more on not more
1:51.6	content, but more guidance and applying it specifically to our lives. So you can find me, just email me,
1:57.9	k.miller at Kevin Miller.com.
2:07.1	All right, coming up next, my conversation with Scott Barry Kaufman on this victim identity concept.
2:09.1	Let's evolve ourselves today.
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