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Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Stanford Researcher Dr. Mary Murphy on How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

#508: Recently I chatted with Stanford researcher Dr. Mary Murphy, a renowned expert in the field of psychological and brain sciences. Dr. Murphy, who is a Professor at Indiana University and conducts research at Stanford University, shared insights into the concepts of fixed mindset and growth mindset. We deep dived into her extensive research on how these mindsets impact motivation, performance, and relationships at work and home. She conducted research alongside legendary psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck, who created the original studies around fixed vs. growth mindset. If you’ve ever read about fixed vs. growth mindset in the past, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Carol Dweck, who is legendary in the space. Dr. Dweck mentored Dr. Murphy at Stanford, the university from which Dr. Murphy received her Ph.D. Dr. Murphy's insights can help you cultivate a growth mindset to overcome challenges and achieve your goals. If you want to improve your performance — at work, at home, at the gym, as a world traveler, as an investor, or in any other domain — understanding the research behind mindset is critical. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode508 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Our money habits are guided by our mindset.

0:03.2

But what is mindset?

0:05.3

At a deep scientific level, what is mindset and how can we change it?

0:10.8

To answer these questions, today we talk to Dr. Mary Murphy, a professor of

0:16.5

psychological and brain sciences at Stanford as well as Indiana University.

0:23.0

Dr Murphy received her PhD in Social Psychology at Stanford,

0:27.0

where she now performs research at Stanford's

0:30.0

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

0:33.0

She was mentored by Dr. Carol Dweck,

0:37.0

whom many of you have heard of before,

0:40.0

because Dr. Dweck is renowned

0:42.0

for her research in the distinction between fixed mindset

0:46.1

versus growth mindset. So Dr. Duac mentored Dr. Murphy and five years ago, Dr Murphy was awarded the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for

0:57.6

Scientists and Engineers, which is the highest federal award bestowed on early career scientists and scholars.

1:06.1

Dr Murphy is also on the faculty at Indiana University where she studies both psychology and brain science.

1:14.0

Correct.

1:15.0

Yeah, there.

1:17.0

By the end of this podcast episode, you are going to learn what to do if you have ever had the thought I'm bad with money or I'm bad

1:27.9

at investing or I'm just really bad at saving right if you've ever had those thoughts or if you know somebody who does,

1:35.6

you're going to learn what to do to address that. You're also going to learn how to

1:41.5

improve the culture of mindset, the culture of growth in your family, in your

1:49.3

company, in your small business or your side hustle in any organization that you're with ranging from a two-person

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