{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Attention Copilot with Pranab","title":"Dr. Gena Gorlin: The Builder’s Mindset and the Psychology of Ambition","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4989,"description":"I spoke with Dr. Gena Gorlin about the Builder’s Mindset, self-authorship, and how we can update beliefs and behaviours. \n\nTimestamps:\n\n0:00 Introspection vs rumination\n4:28 The Builder’s Mindset and treating life as your central project\n17:39 Drill Sergeant, Zen Guru, and the Builder\n25:39 Choosing your own ladder and making work meaningful\n38:22 Are we naturally builders?\n45:27 “Death is the default; default is not destiny”\n53:19 From repairing yourself to building your life\n1:01:54 How beliefs change\n1:08:27 Noisy minds, intrusive thoughts, and OCD\n1:14:47 The Builder’s Mindset in relationships\nGena is a psychologist, founder coach, and Clinical Associate Professor at UT Austin. She is writing a forthcoming book with Penguin on the Builder’s Mindset.\n\nWe discuss Gena’s Drill Sergeant, Zen Guru, and Builder framework: pushing yourself up inherited ladders, stepping away from them, or deciding what actually matters to you and building from there.\n\nWe talk about meaningful work, therapy as repair versus building, parts work, changing entrenched beliefs, intrusive thoughts, and why Gena sees healthy relationships as fundamentally positive-sum.\nLearn more through Gena’s newsletter, The Psychology of Ambition.\n\nThis podcast is sponsored by Attention Copilot (attncopilot.com). You can spend all day working and still avoid the things that would make the biggest difference. Our coaches help you identify, prioritize, and face them. During an 80-minute to three-hour call, you settle in, share your screen, and do your actual work. Your coach helps you work through stress, make decisions, and stay clear-headed. Over time, you can feel more satisfied with your weeks, more confident taking on bigger things, and more at ease in your work.\nGena links\nGena Gorlin’s website\nThe Psychology of Ambition\nGena on X\nFounder coaching with Gena\nGena’s forthcoming book is being published with Penguin and is currently projected for fall 2027. Paid subscribers to The Psychology of Ambition...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0as2414oN4QoCfoHDCT3_BUMgT9Y_eFS6vEbsKq9fp0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMDI1/MTk0YTE4MTRkMDll/ZmM3NTU3NDJjODQ0/Y2RkMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}