"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius 2,000 years later, as a neuroscientist, I can tell you he was right. Philosophy discovered what neuroscience proved: You're not stuck with the brain you have. You're building the brain you're becoming.

Every time you say “this is new for me” instead of “I’m bad at this,” you allow your brain space to learn instead of shut down. That’s neuroplasticity in real time.