Self-Directed Neuroplasticity: your ability to change your nervous system in specific ways= 2 steps: 1) Deliberate focus (the more intense the better) on the thing you’re trying to learn 2) Sleep & Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) states, which are when actual neural rewiring occurs

"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.