Have you ever in post-25 life hit reboot and spent an extended period as an adult beginner at life itself? Not a specific activity, life.
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If yes, a follow-up question. What was the most important lesson in unlearning/relearning a basic life competency in new way as a beginner?
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I spent six months interviewing neuroscientists about how much I could change and still be me.
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I came across some of the old notebooks recently. I've spent the years since Sept 5 1999 living my way into what I learned.
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you should... sounds like a cross between Steven johnson's Mind Wide Open and an Oliver Sacks thing.
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Once I know I needed to change physically, emotionally, spiritually, personally & professionally I knew I had to start with my brain.
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So I went to the bookstore, wrote down the names of authors who wrote about the brain and reached out to them for interviews.
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it has been interesting to keep pushing myself. The further you go the harder it is to believe the starting point.
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We can't help certain circumstances of our formative years but we can change how they impact is moving forward. Identity is dynamic.
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