This Underrated Human Superpower Has the Strength to Change Your Live

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What if your brain’s ability to change was the most powerful tool in personal transformation?

Understanding neuroplasticity is almost like having a superpower the movie heroes have, only in this case — it’s a real one.

First, let’s debunk the idea that our brain is a rigid, unchanging organ — set in its ways, destined to decline after the golden years of childhood (and young adulthood).

I’m sure you’ve heard statements like, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” right?

I know I have heard that a lot. I even believed it myself and just accepted it as true.

Well, the truth is that it’s not true.

It’s an outdated idea that people like to throw around and make jokes about (or make an excuse that is widely socially acceptable).

So what is this mystical term “neuroplasticity”?

According to Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. — neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change and adapt in response to stimuli over time. On a cellular level, it involves modifying existing synapses, building new connections between neurons, and generating entirely new neurons and neural networks through a process rightly called neurogenesis. Contrary to what was previously believed…